List of wars involving the Soviet Union
This is a list of wars involving the Soviet Union (30 December 1922 – 26 December 1991).
Date | Conflict | Location | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1916–1934 | Central Asian Revolt | Central Asia | Russian Empire (until 1917) Soviet Union (from 1922) |
Basmachi |
Victory
|
1924 | August Uprising | Soviet Union | Damkom | Victory
| |
1925–1926 | Urtatagai conflict | Soviet Union | Emirate of Afghanistan | Peace treaty
| |
1929 | Sino-Soviet conflict | Soviet Union | China | Victory
| |
1929 | Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929) Part of the Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) |
Soviet Union |
Basmachi |
The Soviet Union failed to change the situation in the country | |
1930 | Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1930) | Soviet Union | Basmachi | Victory | |
1932 | Chechen uprising of 1932 | Soviet Union | Chechen rebels | Victory
| |
1932–1941 | Soviet–Japanese border conflicts | Soviet Union |
Japan |
Victory | |
1934 | Soviet invasion of Xinjiang | Soviet Union Xinjiang clique White Movement Torgut Mongols |
China | Stalemate
| |
(1936–39) | Spanish Civil War | Spain | Spain
Supported by: Volunteers |
Nationalist faction | Defeat
|
1937 | Islamic Rebellion in Xinjiang | Xinjiang |
China | Victory
| |
1939 | Soviet invasion of Poland (Part of World War II) | Germany |
Poland | Victory
| |
1939–1940 | Winter War (Part of World War II) | Soviet Union | Finland | Inconclusive
| |
1940 | Occupation and annexation of the Baltic states (Part of World War II) | Soviet Union | Estonia Latvia Lithuania |
Victory
| |
1940 | Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina (Part of World War II) | Soviet Union | Romania | Victory
| |
1941–1945 | World War II | Allied Powers: Soviet Union |
Axis Powers: Germany |
Victory
| |
1944–1960s | Anti-communist insurgencies in Central and Eastern Europe
|
Soviet Union East Germany Polish People's Republic Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Hungarian People's Republic Socialist Republic of Romania People's Republic of Bulgaria Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
Ukrainian Insurgents Polish Insurgents Estonian Insurgents Latvian Insurgents Lithuanian Insurgents Bulgarian Insurgents Serbian Insurgents Croatian Insurgents Romanian Insurgents German Insurgents Hungarian Insurgents |
Victory
| |
1945 | Soviet–Japanese War (Part of World War II) | Soviet Union |
Japan |
Victory
| |
1950–1953 | Korean War | North Korea |
United Nations South Korea |
Ceasefire
| |
1955–1975 | Vietnam War | North Vietnam Viet Cong and PRG |
South Vietnam United States |
Victory
| |
1953 | East German Uprising | Soviet Union East Germany | East German demonstrators | Victory
| |
1956 | Hungarian Revolution | Soviet Union |
Revolutionaries | Victory
| |
1961–1968 | Vlora Incident | Soviet Union Warsaw Pact:[1][2] Bulgaria Czechoslovakia East Germany Hungary Poland |
Albania | Soviet-Warsaw Pact defeat
| |
1968 | Invasion of Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union |
Czechoslovakia | Victory
| |
1969 | Zhenbao Island Incident | Soviet Union | China | Victory (status quo ante bellum)[5]
| |
1969–1970 | War of Attrition | Egypt |
Israel | Inconclusive
| |
1980–1981 | Soviet-Moroccan Naval incident (1980-1981) | Dakhla and Atlantic waters off of the Sahara | Soviet Union | Morocco | Defeat
|
1974–1991 | Eritrean War of Independence | Ethiopia Cuba (until 1989) |
ELF |
Withdrawal (limited involvement) | |
1975–1991 | Angolan Civil War | MPLA |
South Africa |
Stalemate (limited involvement)
| |
1977–1978 | Ethio-Somali War | Ethiopia |
Somalia |
Victory
| |
1979–1989 | Soviet–Afghan War | Soviet Union |
Afghan Mujahideen Saqqawists |
Defeat
|
Notes
- ^ The only party under Francisco Franco from 1937 onward, a merger of the other factions on the Nationalist side.
- ^ a b c d 1936–1937, then merged into FET y de las JONS
References
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- ^ "ГОТОВИЛСЯ ЛИ ПЕРЕВОРОТ В АЛБАНИИ? "ДЕЛО Т. СЕЙКО": ВЕРСИИ". libmonster.ru. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Low, Alfred D. (1976). The Sino-Soviet dispute : an analysis of the polemics. Rutherford [N.J.]: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 0-8386-1479-5. OCLC 2225938.
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- ^ a b c "Exploring Chinese History :: Politics :: Conflict and War :: Soviet Aggression". Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ Kuisong p.29
- ^ Borer, Douglas A. (1999). Superpowers defeated: Vietnam and Afghanistan compared. London: Cass. p. 216. ISBN 978-0-7146-4851-4.