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