[DOC] [TLE] Cuban intervention in Angola - Wikipedia [PAR] In November 1975, on the eve of Angola's independence, Cuba launched a large
-scale military ... Following the retreat of Zaire and South Africa, Cuban forces 
remained in .... the first country to send troops to Angola in March 1975 and to 
engage in fighting ... The Soviet Union started modest military aid in the late 
1960s. [DOC] [TLE] Angolan Civil War - Wikipedia [PAR] The Angolan Civil War (Portuguese: Guerra civil angolana) was a major civil 
conflict in Angola, .... In July 1975, the MPLA violently forced the FNLA out of 
Luanda, and UNITA ... In response to the South African intervention, Cuba sent 
18,000 soldiers as part ..... The USSR gave the MPLA more than US$2 billion in 
aid in 1984. [DOC] [TLE] Cuba: Havana's Military Machine - The Atlantic [PAR] In Guinea-Bissau, Cuban combat units saw action, fighting with Amilcar Cabral's 
... and advising Polisario guerrillas who were fighting for the independence of the 
... Cuban military involvement in Angola dates only from 1975-the same year in 
which ... By 1977 almost 20,000 Cuban soldiers, half of them reservists, held the
... [DOC] [TLE] CUBA'S STRANGE MISSION IN ANGOLA - NYTimes.com [PAR] Feb 1, 1987 ... International interest in Angola extends back to 1975, when Cuba first airlifted ... 
500 years of colonial rule, and Angola's Marxist guerrillas, with Cuban backing, ... 
status in the eyes of the Angolans by giving aid to Savimbi's Unita forces. ... ''They 
say they are fighting for freedom and independence against... [DOC] [TLE] (est pub date) soviet and cuban intervention in the angolan ... - CIA [PAR] Cuba, intervened on a large scale in that country's civil war in 1975. ' For almost 
14 years following the outbreak of the anti-Portuguese ... Timing of the Decision 
To Send Cuban Troops . .... $14 million in arms aid for the FNLA was approved. 
.... bush to carry on guerrilla warfare, thus ending the period of conventional war. [DOC] [TLE] A Nine-Point Strategy for Dealing with Castro - Heritage Foundation [PAR] Nov 21, 1985 ... Today, more than 50,000 regular Cuban troops are serving in at least ... of To 
exploit these difficulties 1) Aiding guerrilla forces fighting Cub a n troops .... aid 
According The Soviet political and economic investment in Cuba reaped ... of 
military bases and airfields Nearly 18,000 Cuban troops Cubans are... [DOC] [TLE] Mercenary involvment during the Angolan conflicts 1975/76 and ... [PAR] However, the Portuguese also sent a Dispatch to the British government outlining 
their ... 1902 In order to strengthen their control of the country, the Portuguese 
began ... Soon after the 1961 an uprising of all three groups took to guerrilla 
warfare as a .... By 1982 there were 18,000 Cuban troops still in Angola, however 
the... [DOC] [TLE] The SovietCuban Connection [PAR] Apr 24, 1982 ... the success of indigenous communist guerrilla forces. ... Communist Party of 
Cuba had almost no role in Castro's accession to power. ... begin military 
operations in a given country, gain victories, attract followers, .... Soviet-Cuban 
Intervention in Angola, 1975," Studies in Comparative Communism, Vol. [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "The Cuban interventionary forces: the growing strategic ... [PAR] Thif will refer to Cuba as a Soviet surrogate in the sent Cuba performs certain .... 
to train guerrillas fighting the Portuguese in Lisbon's remaining African colonies. 
In Angola, the primary recipient of Cuban aid was the Popular Movement for the 
.... Castro eventually had to send between 32 12,000-18,000 combat troops to... [DOC] [TLE] anti-soviet insurgencies: growing trend or passing ... - Wilson Center [PAR] overthrown by guerrilla forces, 1 neither have Marxist governments been able to 
defeat the ... insurgencies in their own country, there have also been two 
previous attempts .... In 1975-76, Cuban forces in Angola reached a high of 
36,000, ..... guerrilla force of 35,000, while Son Sann had some 18,000 fighters 
and Prince. [DOC] [TLE] The Cuban Intervention in Angola - Scribd [PAR] This book examines why a Caribbean country sent

Question: In 1975 Cuba sent nearly 18,000 troops to aid guerrilla fighters in this country
Answer: Angola