[DOC] [TLE] SovietAfghan War - Wikipedia [PAR] The SovietAfghan War lasted over nine years from December 1979 to February 
1989. .... In February 1979, the Iranian Revolution ousted the American-backed 
Shah ... majority still came from the Soviet Union, its Warsaw Pact allies, and 
China. ..... the Soviet intervention or "invasion" was "viewed with horror" in the 
West,... [DOC] [TLE] Afghanistan, 1979-1992: America's Jihad  William Blum [PAR] And at the end of October, the US Embassy in Kabul reported that Amin was ... 
For some period prior to the Soviet invasion, the CIA had been beaming radio ... 
Afghan civil war by the United States, Iran, Pakistan, China and others gave the 
Russians ... And the United States was intent upon making this the Soviets' 
Vietnam,... [DOC] [TLE] The Iranian Hostage Crisis - Short History - Department History ... [PAR] On November 4, 1979, Iranian students seized the embassy and detained ... The 
Iranians held the American diplomats hostage for 444 days. ... Vietnam fought a 
successful border war with China and took over Cambodia ... And, in late 1979, 
the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to support its shaky Marxist government. [DOC] [TLE] Afghanistan: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1973-1990 [PAR] U.S. Analysis of the Soviet War in Afghanistan: Declassified .... In 1971, the U.S. 
Embassy in Kabul reported that "[t]here has been increased leftist ..... The 
invasion coincided with the decline of U.S. influence in Iran and other .... 
Throughout the Afghan war, the CIA purchased Soviet-designed weapons from 
Egypt, China and... [DOC] [TLE] Why Did the Soviet Union Invade Afghanistan? [PAR] Jan 3, 2010 ... The Soviet intervention in Afghanistan was a costly and, ultimately, pointless war. 
... We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam War. Indeed .... 
However the argument of an imminent full-scale American invasion of ... aid from 
such strange-bedfellows as China, France, Great Britain, Iran,... [DOC] [TLE] The Afghan Invasion as Seen from U.S. Embassy Moscow ... [PAR] The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was, among other things, a horrible .... this 
and they would see the entire U.S. Embassy going over to the Chinese Embassy. [DOC] [TLE] The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan - Heritage Foundation [PAR] Jan 9, 1980 ... The Soviet invasion was a long-planned operation whose groundwork .... Asia 
and deprive Afghan rebels of a direct land link to China The Soviets currently .... 
Many Afghans were arrested within Iran in several of the anti-Shah ..... of the U.S. 
embassy and the drawn-ou t crisis over the American hostages... [DOC] [TLE] Afghanistan: Soviet Union's Vietnam [PAR] Jan 9, 1980 ... The Soviet newspaper Pravda's report on the invasion was a ... The Soviet Union 
needs Afghanistan to contend with the U.S. as well as to contain China. ... Soviet 
forces in Afghanistan put them on Iran's eastern doorstep, ... On January 1st, 
thousands of Afghan demonstrators stormed the Soviet Embassy in... [DOC] [TLE] An American Provocation: U.S. Foreign Policy during the Soviet ... [PAR] 9 A.Z. Hilali, U.S.Pakistan Relationship: Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan ... history
/iranian-students-storm-us-embassy-in-tehran-leading-to-oil-embargo .... 
worldwide who maintained nuclear weapons capabilities, including China and 
...... that American voters still held the ramifications of the Vietnam War too fresh 
in their... [DOC] [TLE] 1979, the End of the Cold War, and the Law of Unintended ... [PAR] Nov 24, 2015 ... The Soviets invaded Afghanistan; Iranian revolutionaries seized ... on by Islamic 
extremists, attacked the US embassy in Pakistan. ... American Vietnam War  
though arguably the Afghan war has had a much ... There was no such evidence; 
Amin was simply a loose cannon  and not even a Chinese spy,... [DOC] [TLE] Foreign Policy 1979: Overview - CQ Almanac Online Edition [PAR] The taking of 63 American hostages by Islamic militants in Iran in November, 
followed by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December, ensured that 1979 
would be remembered as the year

Question: China invaded Vietnam, the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, Iranians invaded the U.S. Embassy
Answer: 1979