List of proxy wars

This is a list of proxy wars.

Colonial Era

Conflict	Dates
Abyssinian–Adal war	1529–1543	Portuguese Empire	Ottoman Empire
Samoan Civil War	1898–1899	United States United Kingdom	German Empire

Inter-war Period

Conflict	Dates
Finnish Civil War	1918	German Empire	Russian SFSR
Chaco War	1932–1935	Royal Dutch Shell^[1]	Standard Oil^[1]
Spanish Civil War	1936–1939	Nazi Germany Kingdom of Italy	Soviet Union

Cold War and aftermath

Conflict	Dates
Greek Civil War	1946–1949	United States United Kingdom	Soviet Union Yugoslavia
First Indochina War	1946–1954	France United States	Soviet Union People's Republic of China
Malayan Emergency	1948–1960	United Kingdom	Soviet Union
Arab-Israeli Conflict	1948–present	United States United Kingdom	Soviet Union Russia
Korean War	1950–1953	United States United Kingdom United Nations	Soviet Union People's Republic of China
Suez Crisis	1956–1957	United Kingdom France	Soviet Union
1959 Tibetan uprising	1959–1973	United States Republic of China Nepal Soviet Union	People's Republic of China
Laotian Civil War	1953–1975	United States	Soviet Union People's Republic of China
Vietnam War	1957–1975	United States	Soviet Union People's Republic of China
Guatemalan Civil War	1960–1996	United States	Soviet Union
Congo Crisis	1960–1965	United States	Soviet Union
Bay of Pigs Invasion	1961	United States	Soviet Union
Cuban Missile Crisis	1962	United States	Soviet Union
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971	1971	United States	Soviet Union
Angolan Civil War	1974–2002	United States	Soviet Union
Libyan-Egyptian War	1977	United States	Soviet Union
Ogaden War	1977–1978	United States United Kingdom	Soviet Union
Afghan-Soviet War	1979–1989	United States United Kingdom	Soviet Union
Nicaraguan Civil War	1979–1990	United States	Soviet Union^{[citation needed]}
2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine	2014–present	United States European Union	Russia

Middle-Eastern conflicts

Mujahideen...many wearing plastic sandals and carrying rickety Soviet-era AK-47s, were requested to continue their role as "proxies", while US troops in helmets, kevlar armor and ...carrying the best weapons...the richest nation in history could provide, looked on. The term "proxy" had been revealed, not as a new word for "ally", but as a synonym for the older term "cannon fodder".
— Stephen Tanner^[2]

Conflict	Dates
Arab-Israeli Conflict	after 1991	Israel United Kingdom United States	Russia Iran
North Yemen Civil War	1962–1970	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Republic
Western Sahara War	1975–1991	United States France	Algeria Libya
War in Afghanistan	2001–present	United States United Kingdom	Pakistan^{[citation needed]}
Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War)^[3]	2003-2011	United States	Iran
Israel-Iran proxy conflict	2006–present	Israel	Iran
2006 Lebanon War	2006 (part of Israel-Iran proxy conflict)	Israel	Iran
Gaza War	2008–2009 (part of Israel-Iran proxy conflict)	Israel	Iran
Syrian civil war^[4]	2011–present	Saudi Arabia^{[citation needed]} Qatar^[5] United States^[5] Turkey^{[citation needed]}	Iran^[5] Hezbollah^[5] Russia^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b Archondo, Rafael, "La Guerra del Chaco: ¿hubo algún titiritero?" (PDF), POBLACIÓN Y DESARROLLO, 34: 29–39
^ Stephen Tanner, "Afghanistan: A Military History", 2008
^ Cooper, Helene. "Iran Fighting Proxy War in Iraq, U.S. Envoy Says". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/14/patrick_cockburn_on_us_plans_to
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Patrick Cockburn on U.S. Plans to Arm Syrian Rebels: Where is the Skepticism About Chemical Weapons? (mp4). Democracy Now!. June 14, 2013. Event occurs at 15:20. Retrieved June 15, 2013.

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: And the concerns in some circles that this is really developing into a proxy war with Iran and Hezbollah, rather than actually trying to deal with the situation internally within Syria?

PATRICK COCKBURN: Yeah, it already has turned into a proxy war. You can see that with—Hezbollah and Iran were involved, but also the U.S. was—had already combined with Qatar to send weapons. Qatar has sent up to $3 billion to the rebels, 70 loads of flights of weapons, organized by—with the CIA. {{cite AV media}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); line feed character in |quote= at position 6 (help)

[Archondo-1] Archondo, Rafael, "La Guerra del Chaco: ¿hubo algún titiritero?" (PDF), POBLACIÓN Y DESARROLLO, 34: 29–39

[2] Stephen Tanner, "Afghanistan: A Military History", 2008

[3] Cooper, Helene. "Iran Fighting Proxy War in Iraq, U.S. Envoy Says". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[4] ttp://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/14/patrick_cockburn_on_us_plans_to

[dm-14-06-2013-5] Patrick Cockburn on U.S. Plans to Arm Syrian Rebels: Where is the Skepticism About Chemical Weapons? (mp4). Democracy Now!. June 14, 2013. Event occurs at 15:20. Retrieved June 15, 2013.

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: And the concerns in some circles that this is really developing into a proxy war with Iran and Hezbollah, rather than actually trying to deal with the situation internally within Syria?

PATRICK COCKBURN: Yeah, it already has turned into a proxy war. You can see that with—Hezbollah and Iran were involved, but also the U.S. was—had already combined with Qatar to send weapons. Qatar has sent up to $3 billion to the rebels, 70 loads of flights of weapons, organized by—with the CIA. {{cite AV media}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); line feed character in |quote= at position 6 (help)

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