The Cubans, the Best Planes, and the Best Pilots

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Since luki 19 84, you have the beginning of theg popular revolt in south africa. And cuba start sending these reinforcements. This is when americans discover tapartit. Yer, a constant refrain of the cubans with the sovice, give us more weapons. Give us better weapons, because we are fighting i war on to france, including fighter planes. They're asking for, oh, absolutely. I mean, the best fighter pilots. We're in or wain cubue. And sovit kept saying, no, we can't. We can't. Heve a conversation between fidel and corbace. Fidel moscow in 86,

The second of Dan’s two-part interview with Piero Gleijeses on his book Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976–1991. This is the story of Cuba’s military defense of the Angolan government against a US and South Africa-backed effort to overthrow the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). The future of the entire region was on the line—including the fate of apartheid in South Africa and of Namibia, then a South African colony. Learn Southern African geography by studying these maps: thedigradio.com/visions-of-freedom-maps Support The Dig with money at Patreon.com/TheDig and receive our weekly newsletter.