Answer to Question #229376 in History for Farahkinz

Question

'Cuito Cuanavale held out'. What do you understand by that phrase?

Answer 1

The war of Cuito Cuanavale and the Cuban mediation in Angola is one of the defining moments in Southern African History. It prompted the development of amazing Cuban equipped power, into the west, towards the Namibian boundary. The battling in the south western piece of Angola prompted the withdrawal of the South African, ANC and Cuban presence in Angola, and to the Independence of Namibia. 

The skirmish of Cuito Cuanavale is, be that as it may, a hostile issue, broadly talked about and bantered by standard individuals, members and antiquarians. Contingent upon where you stand, Cuito Cuanavale is portrayed as a loss of the South African Defense Forces (SADF), a strategic withdrawal by the SADF, or, an impasse. 

The fight, or all the more accurately named the attack, of Cuito Cuanavale was battled on the banks of the Lomba River nearby Cuito Cuanavale, in south-eastern Angola, between UNITA (helped by the SADF) and the Angolan armed force (FAPLA) supported by Cuba, the Soviet Union and less significantly East Germany. A lot was on the line for the two sides and the fight included the greatest regular tasks of South African powers since World War II.