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Date 1978 - 1992
Location Afghanistan
Participants mujahideen • Soviet Union

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Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Afghan War
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; Afghan War
Afghanistan War: anti-Taliban fighters
Soviet BMP-1 mechanized infantry combat vehicles moving through Afghanistan, 1988.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
president of Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev
president of Soviet Union
Mohammad Omar
Mohammad Omar
emir of Afghanistan
Shevardnadze, Eduard
Eduard Shevardnadze
Soviet foreign minister and president of Georgia

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D-Day. American soldiers fire rifles, throw grenades and wade ashore on Omaha Beach next to a German bunker during D Day landing. 1 of 5 Allied beachheads est. in Normandy, France. The Normandy Invasion of World War II launched June 6, 1944.
A History of War
Louis IX of France (St. Louis), stained glass window of Louis IX during the Crusades. (Unknown location.)
World Wars