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ALL SCENES THAT PRESENT IN THIS FILM ARE REAL
THE CUBAN INSTITUTE OF THE ART AND CINEMATOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY AND THE CINEMATOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES
PRESENT
THE WAR IN ANGOLA
OCTOBER 1975
Luanda, October 1975.
The capital held by the forces of the MPLA is practically surrounded by invasive and traitorous forces
In just a few days before the November 11,
day to be proclaimed the independence of Angola
At present most of the territory of Angola is in enemy
HOW HAS ACHIEVED THE ENEMY HAVE BUSY MOST OF THE TERRITORY OF ANGOLA?
1956
The revolutionary vanguard of the Angolan people led by Agostinho Neto
organized by the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)
with the aim
Obtain by all possible means the expulsion of the Portuguese colonial army
and achieve national liberation
February 4, 1961.
Three armed MPLA commands assault Luanda prisons.
With this fact is given to start the armed struggle against the colonial occupation army
In 14 years of fighting the MPLA guerrillas created 5 military legions
1st Region in the district of Luanda, Kwanza Norte, Uige and Zaire
The 2nd Region: Cabinda
3rd Region: District of Moxico and Cuando-Cubango
4th Region in the district of Luanda - Malanje
5th Region in the district Bie.
More than 1/3 of the territory of the country where 1.5 million Angolans live is released by Patriots
By increasing the guerrilla struggle
Portuguese colonialism is further clarified in Angola to maintain a powerful army of occupation
with the most modern military means
The wars in the colonies of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea Bissau
Portugal cost $ 500,000 a day.
58% of its annual budget
We have to invest in military spending
Portugal uses the help the U.S. and NATO.
New military defeats suffered by the colonial army in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea Bissau
April 25, 1974.
A group of young soldiers of the Armed Forces of Portugal
made a revolutionary coup collapses to Colonialista Fascist Empire Marcelo Caetano.
Imperialism is the strategy to continue to exploit the great wealth of Africa:
Support the pseudo-revolutionary organizations
The intention is not conducted in the new countries released profound transformations
affecting the interests of Foreign Companies.
In Angola the CIA puppet groups supports UPA, FNLA, UNITA and FLEC.
Its main leaders are: Holden Roberto, known agent of imperialism and Jonas Savimbi;
both receive large economic resources of Foreign Companies,
and treacherous leadership of China and supplied them weapons instructors.
The FNLA and UNITA publicly unmasked as lackeys of imperialism.
Unleash a treacherous war to prevent the true liberation of Angola.
They try to take power in Luanda, but the people next to the MPLA defeat
traitors have to take refuge in Carbona and New Lisbon
and Imperialism has to increase its support for the puppet forces
With the CIA sending mercenaries and weapons of all kinds to Carbona and New Lisbon
scale violent Imperialism begins
at all costs to prevent the independence of Angola
August 5, 1975
ARMY SOUTH AFRICA ENTERS ANGOLAN TERRITORY
South Africa viola border occupying the territory of Angola Cunene River Hydroelectric Complex
It is August 5, 1975
Clearly this is a trial balloon and a baseline for future attacks.
The MPLA organized Training Centres for Recruits in Benguela, N'Dalatando, Cabinda and other cities
In October, at the request of the MPLA
the Revolutionary Government of Cuba sent military instructors.
November 3.
Based on the occupied territory of Angola in August
the regular army of South Africa makes the first attack on the small staff of Recruits Training Centre Benguela
This attack occurs in towns and Calwita Coporolo
The Cuban instructors fighting alongside Angolan patriots
against many more powerful forces.
After heroic resistance
Patriots burn stores ECIR of Benguela
you from falling into enemy hands.
The Politburo of the MPLA declared general mobilization.
The strategy of imperialism is to fulminant operation
Luanda Cabinda invade and take to create a de facto situation and prevent the MPLA
takes office on November 11
and proclaim the independence of the Angolan people.
At this time the enemy is certain that your plans will not fail you.
In Angola so there is a war of aggression to prevent the people's sovereignty.
Given this open intervention
the Bureau of the MPLA formally requested the help of the Revolutionary Government of Cuba.
Cuba sent its first regular unit
This unit is airlifted on a journey of 10,000 km
to stop the South African armored columns
with more than 150 tanks
moving at 60 km/day towards the capital.
This unit organizes Cuban firm pressure on the banks of the River Keve
south of Porto Amboim,
determined to prevent the invaders from taking the capital of the country.
This unit, composed of a special reinforced infantry
with media anti-tank battalion,
next to the FAPLA, meets the objective of stopping the South African forces.