The other side of the mirror

[Xiahou]

Watch the 9th Company, think...

You know that was just a movie, right? Yeah, it was based on real events- but only in the Hollywood sense of the word. Yeah, there was a battle on a hill in Afghanistan.... that's about it for accuracy.

Edit: From Wiki...

The film is based on a real battle that took place at Hill 3234 in early 1988, during the last large-scale Soviet military operation Magistral. In the movie, only one soldier from the company survives and the company is said to have been "forgotten" by the military command because of the Soviet withdrawal. But in reality, the story was different.

The 9th Company, 345th Guards Airborne Regiment was pinned down under heavy fire on "Hill 3234" between 7 and 8 January 1988. They managed to stop twelve attacks by an estimated 250−500 Mujahideen. The company lost 6 men. Another 28 out of the total 39 were wounded. Two of the killed soldiers were posthumously awarded the golden star of the Hero of the Soviet Union. The unit was in constant communication with headquarters and got everything the regimental commander, Colonel Valery Vostrotin, could provide in terms of ammunition, reinforcements, and helicopter evacuation of the wounded.