Angolan Civil War

The Angolan Civil War was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The war began immediately after Angola became independent from Portugal in November 1975. It was a power struggle between two former anti-colonial guerrilla movements, the communist People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the anti-communist National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).

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1975 — 2002  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Guerra Civil Angolana
civil war, South Africa, Cuba, People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, Front for the Liberation of the State of Cabinda, National Liberation Front of Angola, 

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1975-11-11T00:00:00Z

2002-04-04T00:00:00Z

1975 — 2002 Angolan Civil War

1977-05-27T00:00:00Z

1977-05-27T00:00:00Z

1977 1977 Angolan coup d'état attempt

1774-01-01T00:00:00Z

1778-01-01T00:00:00Z

1774 — 1778 Portuguese–Ovimbundu War

1904-01-01T00:00:00Z

1907-01-01T00:00:00Z

1904 — 1907 Portuguese campaign against the Ovambo

1961-02-04T00:00:00Z

1974-04-25T00:00:00Z

1961 — 1974 Angolan War of Independence

1961-02-04T00:00:00Z

1974-04-25T00:00:00Z

1961 — 1974 Portuguese Colonial War

1993-01-09T00:00:00Z

1993-03-06T00:00:00Z

1993 55 Day War

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General Raúl Díaz-Argüelles, of the Cuban Revolutionary Army.

Angolanische Soldaten bei einer Feier

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MPLA demonstration in Amsterdam1975

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Soldiers being withdrawn from the Nova Lisboa garnison, Angola, Horst Faas, 1975 (cropped)

Soldiers being withdrawn from the Nova Lisboa garnison, Angola, Horst Faas, 1975

Cuban PT-76 Angola

Lobito Lighthouse 1995

• The origins of the Angolan civil war: International politics and domestic political conflict 1961-1976 - doctoral thesis by Fernando Joao da Costa Cabral Andresen Guimaraes, Q1860, 1992, online

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1992	Angola	sovereign state, country	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1977	1977 Angolan coup d'état attempt	Nito Alves, Sita Valles, José Van-Dúnem, João Jacob Caetano, attempted coup d'état	Wikidata
event	war	1774	Portuguese–Ovimbundu War	war, Kingdom of Portugal, Bailundu, Viye	Wikidata
event	war	1904	Portuguese campaign against the Ovambo	war	Wikidata
event	war	1961	Angolan War of Independence	war of national liberation	Wikidata
event	war	1961	Portuguese Colonial War	African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, Estado Novo, war, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, FRELIMO, National Liberation Front of Angola, Front for the Liberation of the State of Cabinda	Wikidata
event	war	1975	Angolan Civil War	Cuba, South Africa, civil war, People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, Front for the Liberation of the State of Cabinda, National Liberation Front of Angola	Wikidata
event	war	1993	55 Day War	war	Wikidata
commons	image		General Raúl Díaz-Argüelles, of the Cuban Revolutionary Army.		Commons
commons	image		Angolanische Soldaten bei einer Feier		Commons
commons	image		AKL000439.tjp		Commons
commons	image		MPLA demonstration in Amsterdam1975		Commons
commons	image		AKL000433.tjp		Commons
commons	image		AKL000438.tjp		Commons
commons	image		Soldiers being withdrawn from the Nova Lisboa garnison, Angola, Horst Faas, 1975 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Soldiers being withdrawn from the Nova Lisboa garnison, Angola, Horst Faas, 1975		Commons
commons	image		Cuban PT-76 Angola		Commons
commons	image		Lobito Lighthouse 1995		Commons