USSR and the Afghanistan War: Mohammed Daoud Khan and the Lead-Up to the Saur Revolution | EP2
In this second Episode of Off-The-Cuff History, we continue our conversation with Yuri about USSR and the Afghanistan War, where we do a deeper dive into Mohammed Daoud Khan and the Lead-Up to the Saur Revolution.
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Correction:
6:51-7:46 - The party banners are reversed on screen
Footage used:
• Afghanistan, Prelude to Soviet Invasion
• Afghanistan before the Russian Invasion (D...
• Russian revolution
• King Of Afghanistan In Moscow (1957)
• Afghan King & Queen 1963 Visit to U.S. Ree...
• BREZHNEV Meets Mohammed ZAHIR SHAH of Afgh...
• Afghanistan 1960-1970
• SYND 7 4 78 AFGAN PRESIDENT DAOUD KHAN ARR...
• DAUD KHAN AND ZULFIKAR ALI BHUTTO IN KABUL...
• jazz gets thrown out compliation!!
• Turkey's failed military coup, explained
• Battleship Potempkin - Odessa Steps scene ...
• Coup d'état en Guinée
• A Very Russian Coup (documentary)
• SYND 14 4 77 AFGHAN PRESIDENT MOHAMMED DAU...
• Video
• Kabul, the day after Saur revolution on Ap...
• Video
• Afghanistan's Endless Jihad: The Mujahidee...
• زنده یاد رفیق میر اکبر خیبر Mir Akbar Khy...
• Battleship Potemkin (1925) movie
• حفیظ الله امین څنګه ووژل شو؟
• Hafizullah Amin's loves his terror plan
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p02...
• Afghan President Taraki Holds Press Confer...
Sources of Note:
New York Times article detailing the overthrow of King Zahir Shah: https://www.nytimes.com/1973/07/18/ar...
Brief bio of Mohammed Daoud Khan: https://web.archive.org/web/201708170...
Brief summary of Daoud Khan’s reign: http://countrystudies.us/afghanistan/...
General chronology of noteworthy events during Khan’s reign: https://books.google.ca/books?id=Kzjj...
First US diplomatic cable sent after Mohammed Daoud Khan’s 1973 coup:
https://search.wikileaks.org/plusd/ca...