And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War before that.
And a long list even before that.
I left out the first because top-level thread comment concerned European 'Great Powers', and because I wanted to give a specific counter-point with the major world superpower.
I left out the first because top-level thread comment concerned European 'Great Powers', and because I wanted to give a specific counter-point with the major world superpower.