When Superpowers Played Chess with Angolan Lives.

Disclaimer: This image is AI-generated for illustrative purposes and does not depict real people or events directly. After gaining independence in 1975, Angola became one of the most violent and long-lasting war zones in Africa. But this was no ordinary civil war, it became part of the global Cold War fight between the United States (capitalism) and the Soviet Union (communism). What Was the Cold War? The Cold War was not a direct war between the USA and the Soviet Union, but a political and military struggle where each side tried to spread its own system of government: USA supported capitalism (free economy, and democracy). Soviet Union supported communism (government controls economy, and one-party rule). Instead of fighting each other directly, they supported different sides in smaller wars around the world, Angola was one of those places. Angola’s Independence and Internal Conflict . When Portugal left Angola in 1975, three groups fought to control the new co...