Some draw comparisons to the withdrawal of Soviet forces at the end of the 1980s.

一些人将其与苏联1980年末的撤军相提并论。

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The Japanese forces scattered abandoning much of their weaponry. The Soviet forces, therefore, were able to capture it.

日本士兵在逃散的过程中抛弃了大部分的武器，所以苏联人缴获了大量的战利品。

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Despite the weight of history in Afghanistan (the defeat of British and then Soviet forces) and the yearly deterioration in security, American commanders remain bullish that the war is "winnable".

尽管阿富汗的历史份量(先是击败了不列颠，然后打退了苏联军队)，尽管阿富汗安全逐年恶化的形势，美国指挥官们仍然把持乐观，觉得阿富汗战争“能赢”。

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Soviet forces under Marshal Georgy Zhukov won a fierce battle for the city of Stalingrad -- now Volgograd.

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Earlier,Soviet forces had succeeded in breaking German attacks at Stalingrad,Moscow and Leningrad.

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To the east, Soviet forces also were marching into Germany.

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Britain's previous ambassador to Afghanistan left Kabul when Soviet forces invaded in 1979.

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Georgy Zhukov led the Soviet forces in all the decisive battles that decided the outcome of the war on the Eastern Front.

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They like to point out, too, that America has abandoned them before, cutting aid and military support when Soviet forces left Afghanistan at the end of the 1980s.

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