The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in AfghanistanWhen the Soviet Union decided to invade Afghanistan, they evaluated their chances for success upon their experiences in East Germany, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Unfortunately for their soldiers, as well as the people of Afghanistan, they ignored not only the experiences of the British in the same region, but also their own experience with the Basmachi resistance fighters in Central Asia from 1918 1933. Consequently, in Afghanistan the Soviet army