Soviet Afghan War Campaign.Coop Operation Trap (Russian: Операция Западня)

DATE: 29/08/2021

TIME (GMT): 18:00

ERA: 1980s

MAP(S): Shapur

TYPE: COOP

GAME: Arma 3

EVENT: Official

AUTHOR(S): Aris and Lord for Brothers in Arms

SLOTS: 76 / 84

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RATING: (12)

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The Soviet–Afghan War was a conflict wherein insurgent groups (known collectively as the Afghan mujahideen),fought a nine year guerrilla war against the Soviet Army and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan government throughout the 1980s, mostly in the Afghan countryside. The Mujahideen were variously backed primarily by the United States, Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, China, and the United Kingdom.The conflict was a Cold War proxy war.Between 562000 and 2000000 Afghans were killed and millions more fled the country as refugees,mostly to Pakistan and Iran. Between 6.5%–11.5% of Afghanistan's population is estimated to have perished in the conflict. The war caused grave destruction in Afghanistan and is believed to have contributed to the Soviet collapse and the end of the Cold War, in hindsight leaving a mixed legacy to people in both territories.

The foundations of the conflict were laid by the Saur Revolution, a 1978 coup wherein Afghanistan communist party took power, initiating a series of radical modernization and land reforms throughout the country. These reforms were deeply unpopular among the more traditional rural population and established power structures.The repressive nature of the Democratic Republic, which vigorously suppressed opposition and executed thousands of political prisoners, led to the rise of anti-government armed groups,by April 1979, large parts of the country were in open rebellion.

The communist party itself experienced deep internal rivalries between the Khalqists and Parchamites in September 1979, People's Democratic Party General Secretary Nur Mohammad Taraki was assassinated under orders of the second-in-command, Hafizullah Amin, which soured relations with the Soviet Union. With fears rising that Amin was planning to switch sides to the United States,the Soviet government, under leader Leonid Brezhnev, decided to deploy the 40th Army across the border on 24 December 1979.Arriving in the capital Kabul, they staged a coup (Operation Storm-333),killing General Secretary Amin and installing Soviet loyalist Babrak Karmal from the rival faction Parcham.The Soviet invasion was based on the Brezhnev Doctrine.

We play as Soviet 5th Motorized Infantry Division (MSD) attacking the huge mujahideen garrison of the Kokari Sharshari.