SOURCE 2C This source shows the return of a regiment of the South African Defence Force (SADF) from Angola. The writing on the white banner reads: to “Welcome Winners”, translated Afrikaans as Wenners.” “Welkom [From: historytoday.com Accessed on 6 June 2014] – SOURCE 2D This source focuses on the role of USA in the Angolan conflict. Recently declassified (made available for the general public) documents have exposed the bloody role in the decades-long civil war in Angola. More than half a US government’s million Angolans were killed and an estimated 4 million nearly one third of the – country’s population were forced to flee their homes. The US government led the way in pouring – fuel on the fire. It spent millions to support against the new government ... UNITA ‘rebels’ which was seen as of it received limited support from Cuba and the ‘communist’ because former USSR. The US has long admitted that it sponsored covert (secret) operations in Angola, but always claimed it was responding to an airlift of Cuban soldiers into the country to support the MPLA. But US documents released last month show the truth that – the Ford administration intervened in Angola weeks before Cuban forces landed. [From an article called: a Savage War: US Operation in Angola by Elizabeth ‘They fuelled exposed’ Schulte published
SOURCE 2C This source shows the return of a regiment of the South African Defence Force (SADF) from Angola. The writing on the white banner reads: “Welcome Winners”, translated to Afrikaans as “Welkom Wenners.” [From: historytoday.com – Accessed on 6 June 2014] SOURCE 2D This source focuses on the role of USA in the Angolan conflict. Recently declassified (made available for the general public) documents have exposed the US government’s bloody role in the decades-long civil war in Angola. More than half a million Angolans were killed and an estimated 4 million – nearly one third of the country’s population – were forced to flee their homes. The US government led the way in pouring fuel on the fire. It spent millions to support UNITA ‘rebels’ against the new government ... which was seen as ‘communist’ because of it received limited support from Cuba and the former USSR. The US has long admitted that it sponsored covert (secret) operations in Angola, but always claimed it was responding to an airlift of Cuban soldiers into the country to support the MPLA. But US documents released last month show the truth – that the Ford administration intervened in Angola weeks before Cuban forces landed. [From an article called: ‘They fuelled a Savage War: US Operation in Angola exposed’ by Elizabeth Schulte published
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