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War of Intervention in Angola Volume 4

Angolan and Cuban Air Forces, 1985-1987

Series : Africa@War #54

Author : Tom Cooper, Adrien Fontanellaz, José Augusto Matos

War of Intervention in Angola Volume 4 : Angolan and Cuban Air Forces, 1985-1987

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General - Pages : 80 | Images : 88 b/w photos, 21 colour profiles, 5 b/w & 1 colour maps, 13 tables

Paperback - Date of Publication : 15th June 2021 | Size : 297mm x 210mm | ISBN : 9781914059254 | Helion Book Code : HEL1318

eBook - ISBN : 9781804510964

Through late 1987 and early 1988, the battlefields of southern Angola moved ever further away from the border with South West Africa/Namibia, until the showdown between the Soviet and Cuban-supported government in Luanda and South African-supported insurgency of UNITA culminated in the controversial and still much disputed Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. 

During this period, Angolan and Cuban airpower slowly grew to a point where it outmatched the SAAF, in turn limiting the freedom of movement of the SADF and UNITA ground forces, and reducing their operations to attritional battles, with little chance of achieving major victories on terms acceptable to the government in Pretoria. 

As the changing political climate between East and West, and in Africa began to bring about and end to the South African intervention in Angola and the occupation of South West Africa/Namibia, the government of Angola was able to switch its attentions to dealing with UNITA.

Volume 5 of War of Intervention in Angola examines in detail this final period of Cuban involvement in the long and tragic civil war that ruined Angola between 1975 and 1992. While the emphasis is upon the operations of the Angolan and Cuban air forces, it also details how these impacted upon the ground operations of all parties. This volume is richly illustrated with original photographs of the forces involved, specially commissioned maps of the ground operations, and a range of full colour artworks.

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