Storm-333: KGB and Spetsnaz Seize Kabul, Soviet-Afghan War 1979

by Mark Galeotti

Book Overview

Storm-333 was the opening move in the Soviet-Afghan War, a special-forces mission to seize Kabul and assassinate Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin. At once a textbook success for the Spetsnaz and KGB and the start of a terrible strategic blunder for the USSR, this is the most authoritative history of the operation available in English.

Storm-333, the operation to seize Kabul and assassinate Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin, was at once a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472841875
• ISBN13: 9781472841872
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 9.5"