Angolan Civil War

Angolan Civil War
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Angolan Civil War
Conflict:	Angolan Civil War
Date:	11 November 1975 – 4 April 2002
Place:	Angola
Outcome:	MPLA strategic victory Withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola in 1989 Dissolution of UNITA and FNLA armies Transition towards a multiparty state
Combatants
Marxist Forces: MPLA Cuba (Supported by:) North Korea Soviet Union
Anti-MPLA Forces: UNITA South Africa (Supported by:) United States People's Republic of China
Commanders
Agostinho Neto Fidel Castro
Jonas Savimbi Marais Viljoen Alex Mason Jason Hudson
Strength
MPLA: 60,000+ Cuba: 35,000 Soviet Union: 1,200 North Korea/others: ~3,000
UNITA: 65,000 South Africa: 30,000 FNLA: ~5,000
Casualties
MPLA 5,000+ dead, wounded, missing Cuba 15,000 dead, wounded, missing Soviet Union 54 dead Total dead: 10,000+ Total wounded: Unknown
UNITA Unknown South Africa 2,500 dead Total dead: 5,000+ Total wounded: Unknown

The Angola Civil War was a military conflict in southern Africa that lasted from 1975 - 2002. It is the featured in the first campaign mission, "Pyrrhic Victory," for Call of Duty: Black Ops II, where Alex Mason and Jason Hudson, with the aid of Jonas Savimbi, must rescue Frank Woods and capture Raul Menendez.