Event
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Soviet troops took control of Kabul at the end of December 1979.
- Dates
- 25 Dec 1979
- Place
- Afghanistan
Connections 5
involved
- Soviet government sent the troops Primary record 1
- Kabul Primary record 1
- Jimmy Carter approved lethal aid for the Afghan resistance two days later Primary record 2
part of
located in
- Afghanistan Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 25 Dec 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Proof 2 sources
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The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and the U.S. Response, 1978-1980 (Milestones), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian.
Primary record
At the end of December 1979, 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.
It was a watershed event of the Cold War, marking the only time the Soviet Union invaded a country outside the Eastern Bloc
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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume XII, Afghanistan: Preface, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, 2018.
Primary record
Two days later President Carter approved a new covert action to send lethal aid to the Afghan Mujahidin insurgents
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