25 dic 1979 año - Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

Descripción:

The Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed complete military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country.

This event began a brutal, decade long attempt by Moscow to subdue the Afghanistan civil war and maintain a friendly and socialist government on its border.

It was a huge event of the Cold War, marking the only time the Soviet Union invaded a country outside the Eastern Bloc. A strategic decision met by nearly worldwide condemnation.