Conflict | Start date | End date | Location | Region |
Korean conflict | 000000001945-08-15-0000August 15, 1945 | Ongoing | North Korea
South Korea | Eastern Asia |
War in Vietnam (1945–46) | 000000001945-09-13-0000September 13, 1945 | 000000001946-03-30-0000March 30, 1946 | French Indochina | Southeast Asia |
Iran crisis of 1946 | 000000001945-11-15-0000November 15, 1945 | 000000001946-12-15-0000December 15, 1946 | Iran | Southern Asia |
Greek Civil War | 000000001946-03-30-0000March 30, 1946 | 000000001949-10-16-0000October 16, 1949 | Kingdom of Greece | Southern Europe |
Corfu Channel incident | 000000001946-05-15-0000May 15, 1946 | 000000001946-11-13-0000November 13, 1946 | Straits of Corfu | Southern Europe |
Chinese Civil War (post-WWII) | 000000001946-03-31-0000March 31, 1946 | 000000001950-05-01-0000May 1, 1950 | China | Eastern Asia |
Hukbalahap Rebellion | 000000001946-07-04-0000July 4, 1946 | 000000001954-05-17-0000May 17, 1954 | Philippines | Southeast Asia |
First Indochina War | 000000001946-12-19-0000December 19, 1946 | 000000001954-08-01-0000August 1, 1954 | French Indochina | Southeast Asia |
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état | 000000001948-02-20-0000February 20, 1948 | 000000001948-02-25-0000February 25, 1948 | Czechoslovakia | Central Europe |
Malayan Emergency | 000000001948-06-16-0000June 16, 1948 | 000000001960-07-12-0000July 12, 1960 | Federation of Malaya | Southeast Asia |
Berlin Blockade | 000000001948-06-24-0000June 24, 1948 | 000000001949-05-12-0000May 12, 1949 | Allied-occupied Germany | Western Europe |
Korean War | 000000001950-06-25-0000June 25, 1950 | 000000001953-07-27-0000July 27, 1953 | North Korea
South Korea | Eastern Asia |
Egyptian Revolution of 1952 | 000000001952-07-22-0000July 22, 1952 | 000000001952-07-26-0000July 26, 1952 | Kingdom of Egypt | North Africa |
Uprising of 1953 in East Germany | 000000001953-06-16-0000June 16, 1953 | 000000001953-06-17-0000June 17, 1953 | East Germany | Western Europe |
Cuban Revolution | 000000001953-07-26-0000July 26, 1953 | 000000001959-01-01-0000January 1, 1959 | Cuba | Caribbean |
1953 Iranian coup d'état | 000000001953-08-15-0000August 15, 1953 | 000000001953-08-20-0000August 20, 1953 | Iran | Southern Asia |
Laotian Civil War | 000000001953-11-09-0000November 9, 1953 | 000000001975-12-02-0000December 2, 1975 | Kingdom of Laos | Southeast Asia |
1954 Guatemalan coup d'état | 000000001954-06-18-0000June 18, 1954 | 000000001954-06-27-0000June 27, 1954 | Guatemala | Central America |
First Taiwan Strait Crisis | 000000001954-09-03-0000September 3, 1954 | 000000001955-05-01-0000May 1, 1955 | Taiwan Strait | Eastern Asia |
Vietnam War | 000000001955-11-01-0000November 1, 1955 | 000000001975-04-30-0000April 30, 1975 | North Vietnam
South Vietnam | Southeast Asia |
Poznań 1956 protests | 000000001956-06-28-0000June 28, 1956 | 000000001956-06-30-0000June 30, 1956 | Polish People's Republic | Central Europe |
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 | 000000001956-10-23-0000October 23, 1956 | 000000001956-11-10-0000November 10, 1956 | Hungarian People's Republic | Central Europe |
Suez Crisis | 000000001956-10-29-0000October 29, 1956 | 000000001956-11-07-0000November 7, 1956 | Egypt | North Africa |
14 July Revolution | 000000001958-07-14-0000July 14, 1958 | 000000001958-07-14-0000July 14, 1958 | Arab Federation | Western Asia |
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis | 000000001958-08-23-0000August 23, 1958 | 000000001958-10-06-0000October 6, 1958 | Taiwan Strait | Eastern Asia |
1959 Tibetan uprising | 000000001959-03-10-0000March 10, 1959 | 000000001959-03-21-0000March 21, 1959 | Tibet | Central Asia |
1960 U-2 incident | 000000001960-05-01-0000May 1, 1960 | 000000001960-05-01-0000May 1, 1960 | Soviet Union | Eastern Europe |
Congo Crisis | 000000001960-06-30-0000June 30, 1960 | 000000001965-11-25-0000November 25, 1965 | Congo | Central Africa |
Guatemalan Civil War | 000000001960-11-13-0000November 13, 1960 | 000000001996-12-19-0000December 19, 1996 | Guatemala | Central America |
Portuguese Colonial War | 000000001961-02-04-0000February 4, 1961 | 000000001974-04-25-0000April 25, 1974 | Portuguese Angola, Portuguese Mozambique, Portuguese Guinea | Western/Southern Africa |
Angolan War of Independence | 000000001961-02-04-0000February 4, 1961 | 000000001975-01-15-0000January 15, 1975 | Portuguese Angola | Southern Africa |
Bay of Pigs Invasion | 000000001961-04-17-0000April 17, 1961 | 000000001961-04-19-0000April 19, 1961 | Cuba | Caribbean |
Berlin Crisis of 1961 | 000000001961-06-04-0000June 4, 1961 | 000000001961-11-09-0000November 9, 1961 | East Germany | Western Europe |
Nicaraguan Revolution | 000000001961-07-23-0000July 23, 1961 | 000000001990-04-25-0000April 25, 1990 | Nicaragua | Central America |
Eritrean War of Independence | 000000001961-09-01-0000September 1, 1961 | 000000001991-05-29-0000May 29, 1991 | Ethiopia | Eastern Africa |
Cuban Missile Crisis | 000000001962-10-14-0000October 14, 1962 | 000000001962-10-28-0000October 28, 1962 | Cuba | Caribbean |
Sino-Indian War | 000000001962-10-20-0000October 20, 1962 | 000000001962-11-21-0000November 21, 1962 | China/India border | Southern Asia |
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence | 000000001963-01-23-0000January 23, 1963 | 000000001974-09-11-0000September 11, 1974 | Portuguese Guinea | Western Africa |
1964 Brazilian coup d'état | 000000001964-07-04-0000July 4, 1964 | 000000001964-04-01-0000April 1, 1964 | Brazil | South America |
Rhodesian Bush War | 000000001964-03-31-0000March 31, 1964 | 000000001979-12-12-0000December 12, 1979 | Rhodesia | Southern Africa |
Mozambican War of Independence | 000000001964-09-25-0000September 25, 1964 | 000000001974-09-08-0000September 8, 1974 | Portuguese Mozambique | Eastern Africa |
Colombian conflict | 000000001964-05-27-0000May 27, 1964 | Present | Colombia | South America |
Dominican Civil War | 000000001965-04-24-0000April 24, 1965 | 000000001965-09-03-0000September 3, 1965 | Dominican Republic | Caribbean |
United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–66) | 000000001965-04-28-0000April 28, 1965 | 000000001966-07-01-0000July 1, 1966 | Dominican Republic | Caribbean |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 | 000000001965-08-15-0000August 15, 1965 | 000000001965-09-23-0000September 23, 1965 | India | Indian subcontinent |
30 September Movement | 000000001965-09-30-0000September 30, 1965 | 000000001965-10-01-0000October 1, 1965 | Indonesia | Southeast Asia |
Indonesian killings of 1965–66 | 000000001965-10-01-0000October 1, 1965 | 000000001966-03-01-0000March 1966 | Indonesia | Southeast Asia |
South African Border War | 000000001966-08-26-0000August 26, 1966 | 000000001990-03-21-0000March 21, 1990 | South-West Africa
Angola | Southern Africa |
Namibian War of Independence | 000000001966-08-26-0000August 26, 1966 | 000000001990-03-21-0000March 21, 1990 | South-West Africa | Southern Africa |
Ñancahuazú Guerrilla | 000000001966-11-03-0000November 3, 1966 | 000000001967-10-09-0000October 9, 1967 | Bolivia | South America |
Greek military junta of 1967–74 | 000000001967-04-21-0000April 21, 1967 | 000000001974-07-23-0000July 23, 1974 | Greece | Southern Europe |
Six-Day War | 000000001967-06-05-0000June 5, 1967 | 000000001967-06-10-0000June 10, 1967 | Egypt, Jordan, and Syria | Western Asia |
War of Attrition | 000000001967-07-01-0000July 1, 1967 | 000000001970-08-07-0000August 7, 1970 | Sinai Peninsula | Western Asia |
Communist Insurgency in Malaysia | 000000001968-06-17-0000June 17, 1968 | 000000001989-12-02-0000December 2, 1989 | Malaysia | Southeast Asia |
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia | 000000001968-08-20-0000August 20, 1968 | 000000001989-08-21-0000August 21, 1989 | Czechoslovakia | Eastern Europe |
Sino-Soviet border conflict | 000000001969-03-02-0000March 2, 1969 | 000000001969-09-11-0000September 11, 1969 | China/Soviet Union border | Eastern Asia |
1969 Libyan coup d'état | 000000001969-09-01-0000September 1, 1969 | 000000001969-09-01-0000September 1, 1969 | Libya | North Africa |
Black September in Jordan | 000000001970-09-01-0000September 1, 1970 | 000000001971-07-01-0000July 1971 | Jordan | Western Asia |
Cambodian Civil War | 000000001970-10-09-0000October 9, 1970 | 000000001975-04-17-0000April 17, 1975 | Cambodia | Southeast Asia |
First Quarter Storm | 000000001970-01-01-0000January 1970 | 000000001970-03-01-0000March 1970 | Philippines | Southeast Asia |
Bangladesh Liberation War | 000000001971-03-26-0000March 26, 1971 | 000000001971-12-16-0000December 16, 1971 | Bangladesh | Southern Asia |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 | 000000001971-12-03-0000December 3, 1971 | 000000001971-12-16-0000December 16, 1971 | Bangladesh
Pakistan | Southern Asia |
1973 Chilean coup d'état | 000000001973-09-11-0000September 11, 1973 | 000000001973-09-11-0000September 11, 1973 | Chile | South America |
Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90) | 000000001973-09-11-0000September 11, 1973 | 000000001990-01-01-00001990 | Chile | South America |
Yom Kippur War | 000000001973-10-06-0000October 6, 1973 | 000000001973-10-25-0000October 25, 1973 | Egypt and Syria | Western Asia |
Carnation Revolution | 000000001974-04-25-0000April 25, 1974 | 000000001974-04-25-0000April 25, 1974 | Portugal | Southern Europe |
Ethiopian Civil War | 000000001974-11-28-0000November 28, 1974 | 000000001991-05-21-0000May 21, 1991 | Ethiopia | Eastern Africa |
Operation Independence | 000000001975-02-05-0000February 5, 1975 | 000000001977-09-28-0000September 28, 1977 | Argentina | South America |
Cambodian–Vietnamese War | 000000001975-05-01-0000May 1, 1975 | 000000001989-09-26-0000September 26, 1989 | Cambodia
Vietnam
Thailand | Southeast Asia |
Lebanese Civil War | 000000001975-04-13-0000April 13, 1975 | 000000001990-10-13-0000October 13, 1990 | Lebanon | Near East |
Angolan Civil War | 000000001975-11-11-0000November 11, 1975 | 000000002002-04-04-0000April 4, 2002 | Angola | Southern Africa |
Indonesian invasion of East Timor | 000000001975-12-07-0000December 7, 1975 | 000000001976-07-17-0000July 17, 1976 | East Timor | Southeast Asia |
Operation Entebbe | 000000001976-07-04-0000July 4, 1976 | 000000001976-07-04-0000July 4, 1976 | Uganda | Western Africa |
1976 Argentine coup d'état | 000000001976-03-24-0000March 24, 1976 | 000000001976-03-24-0000March 24, 1976 | Argentina | South America |
Shaba I | 000000001977-03-08-0000March 8, 1977 | 000000001977-05-26-0000May 26, 1977 | Zaire (present day Democratic Republic of the Congo) | Central Africa |
Mozambican Civil War | 000000001977-05-30-0000May 30, 1977 | 000000001992-10-15-0000October 15, 1992 | Mozambique | Southern Africa |
Ethio-Somali War | 000000001977-07-13-0000July 13, 1977 | 000000001978-03-15-0000March 15, 1978 | Ethiopia | Eastern Africa |
Shaba II | 000000001978-05-11-0000May 11, 1978 | 000000001978-06-01-0000June 1978 | Zaire (present day Democratic Republic of the Congo) | Central Africa |
Korean Air Lines Flight 902 | 000000001978-04-20-0000April 20, 1978 | 000000001978-04-20-0000April 20, 1978 | Soviet Union | Eastern Europe |
Iranian Revolution | 000000001979-01-16-0000January 16, 1979 | 000000001979-02-01-0000February 1979 | Iran | Southern Asia |
Sino-Vietnamese War | 000000001979-02-17-0000February 17, 1979 | 000000001979-03-16-0000March 16, 1979 | China/Vietnam border | Southeast Asia |
Salvadoran Civil War | 000000001979-05-09-0000May 9, 1979 | 000000001992-01-16-0000January 16, 1992 | El Salvador | Central America |
Soviet war in Afghanistan | 000000001979-12-24-0000December 24, 1979 | 000000001989-02-15-0000February 15, 1989 | Afghanistan | Central Asia |
Internal conflict in Peru | 000000001980-05-17-0000May 17, 1980 | Present | Peru | South America |
1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War | 000000001982-06-23-0000June 23, 1982 | 000000001982-08-03-0000August 3, 1982 | Somalia | Eastern Africa |
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 | 000000001983-09-01-0000September 1, 1983 | 000000001983-09-01-0000September 1, 1983 | Soviet Union | Eastern Asia |
Invasion of Grenada | 000000001983-10-25-0000October 25, 1983 | 000000001983-12-15-0000December 15, 1983 | Grenada | Caribbean |
People Power Revolution | 000000001986-02-22-0000February 22, 1986 | 000000001986-02-25-0000February 25, 1986 | Philippines | Asia |
1986 United States bombing of Libya | 000000001986-04-15-0000April 15, 1986 | 000000001986-04-15-0000April 15, 1986 | Libya | North Africa |
8888 Uprising | 000000001988-03-12-0000March 12, 1988 | 000000001988-09-21-0000September 21, 1988 | Burma | Asia |
United States invasion of Panama | 000000001989-12-20-0000December 20, 1989 | 000000001990-01-31-0000January 31, 1990 | Panama | Central America |
Revolutions of 1989 | 000000001989-03-09-0000March 9, 1989 | 000000001992-04-27-0000April 27, 1992 | Various | Central/Eastern Europe |
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 | 000000001989-04-15-0000April 15, 1989 | 000000001989-06-04-0000June 4, 1989 | China | Eastern Asia |
Velvet Revolution | 000000001989-11-17-0000November 17, 1989 | 000000001989-12-29-0000December 29, 1989 | Czechoslovakia | Central Europe |
Mongolian Revolution of 1990 | 000000001989-12-10-0000December 10, 1989 | 000000001990-03-09-0000March 9, 1990 | Mongolia | Central Asia |
Romanian Revolution | 000000001989-12-16-0000December 16, 1989 | 000000001989-12-25-0000December 25, 1989 | Romania | Central Europe |
Gulf War | 000000001990-08-02-0000August 2, 1990 | 000000001991-02-28-0000February 28, 1991 | Iraq | Western Asia |
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt | August 19, 1991 | 000000001991-08-21-0000August 21, 1991 | Soviet Union | Eastern Europe |
Dissolution of the Soviet Union | December 26, 1991 | 000000001991-12-26-0000December 26, 1991 | Soviet Union | Eastern Europe |