https://padlet.com/16014913/2ufmx0oeoujfh32z Erdosy block 3/4 en-us 2021-05-14 13:45:20 UTC 2021-05-21 00:10:59 UTC hello@padlet.com 16014913 https://padlet.com/16014913/2ufmx0oeoujfh32z/wish/1524606893 At the end of December 1979, the Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed complete military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country. This event began a brutal, decade-long attempt by Moscow to subdue the Afghan civil war and maintain a friendly and socialist government on its border.
By the winter of 1978, this program was met by armed revolt throughout the country. In response, Amin and Taraki traveled to Moscow to sign a friendship treaty which included a provision that would allow direct Soviet military assistance should the Islamic insurgency threaten the regime. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1977-1980/soviet-invasion-afghanistan ]]> 2021-05-14 13:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/16014913/2ufmx0oeoujfh32z/wish/1524606893 16014913 https://padlet.com/16014913/2ufmx0oeoujfh32z/wish/1524690802 The War in Afghanistan (1979-1989) has been called "the Soviet Union's Vietnam War," a conflict that pitted Soviet regulars against a relentless, elusive, and ultimately unbeatable Afghan guerrilla force called the mujahideen. In The Soviet-Afghan War the Russian general staff takes a close critical look at the Soviet military's disappointing performance in that war in an effort to better understand what happened and why and what lessons should be taken from it. ]]> 2021-05-14 14:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/16014913/2ufmx0oeoujfh32z/wish/1524690802 16014913 https://padlet.com/16014913/2ufmx0oeoujfh32z/wish/1545967293 In December 1979, in the midst of the Cold War, the Soviet 40th Army invaded Afghanistan in order to prop up the communist government of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) against a growing insurgency.  At the time, the United States had been making headway in the Middle East at Moscow’s expense, successfully courting Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and others. The Soviet Union feared the loss of its communist proxy in Afghanistan. over the course of the 1980's, the Soviet Union poured in billions of dollars (US) into the war in Afghanistan, and at its peak, more than 100,000 Soviet soldiers were fighting in the country.]]> 2021-05-21 00:06:35 UTC https://padlet.com/16014913/2ufmx0oeoujfh32z/wish/1545967293