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The Angolan Civil War began in Angola after the end of the war for independence from Portugal in 1975. The war featured conflict between two primary Angolan factions, the communist MPLA and the anti-communist UNITA. A third movement, the FLEC, an association of separatist militant groups, fought for the independence of Cabinda. By the time the 27-year war was formally brought to an end in 2002, an estimated 500,000 people had been killed. The Angolan Civil War was one of the largest, longest, and most prominent armed conflicts of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and the U.S. considered it critical to the global balance of power and to the outcome of the Cold War. In addition to the war's two primary factions (the MPLA and UNITA), several other factions also were engaged in the conflict. The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola's (MPLA) base is among the Kimbundu people and the multiracial intelligentsia of Luanda. The MPLA, supported by Cuba, the Soviet Union and countries of the Eastern bloc, fought against the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA), an organization based in the Bakongo region of the north and allied with the United States, the People's Republic of China and the Mobutu government in Zaïre. The United States, apartheid South Africa, and several other African governments also supported Jonas Savimbi's National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), whose ethnic and regional base lies in the Ovimbundu heartland of central Angola. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What impact did the Angolan Civil War have on the world today? Q. In the last 30 years. Are there lasting effects? Asked by B-Mill - Tue Apr 28 15:31:03 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. The civil war spawned a disastrous humanitarian crisis in Angola, internally displacing 4.28 million people, one-third of Angola's population Answered by mittens - Tue Apr 28 15:38:29 2009 How did the Angolan Civil War happen? Q. How did the Angolan Civil War happen? Asked by B-Mill - Tue Apr 28 15:26:54 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. The Angolan Civil War began in Angola after the end of the war for independence from Portugal in 1975. The war ultimately evolved into a prominent Cold War conflict, featuring two warring Angolan factions, the Communist MPLA, which was supported by Cuba the Soviet Union, and the anti-Communist UNITA, which gained support from South Africa and the United States. Answered by mittens - Tue Apr 28 15:37:14 2009 How does the war on terror rate against other wars?
Q. * 60,000,000 72,000,000 - World War II (1939 1945), (see World War II casualties)[34][35] * 30,000,000 60,000,000 - Mongol Conquests (13th century) (see Mongol invasions and Tatar invasions)[36][37][38][39 ] * 25,000,000 - Manchu conquest of Ming China (1616 1662)[40] * 20,000,000 70,000,000 - World War I (1914 1918) (see World War I casualties) note that the larger number includes Spanish flu deaths * 20,000,000 - Taiping Rebellion (China, 1851 1864) (see Dungan revolt)[41] * 20,000,000 - Second Sino-Japanese War (1931 1945)[42] * 10,000,000 - Warring States Era (China, 475 BC 221 BC) * 7,000,000 - 20,000,000 Conquests of Timur the Lame (1360-1405) (see List of wars in the Muslim world)[43][44] * 5,000,000 9,000,00 [cont.] Asked by CONSERVATIVE - Fri Dec 21 17:11:56 2007 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments A. It s not that kind of war. It is more like the wars on drugs and poverty where the enemy is a vague and non-specific concept. Such wars are good for businesses that find a way to profit from them because they are wars that never can be won (or lost) and, therefore, never end. Answered by Gary F - Fri Dec 21 17:24:15 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Angolan Civil War"
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