Both sides claim victory.Many modern historians today believe that Cuba had falsely claimed victoryin order to hide the defeat it had suffered from its own people and from the world. The claim of a Cuban victory is largely believed today to be a propaganda myth made up to bolster the communist regime in Cuba.The Cuban and FAPLA defenders had mistakenly interpreted the SADF's Tumpo Triangle defensive campaign as part of a larger effort to seize the town of Cuito Cuanavale itself and presented their stand there as a successful defensive action. The SADF maintained that it had achieved its basic objectives of halting the FAPLA offensive during the Lomba River campaign without needing to occupy Cuito Cuanavale, which would have entailed unacceptable losses to its expeditionary force.Scholtz (2013), p. 279Scholtz (2013), pp. 316–319, 338–339
Both sides claimed victory. The Cuban and FAPLA defenders had interpreted the SADF's Tumpo Triangle campaign as part of a larger effort to seize the town of Cuito Cuanavale itself and presented their stand there as a successful defensive action. The SADF maintained that it had achieved its basic objectives of halting the FAPLA offensive during the Lomba River campaign without needing to occupy Cuito Cuanavale, which would have entailed unacceptable losses to its expeditionary force.Scholtz (2013), p. 279Scholtz (2013), pp. 316–319, 338–339
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claim victory.Many modern historians today believe that Cuba had falsely claimed victoryin order to hide the defeat it had suffered from its own people and from the world. The claim of a Cuban victory is largely believed today to be a propaganda myth made up to bolster the communist regime in Cuba.The Cuban
claimed victory. The Cuban
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mistakenly
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defensive