List of wars involving Angola

The following is a list of wars involving Angola.

## List

[edit]

Conflict  | Combatant 1  | Combatant 2  | Result

|
|
|

Battle of Kombi (29 October 1647) (Part of Dutch–Portuguese War)  | Dutch Republic and Kingdom of Ndongo | Kingdom of Portugal | Dutch-Ndongo victory
Battle of Mbwila (29 October 1665) (part of Kongo Civil War)  | Kingdom of Kongo | Portuguese victory
Battle of Mbidizi River (June 1670)  | Soyo and Ngoyo | Soyo victory
Battle of Kitombo (18 October 1670)
Battle of São Salvador (15 February 1709) (part of Kongo Civil War)  | Orthodox Catholics  | Antonian Catholics  | Decisive Orthodox victory
Battle of Quifangondo (10 November 1975) (part of Angolan Civil War)  | National Liberation Army of Angola or ELNA (National Liberation Front of Angola or FNLA), Zaire and South Africa | People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola or FAPLA (MPLA) and Cuba | FAPLA victory
Angolan War of Independence
(1961-1974)  |  MPLA
FNLA
UNITA
FLEC |  Portugal
South Africa | Political victory

* Alvor Agreement, Angolan independence in 1975

Angolan Civil War
(1975-2002)  |  MPLA
SWAPO

Cuba
Soviet Union
Brazil
EO |  UNITA
FNLA
South Africa
Zaire | MPLA victory

* Withdrawal of all foreign forces from Angola
* UNITA and FNLA disarmed

Cabinda War
(1975-)  |  Angola
Cuba |  FLEC | Ongoing

* Surrender of FLEC-Renovada in August 2006

Battle of Cassinga (4 May 1978) (part of South African Border War)  |  South Africa |  Namibia (People's Liberation Army of Namibia or PLAN (SWAPO)

Cuba

| South African military victory
Battle of Cuito Cuanavale (14 August 1987 - 23 March 1988) (part of Angolan Civil War and South African Border War)  |  FALA (UNITA)

South Africa

|  Namibia (SWAPO)

Cuba

FAPLA (MPLA)

Mkhonto we Sizwe (African National Congress)

| Inconclusive
First Congo War
(1996–1997)  |  AFDL
Uganda
Rwanda
Burundi
Angola
Eritrea |  Zaire
ALiR
UNITA | Victory

* Zaire reorganized into the DR Congo

Congo-Brazzaville Civil War
(1997-1999)  |  Nguesso Government
Angola
Chad |  Lissouba Government
DR Congo | Victory

* Return to power of Denis Sassou Nguesso

Second Congo War
(1998-2003)  |  DR Congo
Angola
Chad
Namibia
Zimbabwe

* * *

FDLR
RDR
ALiR
Interahamwe
Mai-Mai

* * *

LRA
UNRF II
ADF
FNI

* * *

FROLINA
CNDD-FDD |  RCD
RCD-Goma
Banyamulenge

* * *

MLC
FFR
UPC

* * *

Uganda
Rwanda
Burundi

* * *

UNITA | Stalemate

* Creation of a unified, multi-party government
* The Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is established, deployment of MONUC
* Continuation of the Ituri conflict until 2007
* Start of the Kivu conflict

Kivu Conflict
(2004-2009)  |  DR Congo
Mai-Mai
Zimbabwe
Angola |  CNDP | Victory

* CNDP integrated into the FARDC

Séléka Rebellion
(2013-)  |  Central African Republic
South Africa
France
DR Congo
Angola
Cameroon
Chad
Congo-Brazzaville
Gabon |  Séléka

* * *

Anti-balaka | Ongoing

* President Michel Djotodia resigns and is replaced by Catherine Samba-Panza

* v
* t
* e

Lists of wars involving African countries

Sovereign states|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

States with limited
recognition

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

Dependencies and
other territories

* Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
* Madeira (Portugal)
* Mayotte / Réunion (France)
* Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template