14,553 KIA, 53,753 Wounded, 469,685 sick.

Government forces: Unknown.

Storm-333 – Khost – Panjsher – Urgun – Maravar Pass – Badaber – Zhawar – Jaji – Arghandab – Magistral – Hill 3234 – Arrow – Soviet withdrawal

The Soviet war in Afghanistan (also known as the Soviet–Afghan War or the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan) was a ten-year conflict involving Soviet Union forces supporting the Marxist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) government by their own request, against the majorly Pakistan-backed Islamist mujahideen resistance. The PDPA government was also supported by India, while the mujahideen found support from a variety of sources including the United States, Saudi Arabia and other Muslim nations in the context of the Cold War. This conflict was concurrent to the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Iran–Iraq War.

The initial Soviet deployment of the 40th Army in Afghanistan began on December 24, 1979. The final troop withdrawal began on May 15, 1988, and ended on February 15, 1989. Due to the interminable nature of the war, the conflict in Afghanistan has often been referred to as the Soviet's Vietnam in context to the Vietnam War.

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• Thaw in the Cold War: Eisenhower and Khrushchev at Gettysburg
  nps.gov
  Information on a 1959 Soviet-American summit and how President Eisenhower's brand of diplomacy led to a temporary easing of Cold War tensions. Includes documents from the meeting, a small image gallery, and links to further sources.
• Soviet Archives: Entrance Room
  ibiblio.org
  An online exhibit on how Soviet-American relations were conducted between the two governments and the two societies. Also discusses inner workings of the Soviet system of government.
• A Bipolar World - The Cold War
  fordham.edu
  Provides links to documents on the origins of the Cold War, the Berlin Crises, the Cuban Crises, periods of East-West detente, and information on Cold War leaders.