The mujahideen were backed primarily by the united states, saudi arabia, pakistan. Download pdf the origins of conflict in afghanistan. But beneath the surface, there are important differences. The soviet war in afghanistan lasted nine years from december 1979 to february 1989.
The bear went over the mountain soviet combat tactics in. The first official deployment of the soviet army into the kingdom of afghanistan began dec. The soviet union intervened in support of the afghan communist government in its conflict with anticommunist muslim guerrillas during the afghan war 197892 and remained in. The game was one of bluff, diplomacy and deterrence, but war was part of it as well. Books in ospreys elite series cover the full spectrum of military history, examining the greatest armies, units and commanders of the ancient, medieval, napoleonic, american civil war, world war i and world war ii periods. Oct 10, 2006 the first official deployment of the soviet army into the kingdom of afghanistan began dec. Russias war in afghanistan menatarms isby, david, volstad, ronald on. Soviet unionarmed forcesafghanistanuniformshistory i. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. The sovietafghan war was a conflict wherein insurgent groups known collectively as the mujahideen, as well as smaller maoist groups, fought a guerrilla war against the soviet army and the democratic republic of afghanistan government for over nine years, throughout the 1980s, mostly in the afghan countryside. Us cavalry on the plains 1850 90 download ebook pdf, epub. The most interesting aspect, in my opinion, is the author s prediction the book was written in 1986 that the war would last some 20 years and that nobody ever won a war of atrittion against russia soviet union at the time but the author keep calling it russia. Russias new military faced dramatic budgetary, readiness, and personnel shortfalls, as well as uncertainty of its role as moscow strug gled to determine its place in the postcold war world. Without proper equipment and training, the afghanistan government was unable to resist the foreign mercenaries, eventually seeking the aid of the soviet union.
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Osprey menatarms provide a detailed account of the military uniforms, insignia, background and organisation of a single army, regiment, group or period. The soviet war in afghanistan was a war initially fought between the forces of the afghanistan government and foreign mercenaries. Overall this book is excellent for the time when it was written. In a vivid, often shocking narrative, richard overy describes the astounding events of 194145 in which the soviet union, after initial catastrophes, destroyed hitler s third reich and shaped european history for the next half century. The origins and conduct of the war and the operational organisation of soviet forces are discussed.
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