The Soviet Union Learns A Tough Lesson About Guerilla Warfare
The USSR invades Afghanistan and pays the price.
December 24-28, 1979
The USSR, led by supreme Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, begins a full-scale invasion of its neighboring country Afghanistan. The military action was needed to shore up the newly established pro-Soviet regime in Kabul, which had taken power after a coup in April of 1978. The Marxist leader of the government’s overthrow was Nur Mohamma…
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