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Shaba Invasions

Angolan Civil War
Part of the Cold War
Angola
Date 11 November 1975 – 4 April 2002
(26 years, 4 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
Location Angola
Result

MPLA victory

  • Withdrawal of all foreign forces in 1989
  • Transition towards a multiparty political system in 1991/92
  • Dissolution of the armed forces of FNLA
  • Participation of UNITA and FNLA, as political parties, in the new political system, from 1991/92 onwards, but civil war continues
  • Jonas Savimbi killed in 2002
  • Immediate peace agreement and dissolution of the armed forces of UNITA in 2002
  • Resistance of FLEC continued beyond 2002
Belligerents

MPLA
SWAPO

 Cuba (1975–91)

UNITA
FNLA (1975-77)
FLEC

 South Africa (1975–89)
Commanders and leaders
Agostinho Neto (1975–1979)
José Eduardo dos Santos
Lúcio Lara
Iko Carreira
António Franca
Cuba Fidel Castro
East Germany Heinz Kessler
Soviet Union Vasily Petrov
Soviet Union Valentin Varennikov
Sam Nujoma 		Jonas Savimbi †
Demosthenes Chilingutila
Alberto Vinama
Holden Roberto
Luiz Ranque Franque
South Africa Balthazar Johannes Vorster (1975–1978)
South Africa Pieter Willem Botha (1978–1989)
Zaire Mobutu Sese Seko (1975)
Strength

MPLA troops:

  • 40,000 (1976) – 70,000 (1987)
  • 130,000 (2001)

Cuba Cuban troops:

  • 35,000 – 37,000 (1982)
  • 60,000 (1988)

Soviet Union Soviet troops:

  • Altogether 11,000 (1975 to 1991)

UNITA militants:

  • 65,000 (1990, highest)

FNLA militants:

  • 22,000 (1975)
  • 4,000 – 7,000 (1976)

Union of South Africa South African troops:

  • 20,000 (1976)
Casualties and losses

Unknown
Cuba 2,300 dead (15,000 casualties)

Soviet Union 54 killed

Unknown
Unknown

Union of South Africa 1,804 dead (whole Border War figure)
Over 500,000 civilians dead

MPLA victory

MPLA
SWAPO

UNITA
FNLA (1975-77)
FLEC


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