Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev24 December 1979
Soviet forces enter Afghanistan in a major military intervention intended to preserve a pro-Soviet government.
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Soviet forces enter Afghanistan in a major military intervention intended to preserve a pro-Soviet government.
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