Soviet Paratrooper vs Mujahideen Fighter: Afghanistan 1979-89 (Combat)

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

The Soviet army was once in in most cases poor condition when the war began, but the troops of the airborne and air assault units were better trained and equipped. Because of this they developed aggressive, every so often effective tactics against an enemy that refused to behave the best way most Soviet commanders wished him to.

Featuring specially commissioned artwork, this absorbing study examines the origins, combat role and battlefield performance of the Soviet Union’s paratroopers and their Mujahideen adversaries throughout the long and bloody Soviet involvement in Afghanistan throughout the 1980s.

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