Changes: Angolan Civil War

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Angolan Civil War

Concurrent:

Soviet War in Afghanistan, Cold War, U.S. Invasion of Panama and other conflicts

Angolan Civil War

Conflict:

Angolan Civil War

Date:

November 11th, 1975 – April 4th, 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:) Soviet Union	Anti-MPLA Forces: UNITA South Africa (Supported by:) United States People's Republic of China

Commanders
Agostinho Neto Fidel Castro	Jonas Savimbi† Constand 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 Angolan 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.

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 |conc =  [[Soviet War in Afghanistan]], [[Cold War]], [[U.S. Invasion of Panama]] and other conflicts
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-|date = 11 November 1975 – 4 April 2002
+|date = November 11th, 1975 – April 4th, 2002
 |place = [[Angola]]
 |result = MPLA strategic victory<br />
-*Withdrawal of [[Cuba]]n troops from Angola in 1989
+*Withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola in 1989
 *Dissolution of UNITA and FNLA armies
 *Transition towards a multiparty state
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+|caption = '''From left to right:''' MPLA [[T-62]]s burning, the mechanized battle at Jamba, [[Jonas Savimbi]] with his command [[Buffel]], and UNITA troops advance.
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 ''(Supported by:)''
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 ''(Supported by:)''
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+|commanders1 = [[File:Flag of MPLA.png|22px]] [[Wikipedia:Agostinho Neto|Agostinho Neto]]
-[[File:Flag of Cuba.svg|22px]] [[Fidel Castro]]
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-|commanders2 = [[File:Flag of UNITA.svg|22px]] [[Jonas Savimbi]]<br />
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-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 [http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Alex_Mason Alex Mason] and [http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Jason_Hudson Jason Hudson], with the aid of [http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Jonas_Savimbi Jonas Savimbi], must rescue [http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Frank_Woods Frank Woods] and capture [http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Raul_Menendez Raul Menendez].
+The '''[[wikipedia:Angolan Civil War|Angolan 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 [http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Alex_Mason Alex Mason] and [http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Jason_Hudson Jason Hudson], with the aid of [http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Jonas_Savimbi Jonas Savimbi], must rescue [http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Frank_Woods Frank Woods] and capture [http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Raul_Menendez Raul Menendez].
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