The geography of Afghanistan was a major contributing factor to the Soviet Unions defeat in the war. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan on Christmas Eve, 1979 following the coup of Afghan president Noor Mohammed Taraki, a pro-Soviet Communist leader. Unbeknownst to the Soviet military leaders and frontline troops, the climate and terrain would play a pivotal role in the Soviets inability to achieve their military objectives, thus leading to their defeated withdrawal.
Soviet and Afghan War
2007
7 pages
Report
No indication
English
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