What Did Afghanistan Do In World War 2? | Central Asian Neutrality? 1939-1947

Today, many of us associate Afghanistan with war, from the 1979-1989 Soviet-Afghan War to the US-led Coalition's war with the Taliban from 2001 onwards and the more recent Taliban takeover in 2021. We don't as often think about Afghanistan's role in the Second World War and whether it would join with the Axis Powers, the Allies, or remain neutral. Find out more in this video!

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Afghanistan 1839-1939
3:30 - Relationship with the Axis
5:43 - Threat of Invasion
7:08 - Afghan Tribal Revolt (1944-1947)
9:30 - Afghanistan After the War
11:28 - Outro

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