Soviet command did not include the Cuban forces in Angola.

Whatever remaining Cuban forces had been in the compound were significantly distracted by the destruction raining down on them.

The coup broke the back of the Cuban armed forces.

"As long as apartheid continues to threaten, the Cuban forces must remain."

Cuban forces crushed the invasion, bringing it to a quick end.

And there is no internal pressure equivalent to the Cuban force in southern Angola.

They are soon captured again, this time by the Communist Cuban forces.

Cuban forces used sweeps by long columns of militia, which cost the government substantial losses but ultimately won the war.

The final toll in Cuban armed forces during the conflict was 176 killed in action.

Failure to competently collect and analyze intelligence about Cuban forces.