FAPLA

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FAPLA was the military wing of Angola’s ruling MPLA movement, serving as the country’s main armed forces during much of the Angolan Civil War.

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FAPLA canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
military organization
military wing
allegiance MPLA government
People's Republic of Angola
linked to: Angola
alliedWith Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces
conflict Angolan Civil War
South African Border War
country Angola
dissolved 1991
early 1990s
equipmentSupplier Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Soviet Union
established 1975
foundedAfter independence of Angola
fullName Forças Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola
fullNameInEnglish People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola
garrisonLocation Luanda
ideology Marxism–Leninism
socialism
languageOfCommand Portuguese
mergedInto Forças Armadas Angolanas
militaryBranchOf MPLA
notableBattle Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
Battle of Ebo
Battle of Quifangondo
operatedIn Angola
southern Africa
linked to: Southern Africa
opponent FNLA
South African Defence Force
UNITA
Zairean Armed Forces
origin liberation movement armed wing
partOf MPLA
precededBy EPLA
MPLA guerrilla forces
reorganizedFrom MPLA armed wing
role air defence
internal security
land warfare
successor Forças Armadas Angolanas
supportedBy Cuba
Soviet Union
Warsaw Pact
trainedBy Cuban military advisers
Soviet military advisers
type conventional army
usedDoctrine Soviet military doctrine

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MPLA armedWing FAPLA
South African Border War mainOpposingForce FAPLA
subject linked to: Border War
South African Defence Force primaryOpponents FAPLA
Operation Protea opponent FAPLA