The Soviet Union became involved in the Angolan war because the president of Angola Augustinho Neto renounced Marxist-Leninism and adopted a pro western foreign policy.
The Angolan Civil War was a conflict in Angola, which began in 1975 and continued with interludes, until 2002.
The war started after Angola became independent from Portugal in November 1975.
The war mainly involved the communist People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the turned anti-communist National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).
Internationally, The war served as a surrogate battleground for the Cold War by rival states such as the Soviet Union, Cuba, South Africa and the United States.
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