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Operation Thunderbolt (9 March – late April 1997) was the codename for a military offensive by the South Sudanese SPLA rebel group and its allies during the Second Sudanese Civil War. The operation aimed at conquering several towns in Western and Central Equatoria, most importantly Yei, which served as strongholds for the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and helped the Sudanese government to supply its allies, the Ugandan insurgents of the WNBF and UNRF (II) based in Zaire. These pro-Sudanese forces were defeated and driven from Zaire by the SPLA and its allies, namely Uganda and the AFDL, in course of the First Congo War, thus allowing the SPLA launch Operation Thunderbolt from the Zairian side of the border. Covertly supported by expeditionary forces from Uganda, Ethiopia, and Eritrea, the SP

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rdfs:label	Operation Thunderbolt (1997) (en) Operação Thunderbolt (1997) (pt)
rdfs:comment	Operation Thunderbolt (9 March – late April 1997) was the codename for a military offensive by the South Sudanese SPLA rebel group and its allies during the Second Sudanese Civil War. The operation aimed at conquering several towns in Western and Central Equatoria, most importantly Yei, which served as strongholds for the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and helped the Sudanese government to supply its allies, the Ugandan insurgents of the WNBF and UNRF (II) based in Zaire. These pro-Sudanese forces were defeated and driven from Zaire by the SPLA and its allies, namely Uganda and the AFDL, in course of the First Congo War, thus allowing the SPLA launch Operation Thunderbolt from the Zairian side of the border. Covertly supported by expeditionary forces from Uganda, Ethiopia, and Eritrea, the SP (en) Operação Thunderbolt (9 de março a 12 de abril de 1997) foi o codinome de uma ofensiva militar do grupo rebelde sul-sudanês Exército Popular de Libertação do Sudão (EPLS) e seus aliados durante a Segunda Guerra Civil do Sudão. A operação visava conquistar várias cidades de Equatória Ocidental e de Equatória Central, principalmente Yei, que serviam de reduto para as Forças Armadas do Sudão e ajudavam o governo sudanês a suprir seus aliados, os insurgentes ugandenses da Frente do Banco do Nilo Ocidental e da Frente de Resgate Nacional de Uganda (II) baseadas no Zaire. Essas forças pró-sudanesas foram derrotadas e expulsas do Zaire pelo EPLS e seus aliados, nomeadamente Uganda e a Aliança das Forças Democráticas para a Libertação do Congo (AFDL), durante a Primeira Guerra do Congo, permitindo (pt)
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