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Spetsnaz (Soviet Afghanistan war)
- Published_at:2020-05-16
- Category:Education
- Channel:Simple History
- tags: simple history animated history educational education Spetsnaz Soviet Afghanistan war 1979 – 1989 Afghanistan Middle East Egypt Israel Saudi Arabia Pakistan paratroopers Spetsialnogo Spetsalynaya russian cold war Special Purpose elite unit reconnaissance commando special operations GRU Spetsnaz GRU VMF Spetsnaz KGB SVR Spetsnaz Vympel assassination Bolshevik NATO USSR AKS-74 Storm-333 Ambush Xadighar stinger missile
- description: Thank you to our sponsor Ridge Wallets. Get 10% off today —WITH FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING AND RETURNS—by going to https://www.ridge.com/SIMPLEHISTORY and use code “SIMPLEHISTORY”. Often, the Spetsnaz are thought of as Army commando units. In reality, however, Spetsnaz are not a specific tactical unit but a more general clandestine force which were deployed at the behest of the Soviet intelligence security services for special missions. Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts https://teespring.com/stores/simple-history-official-merch Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/SimpleHistoryYT Credit: Created by Daniel Turner Writer: Dejan Milivojevic Narrator: Bryan 'Lazlo' Beauregard Music Credit: Desert City by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100564 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ White, Terry. The Making of the World’s Elite Forces Timothy Gusinov, ‘Soviet Special Forces (Spetsnaz): Experience in Afghanistan’, Military Review, March-April 2002. Jack Anderson and Dale Van Atta, ‘Meet ‘Spetsnaz,’ Soviet Special Forces’, The Washington Post, 1986. Lester W. Grau and Ali Ahmad Jalali, ‘Forbidden Cross-border Vendetta: Spetsnaz Strike into Pakistan during the Soviet-afghan War’, Journal of Slavic Military Studies, (18)4.
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