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'''Operation Restore''' ({{langx|pt|'''Operaçao Restaurar'''}}) was a military operation that the ] (FAA) conducted against the ] (UNITA) and its militant wing, the ] (FALA). FAA carried out Operation Restore in late 1999 during the ].<ref name="success">{{cite book|last1=James|first1=W. Martin|title=Historical Dictionary of Angola|year=2004|page=141}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/29/world/world-briefing.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title=World briefing|work=]|agency=]|date=29 December 1999|access-date=20 January 2015|archive-date=20 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120232509/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/29/world/world-briefing.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/dec/28/chrismcgreal?INTCMP=SRCH|title=Rebels lose former HQ to Angolan army|last=McGreal|first=Chris|author-link=Chris McGreal|work=]|date=27 December 1999|access-date=20 January 2015}}</ref> Air support for the operation was provided by FAA ]s.<ref name="WSWS">{{Cite news|last=Mason|first=Barry|date=1999-11-16|title=Angola: MPLA inflicts new defeats on UNITA|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1999/11/ango-n16.html|work=World Socialist Website}}</ref> Per UNITA, the Tucanos were allegedly crewed by Brazilian pilots contracted by the Angolan government.<ref name="Brazilian pilots"/> UNITA subsequently declared "that anything within the Angolan national territory, identified as Brazil's interest, is... considered a target and will not be spared" from their attacks.<ref name="Brazilian pilots"/> '''Operation Restore''' ({{langx|pt|'''Operaçao Restaurar'''}}) was a military operation that the ] (FAA) conducted against the ] (UNITA) and its militant wing, the ] (FALA). FAA carried out Operation Restore in late 1999 during the ].<ref name="success">James, W. Martin. ''Historical Dictionary of Angola'', 2004. Page 141.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/29/world/world-briefing.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title=World briefing|work=]|agency=]|date=29 December 1999|access-date=20 January 2015|archive-date=20 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120232509/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/29/world/world-briefing.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/dec/28/chrismcgreal?INTCMP=SRCH|title=Rebels lose former HQ to Angolan army|last=McGreal|first=Chris|author-link=Chris McGreal|work=]|date=27 December 1999|access-date=20 January 2015}}</ref>


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Operation Restore
Part of the Angolan Civil War
Operation Restore is located in AngolaAnduloAnduloBailundoBailundoNhareaNhareaMungoMungoOperation Restore (Angola)
DateSeptember 1999 – December 1999
LocationBié and Huambo Provinces, Angola
Status Jonas Savimbi flees to Lucusse in Moxico Province
Belligerents
Angola Angola UNITA
Commanders and leaders
Angola Gen. João de Matos Jonas Savimbi
Units involved

 Angola

UNITA

  • Unknown
Strength
Angola Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
Angolan Civil War

Operation Restore (Portuguese: Operaçao Restaurar) was a military operation that the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) conducted against the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and its militant wing, the Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FALA). FAA carried out Operation Restore in late 1999 during the Angolan Civil War.

The FAA captured Andulo and Bailundo. By December, Chief of Staff General João de Matos said the FAA had destroyed 80% of FALA’s manpower and captured 15,000 tons of military equipment.

References

  1. ^ James, W. Martin. Historical Dictionary of Angola, 2004. Page 141.
  2. "World briefing". New York Times. Agence France-Presse. 29 December 1999. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  3. McGreal, Chris (27 December 1999). "Rebels lose former HQ to Angolan army". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
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