Cuban military interventions in Africa

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Cuban military interventions in Africa were a series of Cold War-era deployments of Cuban troops and military advisors to support leftist and anti-colonial movements across several African countries, most notably in Angola and Ethiopia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War event ⓘ
Cuban foreign military operation ⓘ
military intervention ⓘ
military intervention ⓘ
military intervention ⓘ
aimedAt countering South African influence in southern Africa ⓘ
defending Ethiopia in the Ogaden War ⓘ
supporting MPLA government ⓘ
coordinatedWith Soviet foreign policy ⓘ
describedAs extension of Cuban revolutionary internationalism ⓘ
endTime 1978 ⓘ
1991 ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ
hasLocation Africa ⓘ
Algeria ⓘ
Angola ⓘ
Angola ⓘ
Congo-Brazzaville ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Ogaden ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Cuito Cuanavale ⓘ
Cuban intervention in Angola ⓘ
Cuban intervention in Ethiopia ⓘ
Cuban involvement in the Ogaden War ⓘ
Cuban military assistance to Algeria ⓘ
Cuban military assistance to Mozambique ⓘ
Cuban military mission in Congo-Brazzaville ⓘ
Cuban military mission in Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
hasParticipant Angola ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Front for the National Liberation of Angola ⓘ
linked to: MPLA

National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ⓘ
linked to: UNITA

National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ⓘ
linked to: UNITA

People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
linked to: MPLA

People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
linked to: MPLA

Somalia ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
South African Defence Force ⓘ
South African Defence Force ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Zaire ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
included deployment of combat troops ⓘ
deployment of military advisors ⓘ
provision of weapons and logistics ⓘ
training of guerrilla forces ⓘ
motivatedBy support for leftist and anti-colonial movements ⓘ
numberOfTroops approximately 15000 to 18000 Cuban troops ⓘ
over 30000 Cuban troops at peak ⓘ
opposedBy South Africa ⓘ
United States ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Zaire ⓘ
apartheid South Africa ⓘ
resultedIn defeat of Somali forces in the Ogaden War ⓘ
increased Cuban influence in the Global South ⓘ
strengthening of MPLA rule in Angola ⓘ
startTime 1960s ⓘ
1975 ⓘ
1977 ⓘ
supportedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ

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USSR–Cuba military alliance → supportedActivity → Cuban military interventions in Africa ⓘ
Cuban military interventions in Africa → hasPart → Cuban military mission in Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
linked to: Cuban military interventions in Africa
Cuban military interventions in Africa → hasPart → Cuban military mission in Congo-Brazzaville ⓘ
linked to: Cuban military interventions in Africa
Battle of Quifangondo → involvedForeignIntervention → Cuban military intervention in Angola ⓘ
linked to: Cuban military interventions in Africa
South African Border War → relatedTo → Cuban military intervention in Africa ⓘ
subject linked to: Border War
linked to: Cuban military interventions in Africa
South African Defence Force → primaryOpponents → Cuban Armed Forces in Angola ⓘ
linked to: Cuban military interventions in Africa