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 (1947–1991).[1][2]

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Conflict Start date End date Location Region
War in Vietnam (1945–1946) 01945-09-13September 13, 1945 01946-03-30March 30, 1946 Vietnam Southeast Asia
Iran crisis of 1946 01945-11-15November 15, 1945 01946-11-15November 15, 1946 Iran Southern Asia
Greek Civil War 01946-03-30March 30, 1946 01949-10-16October 16, 1949 Greece Southern Europe
Corfu Channel incident 01946-05-15May 15, 1946 01946-11-13November 13, 1946 Straits of Corfu Southern Europe
Hukbalahap Rebellion 01946-07-04July 4, 1946 01954-05-17May 17, 1954 Philippines Southeast Asia
First Indochina War 01946-12-19December 19, 1946 01954-08-01August 1, 1954 French Indochina Southeast Asia
Czechoslovak coup d'état of 1948 01948-02-20February 20, 1948 01948-02-25February 25, 1948 Czechoslovakia Central Europe
Malayan Emergency 01948-06-16June 16, 1948 01960-07-12July 12, 1960 Federation of Malaya Southeast Asia
Berlin Blockade 01948-06-24June 24, 1948 01949-05-12May 12, 1949 Germany Western Europe
Korean War 01950-06-25June 25, 1950 01953-07-27July 27, 1953 Korea Eastern Asia
Egyptian Revolution of 1952 01952-07-22July 22, 1952 01952-07-26July 26, 1952 Egypt North Africa
Uprising of 1953 in East Germany 01953-06-16June 16, 1953 01953-06-17June 17, 1953 East Germany Western Europe
Cuban Revolution 01953-07-26July 26, 1953 01959-01-01January 1, 1959 Cuba Caribbean
1953 Iranian coup d'état 01953-08-15August 15, 1953 01953-08-20August 20, 1953 Iran Southern Asia
Laotian Civil War 01953-11-09November 9, 1953 01975-12-02December 2, 1975 Laos Southeast Asia
1954 Guatemalan coup d'état 01954-06-18June 18, 1954 01954-06-27June 27, 1954 Guatemala Central America
First Taiwan Strait Crisis 01954-09-03September 3, 1954 01955-05-01May 1, 1955 Taiwan Strait Eastern Asia
Vietnam War 01955-11-01November 1, 1955 01975-04-30April 30, 1975 Vietnam Southeast Asia
Poznań 1956 protests 01956-06-28June 28, 1956 01956-06-30June 30, 1956 Poland Central Europe
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 01956-10-23October 23, 1956 01956-11-10November 10, 1956 Hungary Central Europe
Suez Crisis 01956-10-29October 29, 1956 01956-11-07November 7, 1956 Egypt North Africa
14 July Revolution 01958-07-14July 14, 1958 01958-07-14July 14, 1958 Iraq Western Asia
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis 01958-08-23August 23, 1958 01958-10-06October 6, 1958 Taiwan Strait Eastern Asia
1959 Tibetan uprising 01959-03-10March 10, 1959 01959-03-21March 21, 1959 Tibet Central Asia
1960 U-2 incident 01960-05-01May 1, 1960 01960-05-01May 1, 1960 Soviet Union Eastern Europe
Congo Crisis 01960-06-30June 30, 1960 01965-11-25November 25, 1965 Congo Central Africa
Angolan War of Independence 01961-02-04February 4, 1961 01975-01-15January 15, 1975 Angola Southern Africa
Bay of Pigs Invasion 01961-04-17April 17, 1961 01961-04-19April 19, 1961 Cuba Caribbean
Berlin Crisis of 1961 01961-06-04June 4, 1961 01961-11-09November 9, 1961 East Germany Western Europe
Nicaraguan Revolution 01961-07-23July 23, 1961 01990-04-25April 25, 1990 Nicaragua Central America
Cuban missile crisis 01962-10-14October 14, 1962 01962-10-28October 28, 1962 Cuba Caribbean
Sino-Indian War 01962-10-20October 20, 1962 01962-11-21November 21, 1962 China/India border Southern Asia
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence 01963-01-23January 23, 1963 01974-09-11September 11, 1974 Guinea-Bissau Western Africa
1964 Brazilian coup d'état 01964-07-04July 4, 1964 01964-04-01April 1, 1964 Brazil South America
Rhodesian Bush War 01964-03-31March 31, 1964 01979-12-12December 12, 1979 Rhodesia Southern Africa
Mozambican War of Independence 01964-09-25September 25, 1964 01974-09-08September 8, 1974 Mozambique Eastern Africa
Dominican Civil War 01965-04-24April 24, 1965 01965-09-03September 3, 1965 Dominican Republic Caribbean
United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–1966) 01965-04-28April 28, 1965 01966-07-01July 1, 1966 Dominican Republic Caribbean
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 01965-08-15August 15, 1965 01965-09-23September 23, 1965 Kashmir Indian subcontinent
30 September Movement 01965-09-30September 30, 1965 01965-10-01October 1, 1965 Indonesia Southeast Asia
Indonesian killings of 1965–1966 01965-10-01October 1, 1965 01966-03-01March 1966 Indonesia Southeast Asia
South African Border War 01966-08-26August 26, 1966 01990-03-21March 21, 1990 Namibia and Angola Southern Africa
Namibian War of Independence 01966-08-26August 26, 1966 01990-03-21March 21, 1990 Namibia Southern Africa
Greek military junta of 1967–1974 01967-04-21April 21, 1967 01974-07-23July 23, 1974 Greece Southern Europe
Six-Day War 01967-06-05June 5, 1967 01967-06-10June 10, 1967 Egypt, Jordan, and Syria Western Asia
War of Attrition 01967-07-01July 1, 1967 01970-08-07August 7, 1970 Sinai Peninsula Western Asia
Communist Insurgency War 01968-06-17June 17, 1968 01989-12-02December 2, 1989 Malaysia Southeast Asia
Sino-Soviet border conflict 01969-03-02March 2, 1969 01969-09-11September 11, 1969 China/Soviet Union border Eastern Asia
Operation Menu 01969-03-18March 18, 1969 01970-05-28May 28, 1970 Cambodia and Laos Southeast Asia
Libyan coup d'etat (1969) 01969-09-01September 1, 1969 01969-09-01September 1, 1969 Libya North Africa
Black September in Jordan 01970-09-01September 1, 1970 01971-07-01July 1971 Jordan Western Asia
Cambodian Civil War 01970-10-09October 9, 1970 01975-04-17April 17, 1975 Cambodia Southeast Asia
Bangladesh Liberation War 01971-03-26March 26, 1971 01971-12-16December 16, 1971 Bangladesh Southern Asia
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 01971-12-03December 3, 1971 01971-12-16December 16, 1971 Bangladesh and Pakistan Southern Asia
1973 Chilean coup d'état 01973-09-11September 11, 1973 01973-09-11September 11, 1973 Chile South America
Yom Kippur War 01973-10-06October 6, 1973 01973-10-25October 25, 1973 Egypt and Syria Western Asia
Carnation Revolution 01974-04-25April 25, 1974 01974-04-25April 25, 1974 Portugal Southern Europe
Ethiopian Civil War 01974-11-28November 28, 1974 01991-05-21May 21, 1991 Ethiopia Eastern Africa
Cambodian–Vietnamese War 01975-05-01May 1, 1975 01989-09-26September 26, 1989 Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand Southeast Asia
Lebanese Civil War 01975-04-13April 13, 1975 01990-10-13October 13, 1990 Lebanon Near East
Angolan Civil War 01975-11-11November 11, 1975 02002-04-04April 4, 2002 Angola Southern Africa
Indonesian invasion of East Timor 01975-12-07December 7, 1975 01976-07-17July 17, 1976 East Timor Southeast Asia
1976 Argentine coup d'état 01976-03-24March 24, 1976 01976-03-24March 24, 1976 Argentina South America
Mozambican Civil War 01977-05-30May 30, 1977 01992-10-15October 15, 1992 Mozambique Southern Africa
Ethio-Somali War 01977-07-13July 13, 1977 01978-03-15March 15, 1978 Ethiopia Eastern Africa
Korean Air Lines Flight 902 01978-04-20April 20, 1978 01978-04-20April 20, 1978 Soviet Union Eastern Europe
Iranian Revolution 01979-01-16January 16, 1979 01979-02-01February 1979 Iran Southern Asia
Sino-Vietnamese War 01979-02-17February 17, 1979 01979-03-16March 16, 1979 China/Vietnam border Southeast Asia
Salvadoran Civil War 01979-05-09May 9, 1979 01992-01-16January 16, 1992 El Salvador Central America
Soviet war in Afghanistan 01979-12-24December 24, 1979 01989-02-15February 15, 1989 Afghanistan Central Asia
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 01983-09-01September 1, 1983 01983-09-01September 1, 1983 Soviet Union Eastern Asia
Falklands War 01982-04-02April 2, 1982 01982-06-14June 14, 1982 Falkland Islands,South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Atlantic Ocean
Invasion of Grenada (1983) 01983-10-25October 25, 1983 01983-12-15December 15, 1983 Grenada Caribbean
Bombing of Libya (1986) 01986-04-15April 15, 1986 01986-04-15April 15, 1986 Libya North Africa
United States invasion of Panama 01989-12-20December 20, 1989 01990-01-31January 31, 1990 Panama| Central America
Revolutions of 1989 01989-03-09March 9, 1989 01992-04-27April 27, 1992 Various Central/Eastern Europe
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 01989-04-15April 15, 1989 01989-06-04June 4, 1989 China Eastern Asia
Velvet Revolution 01989-11-17November 17, 1989 01989-12-29December 29, 1989 Czechoslovakia Central Europe
1990 Democratic Revolution in Mongolia 01989-12-10December 10, 1989 01990-03-09March 9, 1990 Mongolia Central Asia
Romanian Revolution of 1989 01989-12-16December 16, 1989 01989-12-25December 25, 1989 Romania Central Europe
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt 01991-08-19August 19, 1991 01991-08-21August 21, 1991 Soviet Union Eastern Europe

References [edit]

  1. ^ The Fifty-Year War: Conflict and Strategy in the Cold War, Norman Friedman (1999) ISBN 978-1557502643
  2. ^ The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times, Odd Arne Westad (2005) ISBN 978-0521853644
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