The failure of Soviet logistics to supply the embedded troops with basic provisions results in the need to steal from their own convoys. The operational realities of the growing Afghan insurgency and the presence of vast numbers of Soviet troops, tanks and helicopter gunships is juxtaposed with the Communist PartyвЂ™s mantra for being there in the first place: to defend their Afghan comrades from imperialism. The soldiers of the 9th Company live through many of the inherent contradictions of the war in Afghanistan and the Soviet system, both of which would end within two years. Through the first night in the local barracks, through the hardships of basic training in Uzbekistan, to a transport aircraft to Baghram Air Base, Lyutyi, Chugun, Giocondo, Ryaba, Stas, Seryi, Vorobey and Pinochet, share experiences that define and test who they are and who they will become. It is 1988 and the Soviet Union has been fighting in Afghanistan for nine years.

The journey of the conscripts to their appointment with history on Hill 3234 begins some six months before on a rainy day in their home city of Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. EverвЂќ, and it would be no different for the young men of the 9th Company in this eponymous film based, somewhat loosely, on real events. вЂњNo one has ever managed to conquer this country.

Trinity is pleased to offer reviews and recommendations of great films about war, strategy and similar to catch up on during the current period where hosting our own film nights and socials is not possible.Д©th Company (2005) вЂ“ 16 October 2020

Strategic war movies