Operation Restore

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.^[1][2][3]

DateSeptember 1999 – December 1999

Location

Bié and Huambo Provinces, Angola

Status Jonas Savimbi flees to Lucusse in Moxico Province

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Operation Restore
Part of the Angolan Civil War
Andulo Bailundo Nharea Mungo Operation Restore (Angola)
Date September 1999 – December 1999 Location Bié and Huambo Provinces, Angola Status Jonas Savimbi flees to Lucusse in Moxico Province
Belligerents
Angola	UNITA
Commanders and leaders
Gen. João de Matos	Jonas Savimbi
Units involved
Angola Angolan Army National Air Force of Angola	UNITA Unknown
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

Close

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.^[1]