http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Modular In August 1987, four brigades of the Soviet-led FAPLA forces (the 47th, 59th, 16th and 21st brigades), departed from the Angolan city of Cuito Cuanavale with the aim of capturing the UNITA stronghold at Mavinga, which was the gateway to Jonas Savimbi’s capital of Jamba. The presence of an armoured formation in the form […]

http://www.rhodesia.nl/cuito.htm THE BATTLE OF CUITO CUANAVALE A Batalha de Cuito Canavale In 1988 the Angolan Minister of Defence and other official Angolan and Cuban sources claimed that a South African offensive consisting of up to 9,000 troops with 500 tanks, 600 artillery field guns and scores of aircraft had attacked the town of Cuito Cuanavale […]