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The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979.
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Is it true that the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979?
Yes. Multiple official records and historical references consistently confirm that the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979.
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Discusses the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan and related diplomatic records.
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Foreign Relations of the United States: FRUS Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume XIII, China: 294. Memorandum of Conversation. (n.d.). Foreign Relations of the United States. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1977-80v13/d294
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References assistance to the Afghan people to resist Soviet invaders.
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GovInfo: STATUTE 101. (n.d.). GovInfo. https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/STATUTE-101
States that during 1979 Soviets invaded Afghanistan.
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Semantic Scholar peS2o: The New Battlefield : The Hidden History of U. S Foreign Policy towards Afghanistan. (n.d.). Semantic Scholar peS2o. https://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v12n8p18
Lists the Soviet Union invading Afghanistan under the year 1979.
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Wikibooks: Wikibooks: Modern History/Cold War. (n.d.). Wikibooks. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Modern_History/Cold_War
Notes that in 1979 the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in Operation Storm-333.
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Wikipedia: Wikipedia: Afghanistan–Russia relations. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan–Russia_relations
Explains that instability in late 1979 caused the Soviet Union to invade Afghanistan.
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Simple English Wikipedia: Simple English Wikipedia: Jimmy Carter. (n.d.). Simple English Wikipedia. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter
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