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How Cuba Helped End Apartheid at Cuito Cuanavale

By: Jorge Tamames

Forces from tiny Cuba joined Angolan and Namibian revolutionaries to defeat the South African apartheid regime. It was one of history’s greatest acts of internationalism.

A Cuban tank crew in Angola. (Wikimedia Commons)

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There are few events more pivotal in modern history than the battle of Cuito Cuanavale, which between March 1987 and June 1988 witnessed Cuban, Namibian, and Angolan soldiers fight against the South African Defence Force (SADF) in the largest military confrontation in Africa since the end of the Second World War. The clash overwhelmed the […]

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There are few events more pivotal in modern history than the battle of Cuito Cuanavale, which between March 1987 and June 1988 witnessed Cuban, Namibian, and Angolan soldiers fight against the South African Defence Force (SADF) in the largest military confrontation in Africa since the end of the Second World War. The clash overwhelmed the […]

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There are few events more pivotal in modern history than the battle of Cuito Cuanavale, which between March 1987 and June 1988 witnessed Cuban, Namibian, and Angolan soldiers fight against the South African Defence Force (SADF) in the largest military confrontation in Africa since the end of the Second World War. The clash overwhelmed the […]

There are few events more pivotal in modern history than the battle of Cuito Cuanavale, which between March 1987 and June 1988 witnessed Cuban, Namibian, and Angolan soldiers fight against the South African Defence Force (SADF) in the largest military confrontation in Africa since the end of the Second World War. The clash overwhelmed the […]

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