Why did Cuba Intervene in Angola? (Short Animated Documentary)

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One of the longest military interventions in the Cold War was the Cuban intervention in the Angolan Civil War. But why did Cuba, a small country a literal ocean away decide to intervene in an African Civil War. And what happened after it did so? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary.
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@pinkpenetrator5384 3 года назад

"Proxy war between Cuba and South Africa" Never imagened I'd hear those words

@ZayanK 3 года назад

Not even proxy. They actually engaged each other in the battlefield.

@TheFlameBladeWielder 3 года назад

yeah, not proxy cause they did actually fight, Cuba fought to dismantle apartheid for decades

@Esther_Herbst 3 года назад

That's why this channel exists.

@pixel6698 3 года назад

Bootleg USA vs USSR.

@louvendran7273 3 года назад

@@TheFlameBladeWielder Cuba won. Brought freedom to us and is now swept under the carpet.

@MrRemicas 3 года назад

When you're an ex-Spanish colony fighting in an ex-Portuguese colony against an ex-British colony that was an ex-Dutch colony trying to keep an hold on another colony.

@roadhouse6999 3 года назад

...And you're not helping other ex-Spanish colonies because you're afraid of intervention by an ex-British Colony that almost made you a colony 60 years early.

@command_unit7792 3 года назад

Colony Ception

@Sceptonic 3 года назад

@@roadhouse6999 ...And you became an ex-Spanish colony of an ex-British colony after the ex-British colony beat up your ex-Spanish and owned you for a bit before you, the ex-Spanish colony, got independence from the ex-British colony that helped you against your ex-Spanish.

@the_washingmachine1295 3 года назад

Oh yeah, it's all coming together...

@theemirofjaffa2266 3 года назад

"The War of the Colonies"

@synthetictechnocrat9270 3 года назад

This sounds exactly like something that happens in non-historical Hoi4 games...

@robertrichard6107 2 года назад

That's where Portugal brought out the first slaves in 1450's. Cuban Africans probably didn't mind that.

@imlivingunderyourbed7845 2 года назад

Wait until you hear about Aztecs and Ottomans going to war on the Philippine archipelago like a non-historical EU4.

@gabrielvicuna9734 2 года назад

Or TNO

@bruh5992 2 года назад

@@imlivingunderyourbed7845 the most ambitious crossover + it was against Japanese Pirates (i think)

@redbasher636 2 года назад

@@bruh5992 Wait what

@comradef2163 3 года назад

Fun fact: there were three warring factions in the Angolan Civil War: the MPLA (who were Marxists in ideology), the UNITA who were right-winged in ideology, and the FNLA who were reactionaries that wanted to restore the ancient pre-colonial Kongo empire. Along with clear ideological differences and the quest for power, the civil war was also a war against ethnic groups that didn’t really like each other.

@iliasszennati173 2 года назад

Sadly jonas's dream didnt happen

@susactivities_ 2 года назад

UNITA was based

@Zestyfloridaguy 2 года назад

Death to the MPLA!

@SkyeAten 2 года назад

Somehow people seem to always overlook that point lol

@TheSchultinator 2 года назад

It seems like every war in Africa turns into an excuse for ethnic clashing, which is a result of all the colonialism

@saggybones 3 года назад

Cuba: "We did it, our comrades rule Angola now!" Angola a year later: "Look...it's not you, it's me..."

@CBJay-hw3jk 3 года назад

Wow that war was worth it!

@ImtheHitcher 3 года назад

The PR alone was probably worth it for the regime since Cuba is under US embargo they rely on good relations with 'non aligned' countries to get by.

@ln7929 3 года назад

@@ImtheHitcher that embargo was lifted by Obama

@doni6324 3 года назад

@@ln7929 Obama wasn’t president 50 years ago, so mentioning him is useless.

@ImtheHitcher 3 года назад

@@ln7929 1. no, it wasn't 2. Trump rolled back every Obama era reform 3. we're talking about a long time ago here

@hermes112 3 года назад

"The Angolan Civil war was now becoming a proxy war between Cuba and South Africa" I would never thought I would hear a sentence like that.

@jontheb123 3 года назад

Because it's actually not true - it was the final battlefield of the cold war. It was a regular US v Russia proxy with the Russians backing the Cubans and the US backing South Africa.

@hermes112 3 года назад

hmm interesting

@boeloevanboeloefontein 3 года назад

@@jontheb123 Regarding your point about the RSA being a USA proxy, that's not entirely true. The US did not support Apartheid (officially at least; though President Reagan and many Republican Southerners generally did to varying extents for their own various reasons), so American "involvement" was purely media-related. Also there were a few Russian troops in Angola, so it wasn't exclusively *proxy*. Another reason the US didn't provide aid, they didn't want to piss off the Russians any more than they already had.

@boeloevanboeloefontein 3 года назад

@James Rogers Ah. Cheers.

@hermes112 3 года назад

@@incurve6839 really? Lol

@asiesjefa1758 3 года назад

My father was actually there, in Angola, at that time (he was a captain of a little fishing vessel 18 years) and he says that the Cubans were rather friendly with him in Luanda. Interestingly, he claims that the ones he met were in another fishing vessel but when he got invited to their ship it was full with aks and grenades.

@raulrod95 2 года назад

My dad was actually there in Angola, (he’s Cuban)he told me that they had to smuggle weapons and camping gear on fishing ships to be undetected. He also said that people in Luanda were friendly but when he was sent south and deep inland people were a lot less keen on them. Small world isn’t it?

@asiesjefa1758 2 года назад

@@raulrod95 quizás incluso se conocieran jajaj mi padre (español) contaba que una vez un cubano colega suyo le preguntó que si sabía cómo pescaban los cubanos y tras eso tiro una granada al agua y al explotar salieron los peces a flote. Si le puedes preguntar si de casualidad conoció a algún patrón de pesca español de Lepe (O Huelva) sería genial 🙏

@lightravenn Год назад

Cuban military only knew how to fight guerillas

@FG-bu3jp Год назад

Cubans are really friendly, surprised they invaded angola you expect that from europeans

@guleiro Год назад

@@raulrod95 Cubans were considered brothers by most angolans. I lived those times growing up in a city from the south of Angola called Huambo. I remember going to visit a cuban unit on a school trip in 1987. We spent the day learning how to play baseball and learning how the unit was managed. Every region controlled by the MPLA (the government) Cubans where more than welcome. It was normal to see cuban militarily personal in the city doing their daily routines. Many also had left kids there. In regions controlled by UNITA, things were in fact different.

@l.f.c9973 3 года назад

Wen ur cuban fightin in africa against a man who speaks dutch and his country is ruled by english and the people your protecting speak portuguese

@deisk2707 3 года назад

aaaaahhhh, MR WORLDWIDE!

@gareth6525 3 года назад

Actually South Africans don't speak Dutch and the Country was being ruled by an Afrikaans political party not an English political party*

@deisk2707 3 года назад

@@gareth6525 Double "aaaaahhhh, MR WORLDWIDE!"

@danielstruwig3078 3 года назад

Afrikaans*

@karnickel-s33d16 3 года назад

They spoke Afrikaans, which is kind of like Dutch

@zfollowell 3 года назад

Only in the Cold War can you more or less hear "Cuba and South Africa had a war in Angola" and still not be surprised.

@basedgamer6607 3 года назад

DEATH TO THE MPLA

@springbok4015 3 года назад

All kinds of weird things were triggered by the Cold War. Other than the world wars, arguably the most wide-spread with lots of proxy wars among other things.

@jacksquat1265 3 года назад

"Ooooh yeah... that makes total sense"

@nooneinparticular9837 3 года назад

I'm still a little surprised tbh. Fighting a war an ocean away is probably pretty hard for a small country like cuba, i'd imagine.

@kingmonde 3 года назад

As a South African, I was surprised, lol. Did not expect a mention.

@euanwalsh7604 3 года назад

South Africa clearly didn't have the financial assistance of James Bisonette

@yesimant 3 года назад

Bro no $hit

@lprcn2532 3 года назад

james bissonnete meme begins

@guilhermefaleiros4892 3 года назад

Thats because he is communist, as every inteligent person in the world

@lars9925 3 года назад

@@guilhermefaleiros4892 Intelligent people want starving and economic mismanagement? I don't think so.

@RackHasAttacked 3 года назад

@@guilhermefaleiros4892funny joke😂

@soyungamer9434 3 года назад

The nicest and most caring man I have ever known in Cuba, name's José, fought at Angola, he used to tell us stories of the struggles the army faced in the Angolan jungles, I don't remember many of them besides that several times they had to keep an eye on the water supply in case a Lizard species contaminated it by simply having contact with it and the nights without sleep due to the alarming sounds of gunfire in the dark depths of the jungle

@rbvfeehfbudenrj 3 года назад

Wow

@tiffanyizata3717 2 года назад

Cool, do you have more stories??

@seronymus 2 года назад

I would have been so scared...

@captainpiggz6391 Год назад

Did you also ask him if he participated in the massacres?

@Gab-jo6jg Год назад

@@captainpiggz6391 the massacre was Made by the south african racist

@KexiGina 3 года назад

this is cool to watch, as an Angolan living in the diaspora it's pretty interesting seeing part of our history (albeit a violent part of the history) being shared with the global community.

@cannibalbunnygirl 2 года назад

I've just started getting into history after a passing comment from my south african uncle, I must've listened to him talk about it for 2 hours and I STILL have no idea what happened.

@KexiGina 2 года назад

@@cannibalbunnygirl a couple years ago, my dad had a business meeting with a South African, former soldier from the war, and they had long talk about those days. It was interesting seeing two people from opposing sides sharing those memories. Obviously at the end they both had disclaimers that they were just doing what they were simply following orders.

@cannibalbunnygirl 2 года назад

@@KexiGina pretty much what my uncle said, he didn't want to join the SADF but there was little to no choice. He got conscripted at 16. The damage done to men on both sides is unfathomable

@drumboarder1 2 года назад

@@cannibalbunnygirl that's one hell of a passing comment

@cannibalbunnygirl 2 года назад

@@drumboarder1 lol, he made a comment and it turned into a 2hr conversation. Should've made that clear 😂

@croweman6515 3 года назад

"STOP WATCHING THIS, BROTHER... WE MUST FIGHT THE MPLA!"

@hashemalrafayia2563 3 года назад

Lol

@adankmeme651 3 года назад

Sad that they lost, Only if the real-life Savimbi said that, they would've won!

@quebecorsumn5012 3 года назад

YES!

@MasterQ18 3 года назад

You guys are crazy

@oldworldblu3s305 3 года назад

@@artemiosmoraitakis9837FAL go’s Trrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

@yourneighbourhooddoomer 3 года назад

portugese colonizers: left weapon shipments: received foreign military "advisers": invited Yep, it's civil war time.

@vinzcastro9304 3 года назад

how do you not have more likes?

@felipedaiber2991 3 года назад

a military adviser is what it sounds, a general that helps a military group that lacks its own military officers with knowledge in strategy

@whoeveneatsbreakfast 3 года назад

hotel: trivago

@walsh9080 3 года назад

@@whoeveneatsbreakfast More like Hotel: Rwanda lol.

@killrproductions7411 3 года назад

Hotel: trivago

@levie9714 3 года назад

My grandfather was a Cuban there he "volunteered" in what i believe was the "gloria regiment" in the 70s, he left behind a young wife and a daughter (my mother) in the army he was known as "el Gallego" because his family was from Spain he trained for a few months as an machine gunner, then he and his comrades boarded a leased soviet oil tanker which took him to Angola, along the way they were harrased by US naval aircraft they had to run to the hot holds until the aircraft would leave he sent many letters describing how empty the cities felt, with abandoned cars and looting, the constant patrols and freezing nights believe it or not and how many (not all locals) where "submissive" to the Portuguese and were expecting their return he saw an MPLA soldier throw a mortar round to knock down a fruit from a tree which detonated, killing a bunch of men, the blood was a terrible sight later in a patrol over a bridge his unit was ambushed where he jumped down and laid suppressive fire which routed the UNITA, most of them dropped their own guns as they fled he never answered if he had killed anybody he returned completely healthy and fine to his family, today is his birthday 81 years old i have always been proud of him which is very good considering all the wounded cubans that came back, missing arms and sometimes blind some people came back intact but not in mind Important to know angola and cuba has today very good relations, and they trade alot with each other, angola even operates oil drills in the gulf of mexico with cuban assistance cuba also sells them some armored vehicles

@unsrescyldas9745 Год назад

"he saw an MPLA soldier throw a mortar round to knock down a fruit from a tree which detonated, killing a bunch of men, the blood was a terrible sight" how, why, what

@levie9714 Год назад

@@unsrescyldas9745 My grandpa arrived on the scene immediately after the explosion, a witness in the scene told him the victim picked up an unexploded bomb, and carelessly threw it, supposedly to get a fruit from a tree. I do not know any details of how it actually happened

@DavidJDM Год назад

Como se llama tu abuelo? Apellido

@victormanuelfonsecasanchez9610 Год назад

@@unsrescyldas9745 totally true what he says. I worked in the archives of the Institute for the History of Cuba when I was studying my first degree (History) and one day I had to help a colleague with the documentary collection of the fallen in the war in Angola and the number of stupid accidents that occurred in that war is awesome. Here are two other examples: one day a soldier playing with his weapon killed a comrade. And another time a soldier went to bathe in a river and never appeared. This was told to me by my dad who was in the Ethiopian war: one of his companions taking a bath with a large aluminum can, the can fell and he injured himself between the toes of one foot, this was when they were stationed in the desert. Since there was no doctor and only the company toilet, the wound got worse and worse until he died of gangrene.

@tetraxis3011 Год назад

What kind of idiot throws a MORTAR round to get a fruit?

@danielmatsui4336 3 года назад

In the 80s Cuba was considered a middle power and an influential country in Latin America by boosting a well trained and equiped military. All of this was of course financed by soviet loans and the purchase of cuban sugar by the USSR.

@_audacity2722 Год назад

That's cool. The USA wants to use military force to bully the world, and the USSR is willing to buy sugar and make loans. Gee, I wonder who the bad guys are

@belka8618 3 года назад

"DEATH TO THE MPLA" Some black dude in black ops 2

@Nietabs 3 года назад

He's a real general, who fought angolan civil war

@insectslayer1374 3 года назад

What are you doing here brothers? *WE MUST FIGHT THE MPLA*

@nostalgiagames1800 3 года назад

Rick Ross

@calumbasilva868 3 года назад

MPLA NEEDS TO GET REMOVED

@jeune_turc9404 3 года назад

@Alice Von Hindenburg MPLA still stands strong against Portuguese Colonialists and CIA backed puppets 🇦🇴 🇦🇴 🇦🇴 🇦🇴

@TacBans 3 года назад

in case you're wondering: yes the meme from BO2 of "WE MUST FIGHT THE MPLA" was from the Angolan Civil War, the person saying it being Jonas Savimbi, leading UNITA.

@mrcocoloco7200 3 года назад

Got it. Thanks.

@D00MMAST3R 3 года назад

"DEATH TO THE MPLA!"

@killerman19880385 3 года назад

FIGHT MY BRUTHAS

@bruh_moment3254 3 года назад

THEY ARE WEAK, WE MUST FINISH THEM

@sirkevinvonlp 3 года назад

*OUR JOURNEY TO VICTORY HAS BEGUN!*

@winchesterchua3390 3 года назад

*"HERE THEY COME, HERE THEY COME MY BROTHERS! FIGHT MY BROTHERS!!"* *"OUR JOURNEY TO VICTORY HAS BEGUN, DEATH TO THE MPLA"*

@joemama-mk4zz 3 года назад

I have some sad news my brothers the MPLA has won

@DoctorDeath147 3 года назад

@@joemama-mk4zz and they still rule Angola today

@SiPakRubah 3 года назад

@@joemama-mk4zz And Jonas Savimbi died few months before the war ended if I'm not mistaken

@meruthesuccubus3416 2 года назад

@@SiPakRubah well shit welp MISSION FAILED WILL GET EM NEXT TIME

@MSRLR 3 года назад

Tools for fighting an african civil war: -machete -ak47 dual mag w/ grenade launcher -child soldiers to man those weapons

@pj.sinclair 3 года назад

they do have a smaller hit box though, so it’s a good idea

@MSRLR 3 года назад

No african civil war would be complete without a toyota pick up truck w/ a 50 cal.

@shetos1233 3 года назад

Don't forget a free for all you can't have only two sides fighting a clear war gotta be atleast 5 militias

@MSRLR 3 года назад

@@shetos1233 5 militias, soviet, us, pakastani, chinese and british all backing opposing sides

@MSRLR 3 года назад

Dont forget the UN brokered cease fire that gets violated 100 times a day.

@pridelander06 3 года назад

"But matters were complicated" A very common phrase when describing human history.

@electricvancompany3847 3 года назад

And particularly the cold war

@dusk6159 2 года назад

Especially post independence Africa

@lawrencedoliveiro9104 2 года назад

But it doesn’t play well with prime-time TV news.

@alexs_toy_barn 3 года назад

so the first mission of black ops 2 is kinda accurate, i always thought it was all nonsense with the cuban military in africa but apparently its based on real history

@zddxddyddw 3 года назад

Cuba intevened in many foreign wars. It also helped Ethiopia during the Ogaden War, and fought Israel in the Yom Kippur War, to name a few. That tiny island made a big name for itself in the last half of the 20th century regarding warfare.

@kiandocherty3589 3 года назад

@@zddxddyddw God bless those humanitarian crazy bastards.

@looinrims 3 года назад

You could’ve...googled it It’s how I got into history I played historical games and was like ‘did that happen Though?’ And looked it up

@kiandocherty3589 3 года назад

@Wyatt Earp Look up Cuba`s doctor program and tell me they aren`t humanitarian.

@halowerder3356 3 года назад

@@kiandocherty3589 that's like saying "look up hitlers first steps in politics" to prove he was a socialist (he was not)

@begelzim 3 года назад

One thing that's interesting about this conflict, is that it became so muddled that at one point there were Cuban soldiers defending MPLA oil rigs exporting oil to the U.S. from American backed UNITA soldiers who were trying to capture the 'american' oil rigs.

@TubeDisabuser Год назад

Not that surprising. Consider that the United States is currently militarily occupying a chunk of Syria rich in oil and agriculture, both to steal the oil and prevent the Syrian government from rebuilding its war-devastated country.

@alanpennie Год назад

USA got into a right muddle about this war.

@AverytheCubanAmerican 3 года назад

South Africa: We got this bois Also South Africa: *Why do I hear Guantanamera?*

@HBC101TVStudios 3 года назад

You're everywhere

@G3700L 3 года назад

@@HBC101TVStudios I swear to God I see him everywhere. He's got some good taste in RU-vid videos.

@ericgol7 3 года назад

@@G3700L The algorhythm is congregating us

@SeymoreTheDisappointed 3 года назад

30000

@lprcn2532 3 года назад

Teacher: today we will be learning about Cuba in angola me: *Visible Confusion*

@SP-rt4ig 3 года назад

Black Ops II players: my time has come

@nowhereman6019 3 года назад

"What's an Angola?"

@SirFaceFone 3 года назад

More surprising part are schools teaching about this.

@crocodileguy4319 3 года назад

This entire thing sounds so off, it's like it's straight from hoi4.

@SlythinSern 3 года назад

Cod black ops 2 beginning campaign

@MajorMlgNoob 3 года назад

When is Paradox making their Cold War game?

@HugostarGames 3 года назад

@@MajorMlgNoob *Poland first nation on the moon event popup* THEY DID WAT?!

@Fyrdman 3 года назад

@@MajorMlgNoob It got canned years ago

@SpencerLemay 3 года назад

@@Fyrdman What a load of crap. Could easily make it possible to transfer saves from Hoi4->cold war game->Stellaris

@zap3231 3 года назад

For those wondering, MPLA stands for Movimento Popular de Liberação Angolana (Portuguese for Popular Movement for Angolan Liberation). No idea what UNITA stands for though.

@gerritkruger4014 3 года назад

National Union For The Total Independence Of Angola

@gerritkruger4014 3 года назад

Basically an alliance of anti communist groups

@zap3231 3 года назад

@@gerritkruger4014 So União Nacional para a Independência Total da Angola? (If you can't tell, I'm Portuguese)

@gerritkruger4014 3 года назад

@@zap3231 😂no thanks for that

@riograndedosulball248 3 года назад

It stands for U - Morte ao N - M I - P T - L A - A

@vladimiralexanderlagos1477 3 года назад

You've got to love the massive short circuit in global politics needed to make Cuba and South Africa fight an undeclared war against each other.

@richlisola1 Месяц назад

I think you’re overstating their enmity for one another. Cuba was fighting for communism, for the MPLA, more so than fighting South Africa. Likewise, South Africa was fighting its Border War, of which the Angolan War was just one theater.

@walid7084 3 года назад

When your so early there's no "Death to the MPLA" memes

@lucianogardelli10 3 года назад

Jaim Rajin ..... I see ur a man of culture . But stop watching brother we must fight the MPLA 🎵🎶Du na na na naaaaaa na ne na na🎵🎶

@rayh6118 3 года назад

@@lucianogardelli10 our journey to victory has began DEATH TO THE MPLA

@MasterQ18 3 года назад

@@rayh6118 NO

@FalkyRocket2222 2 года назад

yeah im late af and only found 2

@waffle6376 2 года назад

DEATH TO THE MPLA

@Vienna3080 3 года назад

My dad was gonna be sent off to Angola when he was in the Cuban Militias a s Truck driver but he was so short he was allowed a pardon to not serve cause he could barely drive

@caras2004 3 года назад

Is it okay to laugh? I'm 6'6"

@class.C 3 года назад

That's fucking hilarious too bad his son became a weeb, where do you live now tho, US?

@RyoKasai25 3 года назад

Being a manlet saved his life, how funny and curious.

@Brakiros 3 года назад

@@RyoKasai25 well when you're like old man peanut from the simpsons and you can barely touch the pedals it's not conducive to military service

@2prize 3 года назад

MANLETS RISE UP

@JorgeGarcia-lw7vc 3 года назад

The only thing missing in the video was the huge support the USSR gave in logistics and armaments, in addition to yearly monetary support, to Cuba to aid it in its intervention in Angola. The Cubans spilled their blood for their cause there, and the Soviets were the ones mostly paying for it. I remember Cubans in Angola constantly being referred to as surrogate troops, in the US press and other publications throughout the 1980's. With this aside, great video!

@justarandompersonininterne6583 3 года назад

@Joe Moer yeah and south africans returned home with nothing except losing.

@lcg3092 2 года назад

And the US support for FNLA, and then UNITA and South Africa. It's obvious that the 2 cold war super powers would not be blind to what was going on in Angola, even if it was not a top priority...

@_audacity2722 Год назад

Yeah, scumbag US media always sees other countries being helped by another world power and say it's evil

@davideastman979 Год назад

@@lcg3092Yeah I’m sure KGB and CIA had advisors out there. No proof that they did though. However that is probably more likely than not.

@BG-it7hb Год назад

@@davideastman979 there is actually proof. An Ex-CIA agent wrote a book. It's called "in search of an enemy". Both powers where active. There actually where Romanian, East German and Soviet troops on the ground. As well as mercenaries from South Africa and Europe with US support

@jmalko9152 2 года назад

Thanks for this episode!

@Muffincakeswithsugar 3 года назад

Can we give a salute to people like Spinning three plates and David Silverman? They've been supporting this channel forever and ever

@jamesbissonette4438 3 года назад

@oscarredfearn3492 3 года назад

How dare you forget Mr Bissonnette

@RafitoOoO 3 года назад

Also Kelly Moneymaker

@vincent5880 3 года назад

@@jamesbissonette4438 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@craniumtea5137 3 года назад

@@jamesbissonette4438 he is the Messiah /s

@twothreebravo 3 года назад

"The first question is 'Why Angola?'" 0:20 I see what you did there.

@NoNo-hv2rb 3 года назад

I don’t get it

@divinejudgement8502 3 года назад

He says "well" and briefly shows a picture of a well

@johnfraire6931 3 года назад

Yeah, that joke was well done

@mrdmasiv2452 3 года назад

@@johnfraire6931 ba dum tss

@TerranRepublic0200 3 года назад

Because spainish and Portuguese are rivals i guess and their kids ......

@recethecrazy7972 5 месяцев назад

makes me so happy to see history channel get millions of views

@oliversherman2414 4 месяца назад

Great video 👍🏻

@hassam363 3 года назад

Cuba played a part in a lot of African wars. For example they basically won the Ethiopian Somali war for the Ethiopian side.

@grontelp77 3 года назад

Great point. I believe Cuba sent Che to advise the Algerian and Polisario anticolonial movements as well

@rodrigomejia953 3 года назад

Cuba probably intervened directly or indirectly in more countries than the USSR xD (Ignoring Eastern Europe ofc).

@xernobell7845 3 года назад

Ya they helped algeria against morocco in the sand war 1963 , they were truly very helpful towards african social countries

@ahmedamine24 3 года назад

@@xernobell7845 The Morocco/Algeria war was as inevitable politicallyas it was morally senseless. Truly a deplorable outcome.

@scintillam_dei 3 года назад

@@grontelp77 I love the song about "comandante Che Guevara" but when I sing it I replace his evil name with something decent like "Don fulano" (de tal).

@australianword3812 3 года назад

"Why did Cuba invade Angola?" Cuba invaded Angola?

@MC-Phillips 3 года назад

Cuba trying act to be like his big papa USSR.

@user-il3ql5ps2c 3 года назад

Обычная катка в HOI4

@trisblackshaw1640 3 года назад

Why *wouldn't* they invade Angola?

@thunderbird1921 3 года назад

North Korea is now working in Africa. They've partnered with the Democratic Republic of the Congo numerous times in recent years.

@s_369 3 года назад

You should play black ops 2

@jeffsanders1609 2 года назад

My favorite part of the MPLA declaring Democracy in Angola is when José Eduardo dos Santos was President of Angola from 1979-2017 A shining example of Democracy

@luukdevoogd1071 2 года назад

'hmmm, I wonder why he kept being re-elected?'

@dchenkin02 9 месяцев назад

Social Democracy is still labeled "socialism" in the United States.

@PaidAMaluCachu 3 года назад

This is why I love this channel, I read titles like this and think "hang on, they did what??"

@xXageraXx 3 года назад

0:33 “DEATH TO THE MPLA!!!!!” -that one guy from black ops 2

@basedgamer6607 3 года назад

bruh you made the joke first

@zackscout6365 3 года назад

Was about to say that

@davidramsvik 3 года назад

His name is Jovas Zavimbi

@liquidocelot5976 3 года назад

“FIGHT, MY BRODAAAS!!!”

@shadysam7161 3 года назад

@@davidramsvik not only that; but he's the god damn leader!

@Thomas-ww1tp 3 года назад

“Why did Cuba invade Angola?” Me: what?

@cgmason7568 3 года назад

Black ops 2

@princesstinklepanties2720 3 года назад

Cuba had money to try breeding cat sized cows and invade angola, but the cars were from the 60's. *communism*

@dottore3870 3 года назад

@@princesstinklepanties2720 Actually it was all the way around. Cuba went on mercenary missions to other third world countries. It was a way to funnel money to the country. It was called Internationalists service. There were military branches but also civilian particularly health and infrastructure (roads, water plants etc). Not great quality but it was a way to make money and advance in the system.

@tacodias 3 года назад

As a portuguese this was the first time I’ve heard of Cuban and ZA in the Angolan civil war as well.... mind blown

@isu3302 3 года назад

I knew about it since my dad was almost drafted into the war so when veterans came back they talked about it and on how Cuba was the first to set foot after the Portuguese withdrawal from Angola

@Siptom369 2 года назад

The well joke is one of the best running gags on this channel

@EmuInDenial 6 месяцев назад

This 3-minute video helped me understand the Angolan civil war better than documentaries.

@nickmcgargill6216 3 года назад

Cuba invaded Angola because they had the financial backing of James Bisonnette, the Byzantinian financier extraordinaire.

@lprcn2532 3 года назад

james bissonnete meme begins

@jamesbissonette4438 3 года назад

That is a lie

@peepingtom9342 3 года назад

@@jamesbissonette4438 gib me moneys please

@jamesbissonette4438 3 года назад

@@peepingtom9342 no

@gideonmele1556 3 года назад

The Bis pulls a lot of strings so it’s not surprising

@robezy0 3 года назад

And that's how Castro and Mandela became besties

@oracle8192 3 года назад

Real recognizes real, from one Titan among men to another

@fabiojr8082 3 года назад

@@degamispoudegamis dayummm owned

@glamorousman4013 3 года назад

Obama

@glamorousman4013 3 года назад

@@degamispoudegamis Mandela just liked everyone that helped him

@theobuniel9643 3 года назад

Mandela pre-Robben Island was very much a leftist revolutionary; dude went to Algeria to learn how to successfully perform guerrilla warfare.

@philliplyn2692 Год назад

Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

@davideastman979 Год назад

Interesting to hear about other battles fought by other countries in the 20th century, that wasn’t WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Gulf War, or Somalia. If it weren’t for HM, I probably wouldn’t ever know that other modern countries fight and go to war as well. Sure I could google it, but I wouldn’t know where to start. This channel makes it informative and entertaining at the same time. Thanks HM

@zavijer 3 года назад

I remember watching "The Gods Must Be Crazy 2" as a kid in the late 80s, and being baffled about the gag with 2 soldiers, one of them white Cuban the other black African, and I just couldn't understand what why how in the hell is Cuban army fighting a war in Africa?

@thunderlord-nsr6153 3 года назад

You've seen it too? That was my childhood favourite.

@vnorm2907 3 года назад

Cuba was in Angola fighting against imperialism!!!

@davidkazira6060 3 года назад

You just blew my mind. I hadn't thought of that and I love that movie.

@vnorm2907 3 года назад

Little know fact, North Korea also fought on Africa soil against Imperialism.

@vnorm2907 3 года назад

@Caesar Sanchez lucky for who? I have been to Angola and Cuba. The people of Cuba are much better off. Both Cuba and Angola are poor, but the people of Cuba have Great Free Health Care, Great Free Education and Cuba is only poor because of the blockade. Angola is poor because of Western Imperialism, that places corrupt leaders in charge that sellout their people, resources, and country.

@Jonasm501 3 года назад

Cuba couldn't have done it without James Bisonette's financial support.

@lprcn2532 3 года назад

james bissonnete meme begins

@roskcity 3 года назад

The day he isn't a patiron is the day the world ends.

@jamesbissonette4438 3 года назад

Thats not true

@ronaldschild157 3 года назад

I remember in the '80's listening to a lot of news stories about AIDS in Cuba and how the involvement with Angola was cited as a transmission factor. Many Cuba soldiers contracted AIDS in Angola and brought it back home to the island nation. Of course, this was in a time when AIDS was still a taboo subject in Cuba, barely less so in the U.S., and it appears a convenient scapegoat was needed to assign blame. Later, some of the U.S. media reported many Cubans with AIDS were simply sent off to sanitariums to die of the disease.

@Marquinhos1901 2 года назад

Yes I remember there was a myth told in South America that it was Cuban soldiers who had sex with the blue monkeys that brought it back.

@thetooginator153 3 года назад

I was a young teenager when this happened, and I REALLY didn’t understand it. This video would have helped me a lot back then. I just saw newspaper and TV reports about Cuban troops in Angola and thought “That’s pretty weird!” The articles and TV reports didn’t explain why Cuba was there, which made it hard for a teenager to understand what was going on. I just figured it was just more Cold War weirdness (which was pretty common back then).

@elierfernandezguerra Год назад

Apartheid was the reason, that is why Cuba was called to help with fighting it in Angola. It is almost never said on TV or any analysis.

@Befree898 Год назад

Cuba in fact was there by request of the Soviet Union who supplied all the logistics and armament for the war and Cuba supplied all the manpower or cannon meat as they say.

@Befree898 Год назад

@@elierfernandezguerra yeah right, Fidel Castro whose country population is like 80% blacks or mixed races cared about apartheid. So explain then to me why the government elites of Cuba are whites in a 95% composition l 😆😆😆 Probably Fidel Castro loved apartheid too.

@TubeDisabuser Год назад

@@Befree898 -- In fact, Cuba sent troops and its own armaments at the request of the MPLA in government.

@Befree898 Год назад

@@TubeDisabuser all armament Cuba ever had, and still have today was DONATED by the Soviet Union. Only thing they have bought over the years is some police gear. They are totally broken and they were even more broken before the war in Angola started. I said donated because Putin a few years ago in 2014, just cancelled the 90% of Cuban debt to Russia ascending to 35 billions of dollars. So Cuba still owes 3.5 billions to Russia and you can be sure they aren't paying it either.

@scottgrey3337 3 года назад

When you just wanted to be independent of your colonial overlord, Portugal, but find your country now in a proxy war between the superpowers of South Africa and Cuba

@vnorm2907 3 года назад

LMFAO, South Africa an Cuba a super power? That's a joke. South Africa was a puppet of the United States and the United Kingdom. Cuba did what was correct, they Angola the same chance Cuba had been given. They help to throw the yoke of imperialism off and choose their own destiny.

@scottgrey3337 3 года назад

@@vnorm2907 “That’s a joke.” Ty, that’s why I wrote it

@vnorm2907 3 года назад

@@scottgrey3337 I was speaking on it being a proxy war between South Africa and Cuba.

@scottgrey3337 3 года назад

@@vnorm2907 Fair enough, but if we can agree that I’m not seriously claiming that either side is a superpower, than I’m also probably not literally describing the actual political situation there.

@SeymoreTheDisappointed 3 года назад

@@vnorm2907 Cuba doing what was correct, ye because there totally weren't other reasons for doing so

@victormanuelfonsecasanchez9610 Год назад

Very well explained

@ryanjapan3113 3 года назад

2:52 Well, I’m not complaining.

@tencorgmail4075 3 года назад

Cuba: Central America is free Communist real estate! US: What did I just hear? Cuba: Umm..... Let support Angola instead.

@Khajiidaro 3 года назад

US: Yeah, thats what I thought, Russia.

@abodalashkar5686 3 года назад

@Jay Kemme they didn't send their military

@nadie516 3 года назад

@Jay Kemme there was no direct action by the cuban army in the continent, just training and funding

@steuben6372 3 года назад

@Jay Kemme that’s the point

@cubanreemachine9592 3 года назад

@Jay Kemme they got involed in angola for two reasons they would be paid by Mpla government to help in war and cuba would get most resources from angola.

@disappointedmess209 3 года назад

oh yeah I remember that, my great uncle served in the war as a cuban solder and brought back souvenirs

@glamorousman4013 3 года назад

That’s dope I’m anti communist but he sounds cool since they were probably forced to

@cubanenjoyer1325 3 года назад

A friend of my parents also served there

@glamorousman4013 3 года назад

@@cubanenjoyer1325 that’s cool

@ruthswann88 3 года назад

I remember reading for school comparing Cuban intervention in Angola to US intervention in Vietnam that a big difference was that Cuba never faced a shortage of volunteers to go to Angola That might be overall though and Cuba may have had to force specialists to go

@PalkkiTT 3 года назад

@@glamorousman4013 Why are you against communsm?

@sadalbatross846 3 года назад

South Africa: Our economy is better! The world: That’s cool, just remember, you lost to cigar smoking cubans

@theitguy6652 2 года назад

the cigar smoking had one of the most advanced army at the time

@spannerintheworks1190 2 года назад

Not according to the death toll.

@addyred1861 2 года назад

@@spannerintheworks1190 who withdrew? Will is what matters

@cometive6075 2 года назад

@@addyred1861 Your opinion is delusionally unrealistic.

@thenomad47 2 года назад

We didn't lose, it was a draw

@Edgelord-rn9he 3 года назад

0:30 I remember a game where one important character said "Death to the MPLA!"

@theobuniel9643 3 года назад

Well the guy on the right is the important character you're talking about; his name is Jonas Savimbi.

@thesummergamer7245 2 года назад

cod black ops 2

@bluecup1129 3 года назад

Angola: hey um who are you Cuba: *YOUR BEST FRIEND* Angola: what

@mariano98ify 3 года назад

Cuba: well your only friend, that makes me your best FRIEND!!

@riko_sandokan 3 года назад

It would also become and an Ethiopia's best friend.

@adrielsebastian5216 3 года назад

*The Internationale plays in the distance*

@Admiral45-10 3 года назад

*Meanwhile Polish dictator visits North Korea*

@austinshaw2316 3 года назад

0:20 that well joke did not go unappreciated.

@animalanimal7939 3 года назад

Hey cmon. More content . Your the best on RU-vid

@John-cg1ex 2 года назад

Cuba did not invade Angola, but saved from apartheid imperialism

@lucianobessoni6937 3 года назад

Cuba fighting South Africa in Angola has such an AoE2 energy.

@Guanaco17 3 года назад

1:16 the fact that History Matters used the FMLN over the Sandinistas makes me proud of being Salvadoran.

@codyarcher3263 3 года назад

@Non Filios Tuos Videbis Vacillantes 'throws history book'

@Guanaco17 3 года назад

@Non Filios Tuos Videbis Vacillantes Frente Farabundo Marti de Liberación Nacional Or in english: National Liberation Front Farabundo Marti

@hahaha5290 3 года назад

@@Guanaco17 and what were they trying to archive ?

@Guanaco17 3 года назад

@@hahaha5290 overthrow the goverment. Instrestingly the army deposed the facist salvadoran leaders already but the FMLN rebelled anyway.

@alkzavaleta7876 3 года назад

@@hahaha5290 and after the peace treaty they became a legal political party. They won the presidental election in 2009 and 2014. They are decaying after the last elections (2019).

@etienneporras7252 Год назад

I literally only know about this war because of the "Gods Must be Crazy" movie. Well done!

@danielblue4460 3 года назад

From the events narrated, it was Cuba who lost a lot in technicality. Their proxy won, but got dumped a year later. 😐

@bombocrusty4251 Год назад

Tbf Angola and the MPLA still has excellent relations with Cuba, they just aren't into the whole Marxism stuff considering the Soviet Union basically collapsed the second they won their war lol

@adrielsebastian5216 3 года назад

0:20 please don't ever stop with the _well_ thing

@Admiral45-10 3 года назад

Ever

@olivercuenca4109 3 года назад

United States: “we don’t like Cuba, but we don’t like South Africa more”

@matheuroux5134 3 года назад

The CIA helped SA a lot in the war

@canzuk6621 3 года назад

US and UK supplied lots of weapons and equipment to help South Africa. That is why when Soviet Union fell, the Western aid to South Africa stopped and Apartied couldnt survive anymore.

@Gambito99100 3 года назад

It's actually more like "we fucking hate Cuba, and we like South Africa, but liking South Africa will get us cancelled on Twitter"

@TheButterMinecart1 3 года назад

@@Gambito99100 Exactly

@curtisthomas2670 3 года назад

The US were arming and funding two "rebel" movements in Angola to assist South Africa install a puppet regime in Angola. The aim was to have an Apartheid Bloc of racist or puppet states surrounding South Africa, composed of Angola, South West Africa (Namibia), Rhodesia and Mozambique, but lost the latter two after they became independent.

@veerzara3857 2 года назад

The animations are really funny 🤣. Wars become like you are watching episodes from Tom and Jerry.

@DragonJohn 2 года назад

"The Gods Must Be Crazy 2" finally makes sense. I never understood why there was a Cuban soldier in Africa but never got around to finding out.

@carlos-ju7ce 2 года назад

That was a crappy movie. The first one was much better. We will likely never see either again, as they're no longer PC

@hornet370 3 года назад

Do “why Malaysia used the American flag” next

@Snoweagle0 3 года назад

Federal system yo

@hornet370 3 года назад

@@Snoweagle0 the American flag has a lot of meanings too it other than the style of government

@yassineszn17 3 года назад

Also liberia

@danielchew8739 3 года назад

Look up the flag of the Majapahit as well as the flag of the East India Company. That's where the inspirations for the Malaysia's flag come from.

@lightningfletch5598 3 года назад

@@yassineszn17 Well Liberia was founded by Americans as a home for free slaves. That’s why the Liberian flag and American flag are similar. But that’s not the only American influence left on Liberia. For example, Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, named after US President James Monroe.

@dbeast6667 3 года назад

History matters is one of the most entertaining channels combining well researched history with humour and delivered in a great way so I really hope that one day they can make longer videos again and RU-vid changes it’s stupid policies

@BG-it7hb Год назад

Great summary, also worth mentioning that on addition to the named countries, German, Romanian and Soviet troops where on the ground as well as many European mercenaries involved.

@EnjoySackLunch 3 года назад

The WELL splice gets me everytime

@EnjoySackLunch 3 года назад

Yea dude me too. Oh

@zidanariqi64 3 года назад

"Stop Watching this brother, we have to fight the MPLA"

@kevanpoernomo6460 3 года назад

Do one on the Indonesian anti-communist purges. Millions died because of it and a CIA-backed dictator was installed.

@souvikrc4499 3 года назад

I know, not a pleasant moment in the Cold War.

@ShinigamiInuyasha777 3 года назад

Wait...Indonesia is in South America???

@juanguzman9031 3 года назад

Shocked to hear the cia would do something like this

@ahmedrizk300 3 года назад

@@juanguzman9031 I'm not. Despite much surprise and shock in the UN (which amounts to nothing) states like the USA (and other states, mind you.) think in a very opportunistic manner, and the USA was no different. I'm sure you'd find dozens of such incidents made by the USSR too, like its invasion of Afghanistan, its involvement in Eastern Europe and the various wars it supported across Africa, which, unsurprisingly, were as bloody as they come. I blame neither state (From a purely apathetic point of view) in their opportunism, I blame the leaders who either were too naïve or didn't bother to think that these states were merely using them and that when they outlive their usefulness, they'll be deposed and, surprise surprise, not have much popular backing in the streets. It's what happened to Indonesia's leader. I'm no American or Russian, but I think this is what it amounts to. Obviously you could have said that comment as a joke, but I wanted to share my opinion.

@pancholopez8829 3 года назад

@@souvikrc4499 when it comes to the Cold War, when is it ever a good moment? I do admit as a US American, my government did more damage for the most that I'm more amazed we're still in somewhat good terms with the rest of the world. You tell me on how that works.

@benmaharaj6854 2 года назад

You should do one on Namibia's war for independence from South Africa, which is connected to this topic too.

@GarkKahn 3 года назад

Ok Which one of you played hearts of iron in a very sick way? And didn't invited me!

@xxmedixx148 3 года назад

Como vas a ser de rasin

@THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL 3 года назад

Oh, so that's were the MPLA meme came from

@mrcocoloco7200 3 года назад

Yep

@shermanbrown419 3 года назад

Duh

@Tomekurens 4 месяца назад

every time i hear MPLA i just keep remmembering that scene in call of duty

@joshhb.5983 2 года назад

Thanks didn't know that

@civ27 3 года назад

fun fact: at one point, Cuban troops guarded US oil fields in Angola against Marxist-Leninist rebels

@HeadsFullOfEyeballs 3 года назад

That must have been awkward for everybody involved.

@inesfi66166 3 года назад

Lmao.

@diegogalvan1810 2 года назад

Never thought I’d ever read something like that

@hachwarwickshire292 2 года назад

When US attacked Libya in an attempt to kill Gaddafi .... heavily armed troops turned up at the oil installations in Southern Libya. The American and British workers were very concerned 😟 (Gaddafi had sent extra troops with instructions to ensure no oil workers were ill treated, harmed or attacked in any way.) He was worried local leaders or units might assault the foreigners. Nice that he thought of them

@joelbarroso9386 Год назад

please tell me you have some intel of the source that is to good to not know

@openthinker6562 3 года назад

“LETS GO, MY BROTHERS!! DEATH TO THE MPLA!!” Black Ops, anyone?

@aleksandarvil5718 3 года назад

@magyarmem Horváth Black Ops 2

@quoth_raven 3 года назад

South african Soldier 1: "do you hear salsa too...?" South african Soldier 2: "Shut up, that´s the boss music!"

@wmstaceybutts4953 Год назад

Great history

@yung_cheezy 3 года назад

Thanks for answering the questions we didn't know we had ❤

@EinarEngvig 3 года назад

This is awesome. You'd do great covering the Ogaden War too. Definitely one of the most Cold War-ish moments of the Cold War.

@firstnamelastname9215 3 года назад

Lol “ask Che” that’s dark but I love it

@elvastan Год назад

You didn't mention this, but I was reading government documents at the time, the cuban fighters arrived mere _HOURS_ before luanda (the capital) was going to fall, that's how desperate the situation was

@firmanimad 3 года назад

Jonas Savimbi, the leader of UNITA and the "death to the MPLA" meme guy, was originally Marxist. He changed side to secure aid from the US and South Africa.

@toontrooper4103 3 года назад

I looked that up because of your comment and I was surprised to see it's true. I didn't find why he switched though. I'm guessing he was more interested in obtaining power than he was to create any sort of different society. Nothing but another warlord from the little I've seen.

@gerhardtvanrooyen8668 3 года назад

I truly enjoy that you elabirate on South Africa's history. I hope you find more of these stories that you can show. It is truly inspiring to see my home country being more recognized.

@M.G.R.-YT 2 года назад

Of coarse i would like SA to not be insulted in comments as a "racist"or"fasciast state"

@BlackDoveNYC Год назад

@@M.G.R.-YT But it was racist and fascist at the time.

@thenomad47 11 месяцев назад

@@BlackDoveNYC Racist yes, Fascist no, not even close.

@conejeitor 3 года назад

“It was the first time that a country had come from another continent not to take something away, but to help Africans to achieve their freedom.” - Mandela.

@D0cSwiss 3 года назад

This is probably one of those videos that make people say "Why did WHO do WHAT?"

@danethancoronaperez8216 3 года назад

Cuba: "Bueno, lo intentamos"

@mrcocoloco7200 3 года назад

O que?

@danethancoronaperez8216 3 года назад

De qué?

@bernardoabreu4605 3 года назад

Por quê?

@Sceptonic 3 года назад

Pa qué?

@Dragoon77 3 года назад

Qué qué?

@J0rgLto 3 года назад

Great Episode! My Father Served in the Cuban Army as an Artillery Operator during the second war/phase, he was Conscripted at 16-17

@M.G.R.-YT 2 года назад

I see that my home country of south africa and cuba both used conscription

@tomjones2860 2 года назад

Love to see one of these on the War of 1812

@ovs8691 3 года назад

When my uncle (who fought in Angola as part of the 32 Battalion) went to Cuba with his wife and mentioned that he was from South Africa, the locals threatened to beat him as almost every one of them had lost family in Angola.

@Imman1s 3 года назад

Lol, I call BS on that. The official figures were ~3000 Cuban deaths out of a population of 11 million, so that statement is unadulterated BS. They likely didn't like your uncle because he was supporting a racists POS regime. Individual behavior aside, Cubans in general are known to be polite even with former enemies and safe to foreigners in general, but that stinks of useless boasting.

@jbk19xx57 3 года назад

As a History fan, I never really understood this conflict growing up, if they video was done back then, it would have been GREAT help.

@SaymonNascimento 3 года назад

I've lived in Angola for eight years. Thanks for this video. Maybe someday you could make a part II about the civil war after the 1992 elections. Or another about Cabinda. Lots of stories to tell in Africa!