Jonas Malheiro Savimbi18 July 1975
President Gerald Ford approves covert aid to UNITA and the FNLA through Operation IA Feature
Angola · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
President Gerald Ford approves covert aid to UNITA and the FNLA through Operation IA Feature
The MPLA drive the FNLA out of Luanda & the Government collapses
UNITA and the FNLA also declare Angolan independence as the Social Democratic Republic of Angola based in Huambo and the Democratic Republic of Angola based in Ambriz
The FNLA and UNITA forge an alliance proclaiming their own coalition Government based in Huambo with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents and Jose Ndele and Johnny Pinnock Eduardo as co-Prime Minister's
The FNLA and UNITA forge an alliance proclaiming their own coalition Government based in Huambo with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents and Jose Ndele and Johnny Pinnock Eduardo as co-Prime Minister's
The FNLA and UNITA forge an alliance proclaiming their own coalition Government based in Huambo with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents and Jose Ndele and Johnny Pinnock Eduardo as co-Prime Minister's
The FNLA and UNITA forge an alliance proclaiming their own coalition Government based in Huambo with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents and Jose Ndele and Johnny Pinnock Eduardo as co-Prime Minister's
During the final stages of the war against the Portuguese (and the MPLA) in 1975, the FNLA form a shaky alliance with UNITA, announcing the formation of the Democratic Republic of Angola. Attacking Luanda from the north, the FNLA are defeated and never recover, elements of the FNLA are eventually absorbed into UNITA
The MPLA defeats the FNLA in the Battle of Dead Road and the FNLA retreated to Zaire
1,500 FNLA fighters and 20,000 civilian supporters surrender, prompting Roberto to accept the MPLAs amnesty agreement, effectively shutting down the militant arm of the FNLA
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