List of conflicts related to the Cold War

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While the Cold War itself never escalated into direct confrontation, there were a number of conflicts related to the Cold War around the globe, spanning the entirety of the period usually prescribed to it (March 12, 1947 to December 26, 1991, a total of 44 years, 9 months, and 2 weeks).^[1][2]

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Since 1940s[]

Conflict	Start date	End date	Location	Region
Dekemvriana	December 3, 1944	January 11, 1945	Kingdom of Greece	Southern Europe
Anti-Communist resistance in Poland	1944	1947 (1963)	Polish People's Republic	Central Europe
Insurgency in the Baltic States	1944	1953	Estonia  Latvia  Lithuania	Northeastern Europe
Indonesian National Revolution	August 17, 1945	December 27, 1949	Dutch East Indies	Southeast Asia
War in Vietnam (1945–46)	September 13, 1945	March 30, 1946	French Indochina	Southeast Asia
Iran crisis of 1946	November 15, 1945	December 15, 1946	Iran	Southern Asia
Greek Civil War	March 30, 1946	October 16, 1949	Kingdom of Greece	Southern Europe
Corfu Channel incident	May 15, 1946	November 13, 1946	Straits of Corfu	Southern Europe
Chinese Civil War (post-WWII)	March 31, 1946	May 1, 1950	China	Eastern Asia
Hukbalahap Rebellion	July 4, 1946	May 17, 1954	Philippines	Southeast Asia
First Indochina War	December 19, 1946	August 1, 1954	State of Vietnam Viet Minh	Southeast Asia
Paraguayan Civil War	March 7, 1947	August 20, 1947	Paraguay	South America
Romanian anti-communist resistance movement	1947	1962	Romania	Central Europe
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état	February 20, 1948	February 25, 1948	Czechoslovakia	Central Europe
Costa Rican Civil War	March 12, 1948	April 24, 1948	Costa Rica	Central America
Jeju uprising	April 3, 1948	May, 1949	South Korea	Eastern Asia
Arab–Israeli conflict (from 1948–1991)	May 15, 1948	Present	Israel  Palestine	Western Asia
Malayan Emergency	June 16, 1948	July 12, 1960	Federation of Malaya	Southeast Asia
Berlin Blockade	June 24, 1948	May 12, 1949	Allied-occupied Germany	Western Europe

Since 1950s[]

Conflict	Start date	End date	Location	Region
Korean War	June 25, 1950	July 27, 1953	North Korea  South Korea	Eastern Asia
Egyptian Revolution of 1952	July 22, 1952	July 26, 1952	Kingdom of Egypt	North Africa
Plzeň uprising of 1953	May 31, 1952	June 2, 1952	Czechoslovakia	Central Europe
Uprising of 1953 in East Germany	June 16, 1953	June 17, 1953	East Germany	Eastern Europe
Cuban Revolution	July 26, 1953	January 1, 1959	Cuba	Caribbean
1953 Iranian coup d'état	August 15, 1953	August 20, 1953	Iran	Southern Asia
Laotian Civil War	November 9, 1953	December 2, 1975	Kingdom of Laos	Southeast Asia
1954 Guatemalan coup d'état	June 18, 1954	June 27, 1954	Guatemala	Central America
First Taiwan Strait Crisis	September 3, 1954	May 1, 1955	Taiwan Strait	Eastern Asia
Algerian War	November 1, 1954	March 19, 1962	French Algeria	North Africa
Vietnam War	November 1, 1955	April 30, 1975	North Vietnam  South Vietnam	Southeast Asia
Poznań 1956 protests	June 28, 1956	June 30, 1956	Polish People's Republic	Central Europe
Hungarian Revolution of 1956	October 23, 1956	November 10, 1956	Hungarian People's Republic	Central Europe
Suez Crisis	October 29, 1956	November 7, 1956	Egypt	North Africa
Ifni War	October 23, 1957	June 30, 1958	Spanish State  Morocco	North Africa
14 July Revolution	July 14, 1958	July 14, 1958	Arab Federation	Western Asia
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis	August 23, 1958	October 6, 1958	Taiwan Strait	Eastern Asia
1959 Mosul uprising	March 7, 1959	March 11, 1959	Iraqi Republic	Western Asia
1959 Tibetan uprising	March 10, 1959	March 21, 1959	Tibet	Central Asia

Since 1960s[]

Conflict	Start date	End date	Location	Region
1960 U-2 incident	May 1, 1960	May 1, 1960	Soviet Union	Eastern Europe
Congo Crisis	June 30, 1960	November 25, 1965	Congo	Central Africa
Guatemalan Civil War	November 13, 1960	December 19, 1996	Guatemala	Central America
Portuguese Colonial War	February 4, 1961	April 25, 1974	Portuguese Angola Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Guinea	Western/Southern Africa
Angolan War of Independence	February 4, 1961	January 15, 1975	Portuguese Angola	Southern Africa
Bay of Pigs Invasion	April 17, 1961	April 19, 1961	Cuba	Caribbean
Berlin Crisis of 1961	June 4, 1961	November 9, 1961	East Germany	Western Europe
Nicaraguan Revolution	July 23, 1961	April 25, 1990	Nicaragua	Central America
Eritrean War of Independence	September 1, 1961	May 29, 1991	Ethiopia	Eastern Africa
Operation Trikora	December 19, 1961	August 15, 1962	Dutch New Guinea	Southeast Asia
North Yemen Civil War	September 26, 1962	December 1, 1970	North Yemen	Western Asia
Cuban Missile Crisis	October 14, 1962	October 28, 1962	Cuba	Caribbean
Sino-Indian War	October 20, 1962	November 21, 1962	China/India border	Southern Asia
Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation	January 20, 1963	August 11, 1966	Indonesian-Malaysian borders	Southeast Asia
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence	January 23, 1963	September 11, 1974	Portuguese Guinea	Western Africa
Ar-Rashid revolt	July 3, 1963	July 3, 1963	Iraqi Republic	Western Asia
1964 Brazilian coup d'état	March 31, 1964	April 1, 1964	Brazil	South America
Rhodesian Bush War	March 31, 1964	December 12, 1979	Rhodesia	Southern Africa
Mexican Dirty War	December 1, 1964	December 1, 1982	Mexico	North America
Mozambican War of Independence	September 25, 1964	September 8, 1974	Portuguese Mozambique	Eastern Africa
Colombian conflict	May 27, 1964	Present	Colombia	South America
Communist insurgency in Thailand	January 1, 1965	April 26, 1983	Thailand	Southeast Asia
Dominican Civil War	April 24, 1965	September 3, 1965	Dominican Republic	Caribbean
United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–66)	April 28, 1965	July 1, 1966	Dominican Republic	Caribbean
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965	August 15, 1965	September 23, 1965	India	Indian subcontinent
30 September Movement	September 30, 1965	October 1, 1965	Indonesia	Southeast Asia
Indonesian killings of 1965–66	October 1, 1965	March 1966	Indonesia	Southeast Asia
Cultural Revolution	May 16, 1966	October 6, 1976	China	Eastern Asia
South African Border War	August 26, 1966	March 21, 1990	South-West Africa Angola	Southern Africa
Ñancahuazú Guerrilla	November 3, 1966	October 9, 1967	Bolivia	South America
Cambodian Civil War	March 11, 1967	April 17, 1975	Cambodia	Southeast Asia
Greek military junta of 1967–74	April 21, 1967	July 23, 1974	Greece	Southern Europe
Six-Day War	June 5, 1967	June 10, 1967	Egypt  Syria  Jordan  Israel	Western Asia
War of Attrition	July 1, 1967	August 7, 1970	Sinai Peninsula	Western Asia
Communist Insurgency in Malaysia	June 17, 1968	December 2, 1989	Malaysia	Southeast Asia
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia	August 20, 1968	August 21, 1968	Czechoslovakia	Eastern Europe
Sino-Soviet border conflict	March 2, 1969	September 11, 1969	China / Soviet Union border	Eastern Asia
1969 Sudanese coup d'état	May 25, 1969	May 25, 1969	Sudan	North Africa
1969 Libyan coup d'état	September 1, 1969	September 1, 1969	Libya	North Africa
1969 Somali coup d'état	October 21, 1969	October 21, 1969	Somalia	Eastern Africa

Since 1970s[]

Conflict	Start date	End date	Location	Region
Black September in Jordan	September 1, 1970	July 1971	Jordan	Western Asia
First Quarter Storm	January 1970	March 1970	Philippines	Southeast Asia
Bangladesh Liberation War	March 26, 1971	December 16, 1971	Bangladesh	Southern Asia
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971	December 3, 1971	December 16, 1971	Bangladesh Pakistan	Southern Asia
1973 Chilean coup d'état	September 11, 1973	September 11, 1973	Chile	South America
Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)	September 11, 1973	March 11, 1990	Chile	South America
Yom Kippur War	October 6, 1973	October 25, 1973	Egypt  Syria  Israel	Western Asia
Ethiopian Civil War	November 28, 1974	May 21, 1991	Ethiopia	Eastern Africa
Operation Independence	February 5, 1975	September 28, 1977	Argentina	South America
Lebanese Civil War	April 13, 1975	October 13, 1990	Lebanon	Near East
Angolan Civil War	November 11, 1975	April 4, 2002	Angola	Southern Africa
Indonesian invasion of East Timor	December 7, 1975	July 17, 1976	East Timor	Southeast Asia
Operation Entebbe	July 4, 1976	July 4, 1976	Uganda	Western Africa
1976 Argentine coup d'état	March 24, 1976	March 24, 1976	Argentina	South America
Insurgency in Aceh	December 4, 1976	August 15, 2005	Aceh	Southeast Asia
Shaba I	March 8, 1977	May 26, 1977	Zaire (present day Democratic Republic of the Congo)	Central Africa
Mozambican Civil War	May 30, 1977	October 15, 1992	Mozambique	Southern Africa
1977 Seychelles coup d'état	June 4, 1977	June 5, 1977	Seychelles	East Africa
Operation Fair Play	July 5, 1977	July 5, 1977	Pakistan	South Asia
Ethio-Somali War	July 13, 1977	March 15, 1978	Ethiopia	Eastern Africa
Shaba II	May 11, 1978	June 1978	Zaire (present day Democratic Republic of the Congo)	Central Africa
Korean Air Lines Flight 902	April 20, 1978	April 20, 1978	Soviet Union	Eastern Europe
Cambodian–Vietnamese War	December 21, 1978	September 26, 1989	Cambodia Vietnam Thailand	Southeast Asia
Iranian Revolution	January 16, 1979	February 1979	Iran	Southern Asia
Sino-Vietnamese War	February 17, 1979	March 16, 1979	China /  Vietnam border	Southeast Asia
Salvadoran Civil War	May 9, 1979	January 16, 1992	El Salvador	Central America
Soviet–Afghan War	December 24, 1979	February 15, 1989	Afghanistan	Central Asia

Since 1980s[]

Conflict	Start date	End date	Location	Region
Internal conflict in Peru	May 17, 1980	Present	Peru	South America
Iran–Iraq War	September 22, 1980	August 20, 1988	Iran Ba'athist Iraq	Persian Gulf
Falklands War	April 2, 1982	June 14, 1982	Falklands Islands, disputed between  United Kingdom and  Argentina	South America
1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War	June 23, 1982	August 3, 1982	Somalia	Eastern Africa
Korean Air Lines Flight 007	September 1, 1983	September 1, 1983	Soviet Union	Eastern Asia
Invasion of Grenada	October 25, 1983	December 15, 1983	Grenada	Caribbean
People Power Revolution	February 22, 1986	February 25, 1986	Philippines	Asia
1986 United States bombing of Libya	April 15, 1986	April 15, 1986	Libya	North Africa
Brașov rebellion	November 15, 1987	November 15, 1987	Romania	Central Europe
8888 Uprising	March 12, 1988	September 21, 1988	Burma	Asia
Afghan Civil War	February 15, 1989	April 27, 1992	Afghanistan	Central Asia
Revolutions of 1989	March 9, 1989	April 27, 1992	Countries of the Eastern Bloc and Warsaw Pact	Central/Eastern Europe
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989	April 15, 1989	June 4, 1989	China	Eastern Asia
Velvet Revolution	November 17, 1989	December 29, 1989	Czechoslovakia	Central Europe
Mongolian Revolution of 1990	December 10, 1989	March 9, 1990	Mongolia	Central Asia
United States invasion of Panama	December 20, 1989	January 31, 1990	Panama	Central America
Romanian Revolution	December 16, 1989	December 25, 1989	Romania	Central Europe

Since 1990s[]

Conflict	Start date	End date	Location	Region
Gulf War	August 2, 1990	February 28, 1991	Kuwait	Western Asia
Yugoslav Wars	March 31, 1991	November 12, 2001	Yugoslavia	Eastern Europe
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt	August 19, 1991	August 21, 1991	Soviet Union	Eastern Europe

See also[]

History of Communism (September 3, 1945 - December 31, 1992)

List of wars 1945-1989

References[]