Decolonization of Africa · BATTLE SITE ·
Battle of Cuito Cuanavale (1987–88)
On the Decolonization of Africa map as “Cuito Cuanavale”
1987–88 — At a mud town in south-east Angola, Cuban, Angolan and SWAPO forces halt South Africa’s largest armoured offensive. The stalemate breaks the myth of white military invincibility and opens the deal that frees Namibia.
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- Rhodesia, Zimbabwe and Namibia (chapter 9 of Decolonization of Africa)
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- The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
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