Soviet Bloc Elite Forces - Steven J Zaloga & James Loop - Osprey Elite 5 TG The forces of Louis XIV

The forces of Louis XIV carried all before them

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Soviet Bloc Elite Forces - Steven J Zaloga & James Loop - Osprey Elite 5 TG The forces of Louis XIVThe elite forces of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies in the mid 1980s were undoubtedly the largest in the world, and among the least known. The Soviet elite formations alone had a total strength comparable to that of the entire British armed forces. Besides the conventional military elite formations such as airborne and marine forces, most Warsaw Pact armies also possessed special, 'political' elite, which were used for internal security.