The term "disastrous" is being misused. Disastrous would be having one's city destroyed by a nuclear device, such as Hiroshima or Nagasaki in WW2. Or the German City of Dresden destroyed by massive waves of bombers dropping fire bombs on their city, killing thousands upon thousands of people. Those are examples of "Disastrous." The Soviets considered the Afghanistan War to be "their Vietnam" for the Soviet Union, and they withdrew. They lost approximately 10,000 Soviet Servicemen during the course of their nearly 9 years of fighting that war.
The war was between the former Soviet Union and Afghanistan, started when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979.
The 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
The Soviet Union intervened in Afghanistan 27 December 1979 - 15 February 1989 .
From 27 December 1979 to 15 February 1989.
Afghanistan was invaded by " The Soviet Union "
The Soviet Union wanted war.
The Soviet Union invading Afghanistan is what ended detente between the Soviet Union and the United States. The Soviet war in Afghanistan began in 1979.
The Soviet Union.
No. The Soviet Union did enter World War 2 but on the other side. Germany invaded and then forced the Soviet Union into the war
it was the the soviet union
Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union wanted war.