Wojna w Afganistanie w latach 1979-1989 i jej wpływ na rozwój sztuki wojennej

The war in Afghanistan, due to its specific character, had a great influence on the development of the modern art of war. During its course numerous new methods of fighting were developed, mainly in airmobile, special, guerrilla and antiguerrilla operations. The author discusses their evolution on the background of subsequent war phases showing conditions that result from the character of the war theatre, introduction of modern types of weapons and military equipment and taking advantage of earlier local conflicts by the fighting sides. The author pays special attention to a close co-operation of armed forces’ branches and particular kinds of troops in conducting war operations and high effectiveness of irregular methods of fighting even towards the opponent that has a superior advantage in basic means of fighting.