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| {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Israel]]<ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Suez_War.html "Israel Routs Egypt"]</ref>
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| {{flagicon|Egypt|1952}} [[Egypt]]<ref>[http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/arabunity/2008/02/200852517304630655.html "Nasser lost the war in military terms"]</ref>
| {{flagicon|Egypt|1952}} [[Egypt]]<ref>[http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/arabunity/2008/02/200852517304630655.html "Nasser lost the war in military terms"]</ref>
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1945–1949

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents
Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)
1945 1949 Indonesian National Revolution Indonesia Indonesia Netherlands Netherlands
United Kingdom United Kingdom
1946 1954 First Indochina War Viet Minh
Supported by:
China People's Republic of China
Soviet Union Soviet Union
France French Union
France French Fourth Republic
South Vietnam State of Vietnam
Cambodia Cambodia
Kingdom of Laos
Supported by:
United States United States
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Australia Australia
1946 1949 Greek Civil War National Army
Supported By:
United States United States
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Democratic Army of Greece
N.O.F Partisans
Supported by:
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Albania People's Republic of Albania
1947 1947 Paraguayan Civil War Paraguay Government of Paraguay
Colorado Party
Supported by:
Argentina Argentina
Coalition of Rafael Franco
Revolutionary Febrerista Party
Paraguayan Communist Party
Liberal Party
1947 1948 Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 Pakistan Pakistan India India
File:Jammu-Kashmir-flag-1846-1936.gif Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)
1947 1948 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine File:Hagnah-logo1.jpg Haganah
Palmach
File:Pantani.jpg Irgun
File:Lahe.jpg Lehi
State of Palestine Holy War Army
Arab Liberation Army
United Kingdom United Kingdom
1948 1949 1948 Arab–Israeli War  Israel Egypt Egypt
 Syria
 Jordan
 Lebanon
Iraq Iraq
Saudi Arabia [1]
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen[2]
State of Palestine Army of the Holy War
Arab Liberation Army
Muslim Brotherhood
1948 1948 Costa Rican Civil War National Liberation Army Costa Rica Government of Costa Rica
1948 Ongoing Internal conflict in Burma
1948 1960 Malayan Emergency  United Kingdom
 Australia
 New Zealand
Federation of Malaya Federation of Malaya
 Southern Rhodesia
 Fiji
King's African Rifles
Nepal Nepali Gurkhas
Malayan Communist Party
Malayan Races Liberation Army
1948 1948 Operation Polo  India Royal State of Hyderabad

1950–1959

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents
Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)
1950 1953
(de facto)
Ongoing
(de jure)
Korean War United Nations United Nations
United States
South Korea South Korea
United Kingdom United Kingdom
North Korea North Korea
Soviet Union
China People's Republic of China
1950 1951 Invasion of Tibet (1950–1951)  People's Republic of China Tibet Tibetan Army
1950 1967 The retribution operations  Israel Egypt Egyptian Armed Forces
 Syria
 Jordan
State of Palestine Palestinian militants
1952 1956 Tunisian War of Independence Beylik of Tunis France France
1952 1960 Mau Mau Uprising  United Kingdom Kenya Mau Mau
1953 1959 Cuban Revolution 26th of July Movement Cuba Batista Government
1953 1975 Laotian Civil War Laos Pathet Lao
North Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Soviet Union Soviet Union
China Peoples Republic of China
Laos Kingdom of Laos
 United States
 Thailand
South Vietnam Republic of Vietnam
 Philippines
1954 1962 Algerian War Algeria National Liberation Front
Mouvement National Algerien
 France
1955 1972 First Sudanese Civil War Sudan Defence Force
Anyanya
South Sudan Liberation Movement
SudanSudan
1955 1975 Vietnam War  North Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Viet Cong
Cambodia Khmer Rouge
Laos Pathet Lao
 People's Republic of China
 Soviet Union
 North Korea
 South Vietnam
 United States
 South Korea
 Australia
 Philippines
 New Zealand
Cambodia Khmer Republic
 Thailand
Laos Kingdom of Laos[citation needed]
Taiwan Republic of China
1956 1956 Hungarian Revolution of 1956  Soviet Union
HungaryState Protection Authority
Hungary
1956 1957 Suez Crisis Israel Israel[3]
United Kingdom United Kingdom
France France
Egypt Egypt[4]
1957 1958 Ifni War Spain Spain
France France
Morocco Morocco
1959 Ongoing ETA's campaign of terror

1960–1969

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents
Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)
1960 1966 Congo Crisis Congo (Western)

Zaire Mobutu government

 Belgium
State of Katanga
South Kasai
Congo (Eastern)

United Nations ONUC
 Cuba

1960 1996 Guatemalan Civil War Guerrilla Army of the Poor
Revolutionary Organization of Armed People
Rebel Armed Forces
Guatemalan Labor Party (1960–1982)
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (1982–1996)
Guatemala Government of Guatemala
1961 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion Cuba Cuba United States United States
Cuba Cuban exiles
1961 1991 Eritrean War of Independence Eritrean Liberation Front
Eritrean People's Liberation Front
Ethiopia
Cuba Cuba
Soviet Union
1961 1964 Tuareg Rebellion (1961–1964) Mali Military of Mali Tuareg guerrillas
1961 1961 Invasion of Goa India India Portugal Portugal
1961 1975 Angolan War of Independence
part of the Portuguese Colonial War
National Liberation Front of Angola
File:Flag of Unita.jpg UNITA
MPLA
Eastern Revolt
Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda
Portugal Portugal
Union of South Africa
1962 1970 North Yemen Civil War Yemen Arab Republic Yemen Arab Republic
Egypt Egypt
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
 Saudi Arabia
 Jordan
 Iran
European Mercenaries
Material support:
 Israel
1962 1962 Sino-Indian War China China India India
1962 1966 Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Malaysia Malaysia
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Australia Australia
New Zealand New Zealand
Indonesia Indonesia
1962 1975 Dhofar Rebellion Oman Oman
Iran
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Jordan Jordan
Dhofar Liberation Front
Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf
File:PFLO flag.png Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman
1963 1967 Shifta War Kenya Kenya Northern Frontier District Liberation Movement
Somalia Somalia
1963 1963 Sand War Morocco Morocco Algeria Algeria
1963 1974 Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
part of the Portuguese Colonial War
PAIGC Portugal Portugal
1964 1979 Rhodesian Bush War Rhodesia Rhodesia
South Africa
Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979)
FROLIZI (1978-1979)
ZANLA ( ZANU )
ZIPRA ( ZAPU )
MozambiqueFRELIMO
FROLIZI (1971-1978)
Umkhonto we Sizwe
1964 Ongoing Colombian armed conflict (1964–present)
1964 1974
(cease fire)
1975
(independence)
Mozambican War of Independence
part of the Portuguese Colonial War
Mozambique FRELIMO Portugal Portugal
1964 1967 The War over Water Israel Israel Syria Syria

Lebanon Lebanon

1964 Ongoing Insurgency in Northeast India
1965 1965 Dominican Civil War (CEFA) Dominican Armed Forces Training Center
(SIM) Dominican Military Intelligence Service
 United States
(IAPF) Inter-American Peace Force
Dominican Republic Dominican Armed Forces Constitutionalists
PRD partisans
1965 1966 1965 United States occupation of the Dominican Republic United States United States
Inter-American Peace Force:
 Brazil
 Honduras
 Paraguay
 Nicaragua
 Costa Rica
 El Salvador
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
1965 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 India India Pakistan Pakistan
1965 1979 Civil war in Chad (1965–1979) National Liberation Front of Chad
1966 1989 South African Border War Angola Angola
Cuba Cuba
SWAPO
Zambia Zambia
Umkhonto we Sizwe
South Africa
File:Flag of Unita.jpg UNITA
Argentina Argentina
United States United States
1966 1988 Namibian War of Independence SWAPO South Africa
1967 1967 Six-Day War Israel Israel Egypt Egypt
Syria Syria
Jordan Jordan
Iraq Iraq
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Morocco Morocco
Algeria Algeria
Tunisia Tunisia
Sudan
1967 1975 Cambodian Civil War Cambodia National United Front of Kampuchea
Khmer Rouge
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Khmer Republic
United States United States
South Vietnam
1967 1970 Nigerian Civil War Nigeria Nigeria Republic of Biafra Biafra
1967 1967 Chola incident India India China China
1967 1970 War of Attrition Israel Israel Egypt Egypt
Soviet Union
1967 Ongoing Naxalite-Maoist insurgency
1968 1968 Battle of Karameh Israel Israel  Jordan

State of Palestine PLO (mostly Fatah)

1968 1989 Communist Insurgency War Malaysia Malaysia Malayan Communist Party
1968 1998 The Troubles
1968 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia Soviet Union Soviet Union
People's Republic of Bulgaria
East Germany East Germany
Hungary People's Republic of Hungary
Poland People's Republic of Poland
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
1969 Ongoing Insurgency in the Philippines
1969 1969 Football War El Salvador El Salvador Honduras Honduras
1969 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict Soviet Union Soviet Union China China

1970–1979

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents
Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)
1970 1971 Black September in Jordan  Jordan
 Iraq
 Pakistan
 Israel
State of Palestine Palestine Liberation Organization
Iraq Syria
1971 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War Bangladesh Mukti Bahini
 India
 Pakistan
1971 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971  India  Pakistan
1972 1974 First Eritrean Civil War Eritrean People's Liberation Front Eritrean Liberation Front
1972 1979 Operation Wrath of God  Israel Black September
1973 1973 Yom Kippur War  Israel  Egypt
 Syria
 Iraq
 Jordan
 Algeria
 Morocco
 Saudi Arabia
 Libya
 Kuwait
 Cuba
1973 1991 Western Sahara War Spain Spanish State (1973-1975)
 Mauritania (1975-1979)
 Morocco (1979-1991)
France French Air Force (1978)
Western Sahara Polisario Front
 Algeria (1976)
1974 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus  Turkey  Cyprus
 Greece
1974 1991 Ethiopian Civil War Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party
All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement
Tigray People's Liberation Front
Eritrean People's Liberation Front
Oromo Liberation Front
Western Somali Liberation Front
Eritrean Liberation Front
Afar Liberation Front
Ethiopian Democratic Union
File:ONLF flag.svg Ogaden National Liberation Front
Ethiopia Government of Ethiopia
 Cuba (1987-1991)
1975 2002 Angolan Civil War MPLA
 Cuba
Angola Angolan Armed Forces
 Mozambique
 Soviet Union
File:Flag of Unita.jpg UNITA
FNLA
 South Africa
 Zaire
 United States
1975 1990 Lebanese Civil War Lebanon Lebanese Front
 Syria (1975-1978)
 Israel
File:SLA patch.png South Lebanon Army
Lebanon Lebanese National Movement
State of Palestine PLO
 Syria (1978-1990)
1975 1989 Cambodian–Vietnamese War  Vietnam
Cambodia Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation
Cambodia Democratic Kampuchea
1975 1975 Hmong Insurgency  Laos
 Vietnam
Hmong Insurgents
1975 1975 Indonesian invasion of East Timor  Indonesia FRETILIN / FALINTIL
1976 1983 Dirty War  Argentina
1976 2005 Insurgency in Aceh  Indonesia Free Aceh Movement
1977 1992 Mozambican Civil War Mozambique FRELIMO RENAMO
1977 1977 Libyan–Egyptian War  Egypt  Libya
1977 1978 Ogaden War Ethiopia Ethiopia
 Cuba
South Yemen South Yemen
 Soviet Union
 Somalia
1977 1977 Shaba I  Zaire
 Morocco
 Egypt
 France
Front for the National Liberation of the Congo
1978 1978 Shaba II  Zaire
 France
 Belgium
Front for the National Liberation of the Congo
1978 1978 1978 South Lebanon conflict  Israel PLO
1978 1979 Uganda–Tanzania War  Tanzania
Uganda Uganda National Liberation Army
 Uganda
 Libya
PLO
1978 1987 Chadian–Libyan conflict  Chad
 France
 Libya
1978 Ongoing Turkey – Kurdistan Workers' Party conflict
1979 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War  Vietnam  People's Republic of China
1979 1990 Sino-Vietnamese conflicts 1979-1990  Vietnam  People's Republic of China
1979 1982 Civil war in Chad (1979-1982)  Chad
1979 1989 Soviet war in Afghanistan Mujahideen

Supported by:
 Pakistan
 United States
 Saudi Arabia
 Malaysia
 Canada
 People's Republic of China

 Soviet Union
Afghanistan Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

1980–1989

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents
Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)
1980 1992 Salvadoran Civil War  El Salvador FMLN
FDR
ERP
RN
PRTC
1980 2000 Internal conflict in Peru  Peru
Peru Rondas Campesinas
Shining Path
Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
1980 1988 Iran–Iraq War Iraq Iraq
People's Mujahedin of Iran
Arab League
 Iran
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq
Islamic Movement of Kurdistan
File:Sciri logo.jpg Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq
1980 1981 Second Eritrean Civil War Eritrean People's Liberation Front Eritrean Liberation Front
1981 1981 Paquisha War  Peru  Ecuador
1981 1986 Ugandan Bush War National Resistance Army (guerrilla rebels) Uganda Uganda National Liberation Army (the national army of Uganda)
1982 1982 Falklands War  United Kingdom  Argentina
1982 1982 1982 Lebanon War  Israel
File:SLA patch.png South Lebanon Army
Lebanese Forces
State of Palestine PLO
 Syria
File:Flag of Hezbollah.svg Hezbollah
Lebanese Communist Party
Amal Movement
Syrian Social Nationalist Party
1982 2000 South Lebanon conflict (1982–2000) Israel Israel
File:SLA patch.png South Lebanon Army
State of Palestine PLO
File:Flag of Hezbollah.svg Hezbollah
Lebanese National Resistance Front
Amal Movement
Syria
1982 1982 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War  Somalia  Ethiopia
Somalia Somali Salvation Democratic Front
1983 1983 Invasion of Grenada  United States
 Antigua and Barbuda
 Barbados
 Dominica
 Jamaica
 Saint Lucia
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Grenada
 Cuba
Supported By:
 North Korea
 Soviet Union
Bulgaria People's Republic of Bulgaria
 East Germany
 Libya
1983 2009 Sri Lankan Civil War  Sri Lanka
India Indian Peace Keeping Force (1987-1990)
File:Tamil-tigers-flag.svg Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
1983 2005 Second Sudanese Civil War Sudan People's Liberation Army
Eastern Front
 Sudan
Lord's Resistance Army
1984 2003 (de facto)

Ongoing (de jure)

Siachen conflict  India  Pakistan
1985 1985 Agacher Strip War  Mali  Burkina Faso
1987 1987 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish  India  People's Republic of China
1987 1991 First Intifada  Israel State of Palestine Palestinian dissidents
1987 1988 Thai–Laotian Border War  Laos
 Vietnam
 Thailand
1987 2009 Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Uganda Uganda People's Defence Force
Sudan People's Liberation Army
Democratic Republic of the Congo Military of DR Congo
United Nations MONUC
Lord's Resistance Army
1988 1994 Nagorno-Karabakh War  Nagorno-Karabakh
 Armenia
 Azerbaijan
1989 1991 Mauritania–Senegal Border War  Mauritania  Senegal
1989 1990 United States invasion of Panama  United States  Panama
1989 1992 Civil war in Afghanistan (1989–1992) Afghanistan Mujahideen Afghanistan Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
1989 1989 Romanian Revolution of 1989 Anti-Ceauşescu protestors
Romania Romanian Army
Romania Dissident members of the Communist Party
Romania Socialist Republic of Romania
Romania Securitate and other loyalist forces
1989 1996 First Liberian Civil War National Patriotic Front of Liberia Liberia Armed Forces of Liberia
Liberia ULIMO
United Nations United Nations
Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia
1989 Ongoing Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
  • Technically, the Korean War is still ongoing, due to the lack of a peace treaty. However, the status is currently that of a "cold war", with few military operations conducted since 1953.

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