Название: Soviet Paratrooper vs Mujahideen Fighter: Afghanistan 1979-1989 (Osprey Combat 29)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2017
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 81
Размер: 17 Mb
Язык: English

In 1979 the Soviet Union moved from military ‘help' to active intervention in Afghanistan. Four-fifths of the Afghan National Army deserted in the first year of the war, which, compounded with the spread and intensification of the rebellion led by the formidable guerrilla fighters of the Mujahideen, forced the Soviets to intensify their involvement.