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List of wars: 1945–1989

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1945–1949

Start Finish Name of Conflict Location(s) Fatalities
February 1945 January 31, 1949 Greek civil war  Greece 60.000 - 160.000
August 1945 August 23, 1949 Indonesian National Revolution  Indonesia 70,000 - 200,000[1]
December 1946 August 1, 1954 Vietnamese War of Independence  French Indochina ~394,591
1946 1949 Chinese Civil War  China ~1,200,000
March 1947 August 11, 1947 Paraguayan Civil War  Paraguay unknown
October 1947 December 31, 1948 Indo-Pakistani War of 1947  India and  Pakistan 3,288
November 1947 May 14, 1948 Palestinian Civil War State of Palestine British Palestine ~4,200
May 1948 June 20, 1949 1948 Arab-Israeli War  Israel 12,000 - 19,000
March 1948 April 24, 1948 Costa Rican Civil War  Costa Rica 2,000
April 1948 March 27, 2006 Internal conflict in Burma Kayin and  Burma ~7,000
June 1948 July 12, 1960 Malayan Emergency  Malaya,  Singapore, and  Vietnam 11,053

1950–1959

Start Finish War Location Death toll
June 25, 1950 July 27, 1953* Korean War  North Korea and  South Korea ~2,670,172
October 1950 March 10, 1951 PLA Invasion of Tibet  Tibet ~85,000
May 1952 November 18, 1956 Tunisian War of Independence  Tunisia unknown
June 1952 January 11, 1960 Mau Mau Uprising  Kenya 11,138 - 61,185
July 1953 January 1, 1959 Cuban Revolution  Cuba unknown
November 1954 March 19, 1962 Algerian War of Independence  Algeria ~169,000
August 1955 March 29, 1972 First Sudanese Civil War  Sudan ~500,000
October 1956 November 10, 1956 Hungarian Uprising  Hungary 3,222
October 1956 March 22, 1957 Sinai Campaign  Egypt 913
January 1959 April 30, 1975 Vietnam War  Vietnam 5,100,000
July 1959 Ongoing ETA's campaign of terror  Spain 828

1960–1969

Start Finish War Location Death toll
June 1960 November 22, 1965 Congo Crisis  Democratic Republic of the Congo unknown
November 1960 January 7, 1996 Guatemalan Civil War  Guatemala unknown
April 1961 April 19, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion  Cuba 291 - 1,480
September 1961 May 29, 1991 Eritrean War of Independence  Eritrea 230,000 - 655,000
November 1961 August 11, 1974 Portuguese Colonial War  Angola ,  Guinea-Bissau, and  Mozambique ~140,790
December 1961 October 3, 1964 Tuareg Rebellion of Mali  Mali unknown
December 1961 December 19, 1961 Invasion of Goa  India 37 - 52
August 1962 May 15, 1975 Laotian Civil War  Laos ~1,200
September 1962 February 20, 1970 Yemen Civil War  Yemen 100,000
October 1962 November 21, 1962 Sino-Indian War  India and  China ~4,588
December 1962 May 28, 1966 Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation  Indonesia and  Malaysia unknown
December 1962 July 2, 1975 Dhofar Rebellion  Oman ~500
January 1963 October 17, 1967 Shifta War  Kenya unknown
October 1963 October 12, 1963 Sand War  Algeria and  Morocco unknown
July 1964 April 24, 1979 Rhodesian Bush War  Rhodesia ~30,000
August 1964 Ongoing Colombian Armed Conflict  Colombia ~3,000,000
April 1965 September 15, 1966 Operation Power Pack  Dominican Republic ~3,533
August 1965 September 21, 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965  India and  Pakistan 11,064 - 15,064
December 1965 April 1, 1989 South African Border War  Namibia and  Angola unknown
March 1966 May 4, 1988 Namibian War of Independence  Namibia unknown
February 1967 December 2, 1989 Communist Insurgency War  Malaysia unknown
June 1967 June 10, 1967 Six-Day War  Israel,  Egypt,  Jordan, and  Syria ~21,779
June 1967 April 1, 1975 Cambodian Civil War  Cambodia and Cambodia Khmer Republic ~600,000
July 1967 January 13, 1970 Nigerian Civil War  Nigeria ~1,200,000
October 1967 October 2, 1967 Chola incident  India unknown
June 1968 May 23 1998 The Troubles  Ireland and  Northern Ireland ~4,050
January 1968 August 21, 1968 Prague Spring  Czechoslovakia 108
June 1968 August 7, 1970 War of Attrition  Israel ~6,554
July 1969 Ongoing Communist and Islamic insurgency in the Philippines  Philippines ~160,000+
July 1969 July 18, 1969 100 Hours War  El Salvador and  Honduras 1,900
March 1969 September 11, 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict  China and  Soviet Union ~858

1970–1979

Start Finish War Location Death toll
March 1971 December 16, 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War  Bangladesh ~3,000,000
December 1971 December 16, 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971  Pakistan and  India ~3,000,000
October 1973 October 26, 1973 Yom Kippur War  Egypt,  Israel, and  Syria ~11,184 - 17,656
May 1973 September 6, 1991 Western Sahara War  Morocco unknown
July 1974 August 20, 1974 Turkish Invasion of Cyprus  Cyprus ~1,000
November 1974 September 21, 2002 Angolan Civil War  Angola ~800,000
March 1975 April 25, 1991 Ethiopian Civil War  Ethiopia ~250,000
March 1975 May 19, 1991 Lebanese Civil War  Lebanon ~80,000
May 1975 December 8, 1989 Cambodian–Vietnamese War  Cambodia and  Vietnam ~50,000
August 1975 1975 The Secret War  Laos 2,000 - 3,000
December 1975 December 12, 1978 Invasion of East Timor  East Timor ~150,000
July 1976 December 15, 1983 Dirty War  Argentina ~25,000
December 1976 August 15, 2005 Insurgency in Aceh  Indonesia and  Aceh ~10,000
April 1977 October 25, 2002 Mozambican Civil War  Mozambique ~900,000
July 1977 July 24, 1977 Libyan-Egyptian War  Libya and  Egypt unknown
July 1977 March 15, 1978 Ogaden War  Ethiopia,  Somalia, and  Yemen ~32,000
March 1978 March 14, 1978 Southern Lebanon conflict  Lebanon ~2,000
October 1978 April 11, 1979 Uganda–Tanzania War  Libya,  Tanzania, and  Uganda unknown
December 1978 January 6, 1987 Chadian–Libyan conflict  Libya and  Chad 2,000 - 5,000
February 1979 March 16, 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War  China and  Vietnam ~122,000
February 1979 June 7, 1982 First Civil War of Chad  Chad ~10,000
December 1979 February 15, 1989 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan  Afghanistan ~1,015,000

1980 - 1989

Start Finish War Location Death toll
May 1980 November 16, 1992 Salvadoran Civil War  El Salvador ~75,000
May 1980 October 13, 2000 Internal Conflict in Peru  Peru ~70,000
September 1980 August 20, 1988 Iran–Iraq War  Iran and  Iraq ~1,300,000
January 1981 February 24, 1981 Paquisha War  Peru and  Ecuador unknown
February 1981 July 27, 1986 Luwero War  Uganda unknown
April 1982 June 14, 1982 War of the South Atlantic  Falkland Islands ~900
June 1982 September 30, 1982 Israeli Invasion of Lebanon  Lebanon ~10,000
June 1982 August 6, 1982 Ethiopian-Somalian Border War  Somalia unknown
October 1983 December 15, 1983 Invasion of Grenada  Grenada 89
July 23, 1983 May 18, 2009 Sri Lankan Civil War  Sri Lanka ~70,000
1983 2005 Second Sudanese Civil War  Sudan ~1,000,000
1984 2008 Kurdish insurgency in Turkey  Turkey and  Kurdistan ~37,000
1985 1985 Agacher Strip War  Mali and  Burkina Faso 187
1987 1993 First Intifada  Israel and  Palestine 2,162
1987 1988 Thai–Laotian Border War  Thailand and  Laos ~1,000
1987 2009[2] Second Ugandan Civil War  Uganda ~12,000
1988 2006 Somali Civil War  Somalia 300,000 - 400,000
1988 1994 Nagorno-Karabakh war  Armenia and  Azerbaijan ~36,000
1989 1991 Mauritania-Senegal Border War  Mauritania and  Senegal ~500
December 20, 1989 January 3, 1990 U.S. Invasion of Panama  Panama ~5,000
1989 2001 First Afghan Civil War  Afghanistan ~100,000
1989 1989 Romanian Revolution  Romania 1,104
1989 1996 First Liberian Civil War  Liberia unknown
1989 Ongoing Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir  India ~60,000
  • 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.

References

  1. ^ Vickers, Adrian (2005). A History of Modern Indonesia. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 85–112. ISBN 0-521-54262-2. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090512/world/uganda_rebels_unrest
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