Angolan civil war

Angolan Civil War was a military conflict that occurred in Angola , 1975-2002 . It was preceded by the War of Independence of Angola , from 1962 to 1974 , and the armed conflict around the decolonization , 1974/75 , which led the country's independence in November 1975 . Both in the conflict surrounding the decolonization 1 2 as the Civil War the main actors were the MPLA and UNITA , FNLA while passed quickly for a role quite erased . A fourth element , the FLEC separatist movement fighting for the independence of Cabinda from 1975 until mid-2000 , has carried out its operations in that province . The war was fought in three major periods of fighting interspersed with periods of peace : 1975-1991 , 1992-1994 and 1998-2002 .

officially in 2002 . The conflict resulted in about 500,000 deaths . being one of the most protracted wars of the Cold War . Both the Soviet Union and the United States considered this conflict critical to the balance of power between them .
The three main factions involved in the conflict were :

Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( MPLA ) , a party with links to Cuba and the Soviet Union ;

National Liberation Front of Angola ( FNLA ) with links to Zaire ( now Democratic Republic of Congo ) and the United States ;


National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) , led by Jonas Savimbi , supported by the United States , the apartheid regime of South Africa and several African countries .