Battle of Quifangondo
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The <entity_0> (popularly known in <entity_6> as Nshila wa Lufu, or Battle of Death Road) was fought on <entity_2>, near the strategic settlement of Quifangondo, <entity_3>, between the People's Armed Forces of Liberation of <entity_6> (FAPLA), armed wing of the People's Movement for the Liberation of <entity_6> (MPLA), and the National Liberation Army of <entity_6> (ELNA), armed wing of the National Liberation Front of <entity_6> (FNLA). The engagement was notable for marking the first major deployment of rocket artillery in the <entity_1>, as well as the last serious attempt by ELNA forces to seize <entity_4>, the Angolan capital. While the <entity_5> was taking place, Portugal renounced its claims to Angolan sovereignty and withdrew the remainder of its colonial administrative and military personnel from <entity_4>. A third movement, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of <entity_6> (MPLA), was formed by the Angolan Communist Party and targeted the embryonic upper working class of public sector workers in <entity_4>. <entity_6>'s independence date was set for 11 <entity_2>, the four hundredth anniversary of the founding of <entity_4>. As an ELNA victory in <entity_4> had become more apparent, Soviet policymakers grew increasingly anxious about <entity_6>. That same month, the Soviet Union donated another 10 T-34-85s to FAPLA, promising to have them delivered to <entity_4> before <entity_2>. Western and South African sources nearly all reported their presence at Quifangondo during the <entity_5> on <entity_2>. Quifangondo was a small village in northern <entity_3>, some 30 km (19 mi) from downtown <entity_4>. The <entity_0> had enormous strategic implications for the course of the <entity_1>. It dashed Roberto's hopes of capturing <entity_4> before <entity_6>'s independence date, and all but assured Neto's continued grip on the Angolan capital. In his book The Cuban Intervention in <entity_6>, Edward George wrote that "it is no exaggeration to say that the <entity_5> of Quifangondo destroyed the FNLA, even if fighting between them and the FAPLA–Cubans was to continue for another four months."
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