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Soviet Paratrooper vs Mujahideen Fighter - Afghanistan 1979-89 (Paperback)
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Soviet Paratrooper vs Mujahideen Fighter - Afghanistan 1979-89 (Paperback)
Series: Combat, 29
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Loot Price R445
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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. The Soviet army was in generally
poor condition when the war started, but the troops of the airborne
and air assault units were better trained and equipped. As a result
they developed aggressive, sometimes effective tactics against an
enemy that refused to behave the 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
during the long and bloody Soviet involvement in Afghanistan during
the 1980s.
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