The Cuban intervention in Angola 1965 1991 : from Che Guevara to Cuito Cuanavale Internationalism in the Cuban revolution & the birth of the alliance with the MPLA (1959 65) The Cuban mission to Brazzaville & the collapse of the alliance (1965 74) The carnation revolution & the failure of Angolas decolonisation (April 1974 October 1975) Operations Savannah and Carlota (October November 1975) The second liberation war (November 1975 March 1976) The failed withdrawal from Angola (1976 1981) The peoples war Cuban internationalists in Angola (1975 91) Abortive peace negotiations and the path to full scale war (1981 85) The big offensives (1985 87) The battle of Cuito Cuanavale (November 1987 March 1988) The fighting in southwest Angola & the negotiating end game (March December 1988) The sting in the tail the Ochoa scandal the death of internationalism & the start of the special period (1989 91).