Operation Restore
Andulo
Bailundo
Nharea
Mungo
Operation Restore (Angola)
Date | September 1999–December 1999 |
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Location | Bié and Huambo Provinces, Angola |
Status | Jonas Savimbi flees to Lucusse in Moxico Province |
Brazil[1][2]
Élcio Álvares
Lieutenant Brig. Walter Werner Bräuer
Angola
- Angolan Army
- National Air Force of Angola
Brazil
- Brazilian Air Force
UNITA
- Unknown
Classified with tens of aircraft[1]
Thousands of equipment captured or destroyed
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- t
- e
Angolan Civil War
- Huambo
- Cabinda
- Norton de Matros
- Savannah
- Quifangondo
- Ebo
- Bridge 14
- Karton
- Magneto
- Wallpaper
- Abrasion
- Southern Cross
- Alpha Centauri
- Cuito Cuanavale
- 3 Day War
- 55 Day War
- Restore
Operation Restore (Portuguese: Operaçao Restaurar) is a highly successful military operation that the Angolan government (with the help of the Brazilian Air Force) conducted against UNITA rebels in Autumn 1999 during the civil war.[3][4][5]
The government captured Andulo and Bailundo. By December, Chief of Staff General João de Matos said the Angolan Armed Forces had destroyed 80% of UNITA's militant wing and captured 15,000 tons of military equipment.[3]
References
- ^ a b "KWACHA UNITA PRESS THE NATIONAL UNION FOR THE TOTAL INDEPENDENCE OF ANGOLA UNITA STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE POLITICAL COMMISSION 1999 – Year of Generalised Popular Resistance – COMMUNIQUE NO. 39/CPP/99". Federation of American Scientists. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ Mason, Barry (1999-11-16). "Angola: MPLA inflicts new defeats on UNITA". World Socialist Website.
- ^ a b James, W. Martin. Historical Dictionary of Angola, 2004. Page 141.
- ^ "World briefing". New York Times. Agence France-Presse. 29 December 1999. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ McGreal, Chris (27 December 1999). "Rebels lose former HQ to Angolan army". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2015.