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| rdfs:label | - Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
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| skos:prefLabel | - Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
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| skos:altLabel | - Angolan conflict
- Battle of Cuito Cuanavale South African Border War
- battle of Cuito Cuanavale
- besieged the town of Cuito Cuanavale
- bloodiest clashes
- defence of Cuito Cuanavale
- siege of Cuito Cuanavale
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| clgo:causalties | - :
- 90 wounded
- UNITA:
- 1 aircraft crashed
- 2 aircraft shot down
- 3,000 dead
- 5 Ratels lost
- 5 tanks lost (2 recovered)
- 6 other armoured vehicles lost
- 86 dead
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| clgo:combatant | - Cuba
- South Africa
- South West African People's Organisation
- African National Congress
- People's Republic of Angola
- **South West African Territorial Force(SWATF)
- *22pxCuban Revolutionary Armed Forces(FAR)
- *Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola(FALA)
- *People's Liberation Army of Namibia(PLAN)
- *Umkhonto we Sizwe(MK)
- *border|23pxSouth African Defence Force
- National Union for the Total Independence of Angola(UNITA)
- *People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola(FAPLA)
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| clgo:result | - *Round One ofTripartite Accordtalks commences
- *Remaining FAPLA units survive a South African and UNITA mopping-up attack near the Tumpo River.
- *South Africa and UNITA defeat a major FAPLA offensive towardsMavinga, inflicting heavy casualties on FAPLA and preserving UNITA's control of southern Angola.
- *Withdrawal over several months of most South African and UNITA troops from Cuito Cuanavale underOperation Displace
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| clgo:strength | - South Africa:
- Soviet Union:
- Cuba:
- East Germany:
- UNITA:
- (later up to 18,000)
- (later up to 3,000)
- 1 battery ofValkiri
- 1 troop ofG6howitzers
- 1,000 advisory personnel
- 12 multirole fighter aircraft
- 120Ratelinfantry fighting vehicles
- 13Olifanttanks
- 150T-55/62tanks
- 2 batteries ofG5howitzers
- 2,000 advisory personnel
- 24+ T-55 tanks
- 28,000 militants
- 3,000 combat troops (February, 1988)
- 300 advisory personnel
- 32 T-55/62 tanks
- 37,000 irregulars
- 4 bomber aircraft
- 6,000 combat troops
- 7,000 guerrillas
- 700 combat troops
- 8 bomber aircraft
- 80+ armoured personnel carriers
- 900 guerrillas
- 96 multirole fighter aircraft
- FAPLA:
- MK:
- PLAN:
- ~43BM-21 Grad
- ~97BRDM-2scout cars
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