Cuban military interventions in Africa

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Cold War event Cuban foreign military operation military intervention

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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cuban military intervention in Angola 1
Cuban military interventions in Africa canonical 1
Cuban military mission in Congo-Brazzaville 1

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War event ⓘ
Cuban foreign military operation ⓘ
military intervention ⓘ
military intervention ⓘ
military intervention ⓘ
aimedAt countering South African influence in southern Africa ⓘ
defending Ethiopia in the Ogaden War ⓘ
supporting MPLA government ⓘ
coordinatedWith Soviet foreign policy ⓘ
describedAs extension of Cuban revolutionary internationalism ⓘ
endTime 1978 ⓘ
1991 ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ
hasLocation Africa ⓘ
Algeria ⓘ
Angola ⓘ
Angola ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
surface form: Congo-Brazzaville

Ethiopia ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Ogaden ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
hasPart South African Border War ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Cuito Cuanavale

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 interventions in Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cuban military mission in Congo-Brazzaville

Cuban military interventions in Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cuban military mission in Guinea-Bissau
hasParticipant Angola ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
MPLA ⓘ
surface form: Front for the National Liberation of Angola

UNITA ⓘ
surface form: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola

UNITA ⓘ
surface form: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola

MPLA ⓘ
surface form: People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola

MPLA ⓘ
surface form: People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola

Somalia ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ
surface form: South African Defence Force

Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ
surface form: South African Defence Force

Soviet Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
surface form: Zaire
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
included deployment of combat troops ⓘ
deployment of military advisors ⓘ
provision of weapons and logistics ⓘ
training of guerrilla forces ⓘ
motivatedBy support for leftist and anti-colonial movements ⓘ
numberOfTroops approximately 15000 to 18000 Cuban troops ⓘ
over 30000 Cuban troops at peak ⓘ
opposedBy South Africa ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
surface form: Zaire

apartheid South Africa ⓘ
resultedIn defeat of Somali forces in the Ogaden War ⓘ
increased Cuban influence in the Global South ⓘ
strengthening of MPLA rule in Angola ⓘ
startTime 1960s ⓘ
1975 ⓘ
1977 ⓘ
supportedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

USSR–Cuba military alliance → supportedActivity → Cuban military interventions in Africa ⓘ
Cuban military interventions in Africa → hasPart → Cuban military interventions in Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cuban military mission in Guinea-Bissau
Cuban military interventions in Africa → hasPart → Cuban military interventions in Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cuban military mission in Congo-Brazzaville
Battle of Quifangondo → involvedForeignIntervention → Cuban military interventions in Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cuban military intervention in Angola