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Bezig met laden... Storm-333: KGB and Spetsnaz seize Kabul, Soviet-Afghan War 1979 (Raid)door Mark Galeotti
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Storm-333 was the opening move in the Soviet-Afghan War, a special-forces mission to seize Kabul and assassinate Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin. At once a textbook success for the Spetsnaz and KGB and the start of a terrible strategic blunder for the USSR, this is the most authoritative history of the operation available in English. Storm-333, the operation to seize Kabul and assassinate Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin, was at once a textbook success and the start of a terrible blunder. It heralded the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, an operation intended to be a short, largely symbolic show of force, yet which quickly devolved into a gritty ten-year counter-insurgency which Moscow was never able to win. Nonetheless, Storm-333 was a striking success, and despite initial concerns from some quarters that it would be impossible, it saw a relative handful of Soviet special forces drawn from the KGB and the military seize the heavily defended presidential palace, neutralize the city's communications and defenses, and open Kabul to occupation. The lessons learned then are still valid today, and have been incorporated into modern Russian military art, visible most recently in the seizure of Crimea in 2014. Written by a recognized expert on the Soviet security forces, drawing extensively on Russian sources, and fully illustrated with commissioned artwork, this is the most detailed and compelling study of this fascinating operation available in English. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Books by Mr. Galeotti are always interesting but he usually seems split between saying anything on Soviet/Russian army without following it with some wording that would be rather demeaning, because I guess the Russians, right?
In this book though he is concentrated on the topic and shows situation as it developed, from the violent power struggle and takeover in Afghanistan in 1979 and Byzantine methods used by Soviets to execute what they saw as stabilizing action (which proved to be everything but).
Large color panels with dramatic presentation of events and main player biographies truly flesh out the operation and events. Book provides insight into Soviet clandestine services (Zenit, Kaskada) and the way they fought this very dirty and prolonged war at the very start and at later periods.
Highly recommended, very informative book for military history buffs. (