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3 most successful Soviet military operations in Afghanistan Alexander Graschenkov/Sputnik Soviet troops in Afghanistan were not supposed to do any major fighting themselves and were originally there to assist the Afghan army. However, owing to the latters weakness, the entire burden of the war fell on Soviet shoulders. 1. The Kunar Operation (May 19 - June 12, 1985) L.Yakutin/Sputnik Kunar Province in the east of Afghanistan was a cause of particular concern to bot...

British army officers were ‘organising and running their own private war’ in Northern Ireland Photo surveillance techniques used to gather intelligence on Soviet troop movements in East Germany were used by the army’s notorious Force Research Unit to help its agents monitor targets in Northern Ireland A Royal Air Force (RAF) intelligence veteran has claimed that British detectives “weren’t interested” in hearing his evidence about the possible collusion of senior British army office...

A beautiful city. the sort that wasnt planned but instead grew naturally so a person can get lost in its winding streets. filmy us is a bastion of catholicism this monument was blown up by soviets but once the occupation ended with the way he rebuilt it funny old much but in best you have the best view overbill nias from up here on the hill of three crosses and its a baroque masterpiece with rows of church towers but one thing is missing the city once had one hundred thirty senegal but only two ...

Should just smith from reuters there joining us from seoul south korea. well tensions on the north korean peninsula have escalated over the past two years with launching repeated nuclear missile tests the two koreas have not been it peace since the korean war ended over sixty years ago heres a look now at how the how at the complicated tensions between the two sides they are on full alert at all times just a stones throw apart in punjab north and south korean soldiers face each other at the most...

Fall of the berlin wall. the beginning of the end of the cold war. west german chancellor helmut kohl in the limelight. behind the scene there was suspense. >> the night after the fall of the wall was the most decisive moment. >> reporter: it was a make or break moment. how would the soviets react? helmut kohl said he and then u.s. president george h.w. bush assured the soviet leader gore was chof that soviet forces in the east wouldnt be attacked. >> gorbachev trusted our work, decided not to s...

Headquarters in vladivostok. it said in part we now embark on military ax against the u.s. forces. the code was instantly broken by u.s. and japanese intelligence. this is what then happened. a special command unit went on wartime alert. key japanese military units raised their readiness status. soviet naval vessels in the north pacific baffled by the order checked with vladivostok. confusion. u.s. intelligence urgently v ll canvassed for signs of an imminent attack. found none. later officials ...

The world, the one by president reagan about bombing the soviet union. and it resulted in a soviet red alert and it became a campaign issue in this country. now, marvin kalb has learned that the soviets responded in their own fashion. >> the president was joking his way through an audio check on august 11th. >> ive signed legislation that will outlaw russia forever. we begin bombing in five minutes. >> by august 14th, the story became world news. a major item on moscow television where the joke ...

A special command unit wen on wartime alert. soviet vessels in the north pacific baffled by the order checked with vladivostok. confusion. u.s. intelligence originally canvassed for signs of a soviet attack, found none. later officials of the top secret national security agency briefed congressman michael barnes. >> there was what they described as a wayward operator in the far east soviet command who sent out a message alerting soviet forces in that area that a state of war existed between the ...

Minutes. >> by august 14th, the story became world news. a major item on moscow television where the joke was not treated as a laughing matter. august 15th, a coded message left soviet military headquarter in vladivostok. it said in part we now embark on military action against the u.s. forces. the code was instantly broken by u.s. and japanese intelligence. this is what then happened. a special command unit wen on wartime alert. soviet vessels in the north pacific baffled by the order checked w...

There are some who are muslims, other groups as well, and if you hear russian officials, they make it sound as if there have been widespread acts of violence against russian speaking people in crimea and eastern ukraine. in terms of what youve seen on the ground in crimea, have you witnessed any of that. have you had reports of any violence against russian speaking people prior to the russian troops arriving? >> none whatsoever, actually, in fact, i think people that -- the ukrainians are quite ...