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The Soviet Army invaded AFghanistan in the 1980's and lost because they didn't get were caught in a quagmire.
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The Soviet Union had just invaded Afghanistan the previous year and some countries, led by the United States, boycotted the Games because of this.
Canada boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow in protest to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
the invasion of afghanistan started in 2001
they invaded Afghanistan in 1979
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Thanksgiving Special - 1980 TV was released on: USA: 26 November 1980
The United States did not attend the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. They boycotted because of the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.