When the Soviet Union accidentally invaded Iran — Operation South
In 1982, the Red Army mistake entered Iran and destroyed an asbestos plant. Luckily, it didn’t escalate into a war.
It’s 1982, and a squadron of helicopters carrying Soviet soldiers flew through the dusty mountains of Afghanistan. The mission of the soldiers was to attack a Mujahideen base on the border of Afghanistan.
The soldiers found the base and destroyed it- As they were jubilant, they discovered they had damaged the wrong building. The team was in Iran and was about to start an international standoff.
The Cold War
At the end of the 1970s, the USSR was a tolitarian empire controlling half of Europe and extending its global reach.
Ideological conflict led to the Cold War between the USA and USSR never engaged in a direct conflict but were at each other’s throats through a third party. The Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War, etc., were just a few Cold War battlefield.
