The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, in support of a Marxist-Leninist government, and the subsequent nine-year conflict with the indigenous Afghan Mujahedeen was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Cold War. Key details of the circumstances surrounding the invasion and its ultimate conclusion only ...
The Soviet–Afghan War, 1978–1989: An Overview 1HISTORYEDITORIALSAFGHANISTANSOVIET occupation, 1979-1989SOVIET Union -- History, MilitaryPublication » The Soviet-Afghan War, 1978-1989: An Overview.doi:10.1080/14702430802252511Geraint HughesRoutledgeDefence Studies...
Soviet-Afghan War Afghanistan marks 34th anniversary of Soviet Union’s withdrawal 15th February, 2023 · admin Khaama: Thirty-four years ago, on February 15, 1989, the last Soviet Soldier crossed the Afghan-Soviet border ending one of the bloodiest wars in the history of Afghanistan. ...
A unique aspect of this collection is that it has recounting of Soviet-Afghan War battles from both Soviet officers and Mujahideen resistance fighters.In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to protect its puppet government. By the end of December 1979, the Soviet Union sent thousands of ...
The Americans first sought to increase costs for the Soviet Union by supplying funds and Soviet-style arms to the Afghan resistance (mujahadeen). Second, President Reagan escalated the conflict as part of a larger strategy, the "Reagan Doctrine." Third, the American strategy was integral in ...
(with the war in Korea remaining, almost three-quarters of a century later, in a painful and festering stalemate). Even the ending of the Cold War, allegedly won when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, only led to further wanton military adventurism and, finally, defeat at an unsustainable...
If nothing else, the Anglo-Afghan War reinforced the inherent advantages of guerrilla warfare and attritional strategies—especially in a mountainous environment—to defeat and expel larger conventional forces.[42] Much like the British in 1838, the Soviet Union in 1979, and the United States in ...
The Soviet-Afghan War involved more than the Soviets and Mujahideen resistance. Afghan communists (the DRA) were involved in the immediate struggle and a large number of countries supplied the Mujahideen during this "Cold War" hot war. Their struggle and their lessons are outlined. The author do...
After the retreat of Soviet troops from Afghanistan in 1989, followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union, the direct dispute between Russia and America has temporally stopped but Pakistan, fearing to be devoured by India, has not stop to extend its influence zone to Afghanistan. ...
Many consider Western support for the Mujahideen against the Soviets as revenge for the Soviet's quiet support for the communist North Vietnam against the West during the Vietnam War. Similar to the United States during the Vietnam War, the Soviet Union became bogged down in guerrilla warfare ...