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In December 1979, Soviet troops entered Afghanistan. The intervention of Soviet forces in Afghanistan was a pivotal event in 20th-century history… one that gave rise to Al-Qaeda and Bin Laden. This war changed the face of the world.
Thanks to the declassification of numerous archives that had remained secret until now, cross-referenced with testimonies from agents on all sides (including Mikhail Gorbachev, who speaks for the first time about the invasion), this film offers a fresh perspective on history and helps us understand how we reached such a confrontation between the Muslim world and the Western world.
In Western countries, this conflict is known as "the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan." For the Russians, however, it was the "deployment of a limited contingent." This so-called "limited contingent" operation lasted 10 years and played a crucial role in the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was the last conflict of the Cold War and the first in a long series of wars that have yet to come to an end.
This film aims to revisit this lesser-known chapter of contemporary history by examining it from the perspective of the Soviet "invaders."
Documentary: Afghanistan 1979, the War that Changed the World (2014)
Directed by: Gulya Mirzoeva
Production: Point du Jour
#documentary #freedocumentary #fulldocumentary #history #afghanistan #middleast #afghanwar #war #soviet #sovietunion #coldwar
In December 1979, Soviet troops entered Afghanistan. The intervention of Soviet forces in Afghanistan was a pivotal event in 20th-century history… one that gave rise to Al-Qaeda and Bin Laden. This war changed the face of the world.
Thanks to the declassification of numerous archives that had remained secret until now, cross-referenced with testimonies from agents on all sides (including Mikhail Gorbachev, who speaks for the first time about the invasion), this film offers a fresh perspective on history and helps us understand how we reached such a confrontation between the Muslim world and the Western world.
In Western countries, this conflict is known as "the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan." For the Russians, however, it was the "deployment of a limited contingent." This so-called "limited contingent" operation lasted 10 years and played a crucial role in the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was the last conflict of the Cold War and the first in a long series of wars that have yet to come to an end.
This film aims to revisit this lesser-known chapter of contemporary history by examining it from the perspective of the Soviet "invaders."
Documentary: Afghanistan 1979, the War that Changed the World (2014)
Directed by: Gulya Mirzoeva
Production: Point du Jour
#documentary #freedocumentary #fulldocumentary #history #afghanistan #middleast #afghanwar #war #soviet #sovietunion #coldwar
