The invasion of Afganistan
Although there this was not a typical invasion it was certainly a large invasion nonetheless. the invasion was started by the USSR after the sitting communist government requested support to fight the Mujaheddin rebels which opposed communist rule. The Afghan government slowly requested more and more of the Soviet's army. The soviet began a full invasion in December of 1979 in Soon the it became a proxy war with capitalist countries supporting the rebel group and the communists fighting them. The at the start of the war it would appear that the communist would take the land early but soon after US weapons and training got in the hands of the Mujaheddin the rebels gained the upper hand. Eventually the soviets started accumulating casualties and a change of Soviet leaders, the Soviets started to consider a UN agreement to pull out. Even though the US and the Soviet's signed a st treaty to stop any kind of aid to Afghanistan The US ignored the terms but the soviets eventually pulled out of the country in 1989
Political Cartoon
Here in the cartoon we see the rebels and the soviets fighting between each other. The USSR is steeping into the rebels territory with a large hammer. The rebels are fighting back with a scythe. Together they form the symbol of the soviet union.