How the USSR Lost the Afghan War - Panjshir Valley Battles DOCUMENTARY

#Documentary #SovietAfghanWar #Panjshir

[rewoppop]

I'll be waiting for the British and the US version of this release!

[awesomehpt]

The Soviet Union’s withdrawal was actually pretty orderly in comparison to the American’s they just drove out through the border

[wach]

My stepdads uncle fought in this one, on Soviet side as he is from Lithuania. Still has PTSD to this day.

[dinolandia]

"The situation could not be trusted with the notoriously unreliable Afghan Army." -well, some things never change.

[HistoryOfRevolutions]

"The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins"

- Soren Kierkegaard

[AyoubusMagnus]

"How can you win against someone who sees heaven in the end of the barrel" soviet soldier quote

[Smurfonshroom]

It’s haunting to think that Afghanistan has been in a state of in and off warfare ever since 1979

[agxec]

We need a next video on how Rambo single handedly decimated the Soviets in pitched battles in Afghanistan. It's because of Rambo that Soviets lost the war.

[kyrg]

I was in Panjshir in 2010. I worked with an Afghan Colonel who was a Mujahideen Commander during the Soviet invasion. I commented on the large amount of abandoned / destroyed Russian armor still in the valley. He said "You think this is a lot? There used to be as many as the hairs on my head"  
Panjshir is one of the most beautiful parts of the world I've been to, I hope one day it can fine the peace it deserves.

[snowfox-xcqq]

I'm not sure if this is a new thing but Kings and Generals doing a modern video is something I really enjoy, please keep doing more of these.

[Hakazu]

I wish you guys were my history teachers when I was younger, would have learned way more. Good work as usual!

[ElBandito]

Americans then: LoL, the Soviets didn't learn from our Vietnam.
Russians now: LoL, the Americans didn't learn from our Afghanistan.

[SAMAYDOSTDAR]

Both of my grandfathers fought in the soviet Afghan war and the father of my father died in one those battles while my grandfather from my mother's side died just few years ago of old age

[scottsaunders]

The similarities are so eerie - never knew that the Afghan army had such a reputation of unreliability dating back even before the US departure.

[historydoesntrepeatitselfb]

This feels like a crime watching for free, this content is the cut of the cream of even commercial documentaries, well done kings and generals you have a patron

[mojotheaverage]

'The aura of might of the soviet Union was shattered'

Sounds familiar

[lkgrave]

USA in 2001: We won't make the same mistakes.

20 years later, made the same mistakes.

[maninthemiddleground]

Soviet Withdrawal in Afghanistan was “How not to end the war” until America broke the record when they withdrew from the same country. 😅

[daca]

Step 1: create and finance paramilitary group to fight against soviets
Step 2: allow them to roam uncontroled for 20 years
Step 3: destabilise thw region by occupying country for 20 years.
Step 4: withdraw from the country after you took everything you could, leaving the group to take over allready destroyed country

Great plan, US, great plan...

[ycplum]

The US military warned the Bush Jr administration that occupying Afghanistan would problematic, but Rumsfeld was dismissive of them.