 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kuparara kwehurumende yePortugal yeEstado Novo zvichitevera 1974 Carnation Revolutionyakamisa basa rose rechiuto rePortugal muAfrica uye kutengeserana kwechirongwa chokurambidza kupisa kusvikira pakurukurirano dzokuzvimiririra kweAngola. Vakurudzirwa neSangano reHurumende yeAfrica, Holden Roberto, Jonas Savimbi, uye sachigaro weMPLA Agostinho Neto vakasangana muMombasa kutanga kwaJanuary 1975 uye vakabvumirana kuumba hurumende yemubatanidzwa. Ikoku kwakasimbiswa neAlvor Agreement gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo, iyo yakadana kuti pave nesarudzo huru uye yakagadza zuva rokuzvimiririra kwenyika nokuda kwaNovember 11, 1975. Mapoka ose matatu, zvisinei, akatevedzera kumira kwechimbichimbi kupfurikidza nokushandisa mukana wokubva kwechiPutukezi zvishoma nezvishoma kuti vatore nzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dzinokosha, kuwana zvombo zvakawanda, uye kuwedzera masimba avo anorwisana. Kuyerera nokukurumidza kwezvombo kubva kumanyuko mazhinji okunze, zvikurukuru Soviet Union neUnited States, pamwe chete nokuwedzera kwokukakavadzana pakati pemapato orudzi, kwakaparira kutanga kutsva kwehondo. Nokutsigirwa kwakanyarara kweAmerica neZaire, FNLA yakatanga kuunganidza nhamba huru dzemauto kuchamhembe kweAngola mukuedza kuwana simba rehondo. Munguva iyi, MPLA yakatanga kudzora Luanda, nhare yechinyakare yeAmbundu. Mhirizhonga dzakaputika muLuanda mumwedzi mishomanana yakatevera pashure pokunge FNLA yarwisa mauto eMPLA muna March 1975. Kurwisana kwacho kwakawedzera nokurwisana mumigwagwa muna April naMay, uye UNITA yakabatanidzwa pashure pokunge nhengo dzayo dzinopfuura mazana maviri dzaurayiwa neboka reMPLA muna June iwoyo. Kukwira kwezvombo zveSoviet zvakatumirwa kuMPLA kwakapesvedzera chisarudzo cheCentral Intelligence Agency kuti ipewo rubatsiro rwakavanzika kuFNLA neUNITA. 