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 (the mujahideen).
In The Soviet-Afghan War the Russian general staff takes a close cri.
The hit-and-run bloodletting across the war\'s decade tallied more than 25,000 dead Soviet soldiers plus a great many more casualties and further demoralized a USSR on the verge of disintegration.
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 (the mujahideen)