FALA

Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola
*Forças Armadas de Libertação de Angola*
Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola; Forças Armadas de Libertação de Angola
Active	1965-1993
Country	Angola
Allegiance	UNITA
Type	Guerrilla and later semi-regular army
Role	Armed Wing of UNITA
Engagements	Angolan War of Independence; Angolan Civil War
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Jonas Savimbi
Insignia
Abbreviation	FALA

The Armed Forces of the Liberation of Angola (Portuguese: Forças Armadas de Libertação de Angola) or FALA was the armed wing of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), a prominent political faction during the Angolan Civil War.^[1]

^ Beck, Theresa (2013). The Normality of Civil War: Armed Groups and Everyday Life in Angola. Frankfurt: Campus Verlag GmbH, Publishers. pp. 83–84. ISBN 978-3593397566.