Storm-333 was the opening move in the Soviet-Afghan War, a special-forces mission to Seize Kabul and assassinate Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin.
Storm-333, the operation to Seize Kabul and assassinate Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin, was at once a textbook success and the start of a terrible blunde.
At once a textbook success for the Spetsnaz and KGB and the start of a terrible strategic blunder for the USSR, this is the most authoritative history of the operation available in English.
Storm-333 was the opening move in the Soviet-Afghan War, a special-forces mission to Seize Kabul and assassinate Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin