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
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Cuban foreign military operation → military intervention → military intervention → military intervention → |
| aimedAt |
countering South African influence in southern Africa
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defending Ethiopia in the Ogaden War → supporting MPLA government → |
| coordinatedWith |
Soviet foreign policy
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| describedAs |
extension of Cuban revolutionary internationalism
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| endTime |
1978
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1991 → late 1980s → |
| hasLocation |
Africa
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Algeria → Angola → Angola → Congo-Brazzaville → Ethiopia → Guinea-Bissau → Mozambique → Ogaden → Somalia → |
| hasPart |
Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
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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
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Cuba → Cuba → Cuba → Ethiopia → Ethiopia → Front for the National Liberation of Angola → National Union for the Total Independence of Angola → National Union for the Total Independence of Angola → People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola → People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola → Somalia → Somalia → South African Defence Force → South African Defence Force → Soviet Union → United States → Zaire → |
| ideology |
Marxism–Leninism
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| included |
deployment of combat troops
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deployment of military advisors → provision of weapons and logistics → training of guerrilla forces → |
| motivatedBy |
support for leftist and anti-colonial movements
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| numberOfTroops |
approximately 15000 to 18000 Cuban troops
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over 30000 Cuban troops at peak → |
| opposedBy |
South Africa
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United States → United States → Zaire NERFINISHED → apartheid South Africa → |
| resultedIn |
defeat of Somali forces in the Ogaden War
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increased Cuban influence in the Global South → strengthening of MPLA rule in Angola → |
| startTime |
1960s
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1975 → 1977 → |
| supportedBy |
Soviet Union
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Soviet Union → |
| timePeriod |
Cold War
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Cuban military interventions in Africa
("Cuban military mission in Guinea-Bissau")
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Cuban military interventions in Africa ("Cuban military mission in Congo-Brazzaville") → |
hasPart |
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USSR–Cuba military alliance
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supportedActivity |