FAPLA

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FAPLA was the military wing of Angola’s ruling MPLA movement, serving as the country’s main armed forces during much of the Angolan Civil War.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
FAPLA canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
military wing ⓘ
allegiance MPLA government ⓘ
People's Republic of Angola ⓘ
linked to: Angola
alliedWith Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces ⓘ
conflict Angolan Civil War ⓘ
South African Border War ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
dissolved 1991 ⓘ
early 1990s ⓘ
equipmentSupplier Czechoslovakia ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
established 1975 ⓘ
foundedAfter independence of Angola ⓘ
fullName Forças Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola ⓘ
fullNameInEnglish People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
garrisonLocation Luanda ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
languageOfCommand Portuguese ⓘ
mergedInto Forças Armadas Angolanas ⓘ
militaryBranchOf MPLA ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Cuito Cuanavale ⓘ
Battle of Ebo ⓘ
Battle of Quifangondo ⓘ
operatedIn Angola ⓘ
southern Africa ⓘ
linked to: Southern Africa
opponent FNLA ⓘ
South African Defence Force ⓘ
UNITA ⓘ
Zairean Armed Forces ⓘ
origin liberation movement armed wing ⓘ
partOf MPLA ⓘ
precededBy EPLA ⓘ
MPLA guerrilla forces ⓘ
reorganizedFrom MPLA armed wing ⓘ
role air defence ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
land warfare ⓘ
successor Forças Armadas Angolanas ⓘ
supportedBy Cuba ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Warsaw Pact ⓘ
trainedBy Cuban military advisers ⓘ
Soviet military advisers ⓘ
type conventional army ⓘ
usedDoctrine Soviet military doctrine ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MPLA → armedWing → FAPLA ⓘ
South African Border War → mainOpposingForce → FAPLA ⓘ
subject linked to: Border War
South African Defence Force → primaryOpponents → FAPLA ⓘ
Operation Protea → opponent → FAPLA ⓘ