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Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979)
On the Cold War map as “Storm-333”
24–27 Dec 1979 — Soviet special forces kill the Afghan president in his palace as airborne divisions land in Kabul. The occupation will last nine years and hollow out the Soviet state.
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- Afghanistan and the Second Cold War (chapter 10 of Cold War)
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- The Cold War, 1945–1991
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- Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia
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