It happened during the last stage of the Soviet-Afghan War. Already withdrawing its forces, Soviet High Command needed to display its might one last time by recapturing the vital Satukandav Pass. But to achieve that goal, the commanding heights surrounding the pass had to be held against continuous #kevin1230san

Liked: Hill 3234 – The Soviet-Afghan War – Sabaton History 072 [Official] It happened during the last stage of the Soviet-Afghan War. Already withdrawing its forces, Soviet High Command needed to display its might one last time by recapturing the vital Satukandav Pass. But to achieve that goal, the commanding heights surrounding the pass had to be held against continuous Mujahideen attacks. In the Battle for Hill 3234, an outnumbered force of Soviet paratroopers held their own against relentless attacks from the Afghan rebels. Support Sabaton History on Patreon: https://ift.tt/NvJxtCA Listen to "Hill 3234" on the album The Last Stand here: https://ift.tt/FAURklg Watch the Official Lyric Video of "Hill 3234" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1XkpvX-PJk Watch more videos on the Sabaton YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Sabaton?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Sabaton on Spotify: https://ift.tt/cYP9g2r Official Sabaton Merchandise Shop: https://ift.tt/mcswMyT Get your hands on official Sabaton History merch here: https://ift.tt/jBCX70t Check out Indy Neidells channels: World War Two: https://www.youtube.com/c/worldwartwo?sub_confirmation=1 TimeGhost History: https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost?sub_confirmation=1 Hosted by: Indy Neidell Written by: Markus Linke and Indy Neidell Directed by: Astrid Deinhard and Wieke Kapteijns Produced by: Pär Sundström, Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson Creative Producer: Joram Appel Community Manager: Maria Kyhle Executive Producers: Pär Sundström, Joakim Broden, Tomas Sunmo, Indy Neidell, Astrid Deinhard, and Spartacus Olsson Post-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns Edited by: Iryna Dulka Sound Editing by: Marek Kaminski Maps by: Eastory - https://www.youtube.com/c/eastory Eastory YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCElybFZ60Hk1NSjgCf7I2sg?sub_confirmation=1 Archive by: Reuters/Screenocean https://ift.tt/Wvi4hyK Music by Sabaton. Sources: - Abramov Andrey, ALDOR46, Fdutil, P.Fisxo; from Wikimedia - E.Kuvakin - Erwin Franzen - Archive of S.V. Rozhkova - Photos of 350th airborne regiment, courtesy of the 5th airborne company trooper Sergey Novikov - Archive of the 345th airborne parachute regiment - Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division. An OnLion Entertainment GmbH and Stuffed Beaver LTD co-Production. © Stuffed Beaver LTD, 2019 - all rights reserved. via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp864P2Uge8