From the perspective of world history, many historical events, although they have gone through years and rivers of history, until now, many historical insiders have been difficult for people to know, and they have become a great mystery. The most typical reason why the Soviet Union launched the War in Afghanistan and plunged itself into a quagmire is still confusing and not known to the outside world. Until now, many people still wonder why the Soviet Union fought the War in Afghanistan. We may all be wrong, related to these three countries.
The Soviet Union was the most powerful superpower in the world, and its every move was enough to make the world tremble, and it could be called extremely strong. However, the Soviet Union was deeply involved in the war in Afghanistan, and it was difficult to extricate itself, and eventually dragged down the entire country, and eventually the country disintegrated. Therefore, for this stupid war, why the Soviet Union fought it, why it knew it was a quagmire, why it was directly entered, is still difficult to understand.
So why did the Soviet Union fight the war in Afghanistan? The average history book would think that the Soviet Union was to preserve the Soviet-backed Power of the People's Democratic Party, to preserve the Taraki government, and to hate President Amin at that time. Therefore, believing that the country was strong, he directly launched a war, killed Amin's entire family, and marched into Afghanistan for this purpose.
We have all heard of this reason, but in fact, this is obviously not right, the Soviet Union is a superpower, making war decisions, and it is not stupid to support individual political parties and hate a certain president. So we actually all think wrong, the reason why the Soviet Union launched the war in Afghanistan at that time was actually forced to be helpless, mainly related to three countries.
The first is the United States.
Because of Afghanistan's strategic location at the center of Eurasia, the United States has been salivating. After President Amin came to power, he overthrew the pro-Soviet forces, so the American forces quickly infiltrated Afghanistan. Moreover, the information obtained by the Soviet KGB at that time was that the United States was also preparing to send troops to Afghanistan, and once the United States occupied Afghanistan, it would undoubtedly pose a huge threat and challenge to the security of the entire Central Asian security of the Soviet Union and the road south. Therefore, after obtaining this information, the Soviet Union decisively sent troops, and according to the secret documents, the action of the Soviet army was only 12 hours earlier than that of the United States, which showed that the situation was urgent.
Second, because of Iran.
Relations between the Soviet Union and Iran have always been complicated, but after the Islamic Revolution, Khomeini did not defect to the Soviet Union, did not want the East, did not want the West, and regarded the Soviet Union as an opponent. And Khomeini was bent on exporting the revolution, and the chaotic Afghanistan of the time was the best choice. Iran was already infiltrating southern Afghanistan, so the Soviet Union was afraid of the spread of Islam to Afghanistan.
Once this happened, the Muslim regions of Central Asia, the Muslim areas of the Caucasus, etc. near the Soviet Union would be seriously affected. If iran were to be joined together, the Soviet security threat would be enormous, and that was something the Soviet Union feared. Therefore, it is also important that the Soviet Union send troops to maintain the power of the People's Democratic Party, but also to curb Iran's revolutionary exports.
Third, because of my country.
Since the 1960s, the Soviet Union has been very unhappy with our country, and even once a local war broke out, the Soviet Union even suppressed the territory with large troops, and Mount Tai was pressed to the top. However, none of them has been able to pose a huge threat to our country, so on the one hand, the Soviet Union encouraged Vietnam to constantly challenge our country, and on the other hand, it also wanted to use Afghanistan to form a situation of attacking our country from east to west, and directly threatened our fragile western security.
So in fact, for the Soviet Union, the War in Afghanistan was a strategic war to protect the security of the Soviet Union. Moreover, in the eyes of the Soviet Union, it was three birds with one stone, but after the final war, the Soviet Union found that the United States, Iran, the Islamic world, and the East were all united in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union, so that the Soviet Union was deeply mired in the quagmire of war, unable to extricate itself, and finally dragged down the Soviet Union.
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Reference: History of the SOVIET Union.