| Conflict |
Start date |
End date |
Location |
Region
|
| Dekemvriana
|
December 3, 1944
|
January 11, 1945
|
Kingdom of Greece
|
Southern Europe
|
| Korean conflict |
August 15, 1945 |
April 27, 2018 |
North Korea
South Korea |
Eastern Asia
|
| War in Vietnam (1945–46) |
September 13, 1945 |
March 30, 1946 |
French Indochina |
Southeast Asia
|
| Iran crisis of 1946 |
November 15, 1945 |
December 15, 1946 |
Iran |
Southern Asia
|
| Greek Civil War |
March 30, 1946 |
October 16, 1949 |
Kingdom of Greece |
Southern Europe
|
| Corfu Channel incident |
May 15, 1946 |
November 13, 1946 |
Straits of Corfu |
Southern Europe
|
| Chinese Civil War (post-WWII) |
March 31, 1946 |
May 1, 1950 |
China |
Eastern Asia
|
| Hukbalahap Rebellion |
July 4, 1946 |
May 17, 1954 |
Philippines |
Southeast Asia
|
| First Indochina War |
December 19, 1946 |
August 1, 1954 |
French Indochina |
Southeast Asia
|
| 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état |
February 20, 1948 |
February 25, 1948 |
Czechoslovakia |
Central Europe
|
| Arab–Israeli conflict (from 1948–1991) |
May 15, 1948 |
Present |
Israel
Palestine |
Western Asia
|
| Malayan Emergency |
June 16, 1948 |
July 12, 1960 |
Federation of Malaya |
Southeast Asia
|
| Berlin Blockade |
June 24, 1948 |
May 12, 1949 |
Allied-occupied Germany |
Western Europe
|
| Korean War |
June 25, 1950 |
July 27, 1953 |
North Korea
South Korea |
Eastern Asia
|
| Egyptian Revolution of 1952 |
July 22, 1952 |
July 26, 1952 |
Kingdom of Egypt |
North Africa
|
| Uprising of 1953 in East Germany |
June 16, 1953 |
June 17, 1953 |
East Germany |
Western Europe
|
| Cuban Revolution |
July 26, 1953 |
January 1, 1959 |
Cuba |
Caribbean
|
| 1953 Iranian coup d'état |
August 15, 1953 |
August 20, 1953 |
Iran |
Southern Asia
|
| Laotian Civil War |
November 9, 1953 |
December 2, 1975 |
Kingdom of Laos |
Southeast Asia
|
| 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état |
June 18, 1954 |
June 27, 1954 |
Guatemala |
Central America
|
| First Taiwan Strait Crisis |
September 3, 1954 |
May 1, 1955 |
Taiwan Strait |
Eastern Asia
|
| Vietnam War |
November 1, 1955 |
April 30, 1975 |
North Vietnam
South Vietnam |
Southeast Asia
|
| Poznań 1956 protests |
June 28, 1956 |
June 30, 1956 |
Polish People's Republic |
Central Europe
|
| Hungarian Revolution of 1956 |
October 23, 1956 |
November 10, 1956 |
Hungarian People's Republic |
Central Europe
|
| Suez Crisis |
October 29, 1956 |
November 7, 1956 |
Egypt |
North Africa
|
| 14 July Revolution |
July 14, 1958 |
July 14, 1958 |
Arab Federation |
Western Asia
|
| Second Taiwan Strait Crisis |
August 23, 1958 |
October 6, 1958 |
Taiwan Strait |
Eastern Asia
|
| 1959 Tibetan uprising |
March 10, 1959 |
March 21, 1959 |
Tibet |
Central Asia
|
| 1960 U-2 incident |
May 1, 1960 |
May 1, 1960 |
Soviet Union |
Eastern Europe
|
| Congo Crisis |
June 30, 1960 |
November 25, 1965 |
Congo |
Central Africa
|
| Guatemalan Civil War |
November 13, 1960 |
December 19, 1996 |
Guatemala |
Central America
|
| Portuguese Colonial War |
February 4, 1961 |
April 25, 1974 |
Portuguese Angola
Portuguese Mozambique
Portuguese Guinea |
Western/Southern Africa
|
| Angolan War of Independence |
February 4, 1961 |
January 15, 1975 |
Portuguese Angola |
Southern Africa
|
| Bay of Pigs Invasion |
April 17, 1961 |
April 19, 1961 |
Cuba |
Caribbean
|
| Berlin Crisis of 1961 |
June 4, 1961 |
November 9, 1961 |
East Germany |
Western Europe
|
| Nicaraguan Revolution |
July 23, 1961 |
April 25, 1990 |
Nicaragua |
Central America
|
| Eritrean War of Independence |
September 1, 1961 |
May 29, 1991 |
Ethiopia |
Eastern Africa
|
| Cuban Missile Crisis |
October 14, 1962 |
October 28, 1962 |
Cuba |
Caribbean
|
| Sino-Indian War |
October 20, 1962 |
November 21, 1962 |
China/India border |
Southern Asia
|
| Guinea-Bissau War of Independence |
January 23, 1963 |
September 11, 1974 |
Portuguese Guinea |
Western Africa
|
| 1964 Brazilian coup d'état |
July 4, 1964 |
April 1, 1964 |
Brazil |
South America
|
| Rhodesian Bush War |
March 31, 1964 |
December 12, 1979 |
Rhodesia |
Southern Africa
|
| Mozambican War of Independence |
September 25, 1964 |
September 8, 1974 |
Portuguese Mozambique |
Eastern Africa
|
| Colombian conflict |
May 27, 1964 |
Present |
Colombia |
South America
|
| Dominican Civil War |
April 24, 1965 |
September 3, 1965 |
Dominican Republic |
Caribbean
|
| United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–66) |
April 28, 1965 |
July 1, 1966 |
Dominican Republic |
Caribbean
|
| Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 |
August 15, 1965 |
September 23, 1965 |
India |
Indian subcontinent
|
| 30 September Movement |
September 30, 1965 |
October 1, 1965 |
Indonesia |
Southeast Asia
|
| Indonesian killings of 1965–66 |
October 1, 1965 |
March 1966 |
Indonesia |
Southeast Asia
|
| South African Border War |
August 26, 1966 |
March 21, 1990 |
South-West Africa
Angola |
Southern Africa
|
| Namibian War of Independence |
August 26, 1966 |
March 21, 1990 |
South-West Africa |
Southern Africa
|
| Ñancahuazú Guerrilla |
November 3, 1966 |
October 9, 1967 |
Bolivia |
South America
|
| Greek military junta of 1967–74 |
April 21, 1967 |
July 23, 1974 |
Greece |
Southern Europe
|
| Six-Day War |
June 5, 1967 |
June 10, 1967 |
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Israel |
Western Asia
|
| War of Attrition |
July 1, 1967 |
August 7, 1970 |
Sinai Peninsula |
Western Asia
|
| Communist Insurgency in Malaysia |
June 17, 1968 |
December 2, 1989 |
Malaysia |
Southeast Asia
|
| Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia |
August 20, 1968 |
August 21, 1989 |
Czechoslovakia |
Eastern Europe
|
| Sino-Soviet border conflict |
March 2, 1969 |
September 11, 1969 |
China/ Soviet Union border |
Eastern Asia
|
| 1969 Libyan coup d'état |
September 1, 1969 |
September 1, 1969 |
Libya |
North Africa
|
| 1969 Somali coup d'état |
October 21, 1969 |
October 21, 1969 |
Somalia |
Eastern Africa
|
| Black September in Jordan |
September 1, 1970 |
July 1971 |
Jordan |
Western Asia
|
| Cambodian Civil War |
October 9, 1970 |
April 17, 1975 |
Cambodia |
Southeast Asia
|
| First Quarter Storm |
January 1970 |
March 1970 |
Philippines |
Southeast Asia
|
| Bangladesh Liberation War |
March 26, 1971 |
December 16, 1971 |
Bangladesh |
Southern Asia
|
| Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
December 3, 1971 |
December 16, 1971 |
Bangladesh
Pakistan |
Southern Asia
|
| 1973 Chilean coup d'état |
September 11, 1973 |
September 11, 1973 |
Chile |
South America
|
| Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90) |
September 11, 1973 |
1990 |
Chile |
South America
|
| Yom Kippur War |
October 6, 1973 |
October 25, 1973 |
Egypt
Syria
Israel |
Western Asia
|
| Carnation Revolution |
April 25, 1974 |
April 25, 1974 |
Portugal |
Southern Europe
|
| Ethiopian Civil War |
November 28, 1974 |
May 21, 1991 |
Ethiopia |
Eastern Africa
|
| Operation Independence |
February 5, 1975 |
September 28, 1977 |
Argentina |
South America
|
| Cambodian–Vietnamese War |
May 1, 1975 |
September 26, 1989 |
Cambodia
Vietnam
Thailand |
Southeast Asia
|
| Lebanese Civil War |
April 13, 1975 |
October 13, 1990 |
Lebanon |
Near East
|
| Angolan Civil War |
November 11, 1975 |
April 4, 2002 |
Angola |
Southern Africa
|
| Indonesian invasion of East Timor |
December 7, 1975 |
July 17, 1976 |
East Timor |
Southeast Asia
|
| Operation Entebbe |
July 4, 1976 |
July 4, 1976 |
Uganda |
Western Africa
|
| 1976 Argentine coup d'état |
March 24, 1976 |
March 24, 1976 |
Argentina |
South America
|
| Shaba I |
March 8, 1977 |
May 26, 1977 |
Zaire (present day Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
Central Africa
|
| Mozambican Civil War |
May 30, 1977 |
October 15, 1992 |
Mozambique |
Southern Africa
|
| Ethio-Somali War |
July 13, 1977 |
March 15, 1978 |
Ethiopia |
Eastern Africa
|
| Shaba II |
May 11, 1978 |
June 1978 |
Zaire (present day Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
Central Africa
|
| Korean Air Lines Flight 902 |
April 20, 1978 |
April 20, 1978 |
Soviet Union |
Eastern Europe
|
| Iranian Revolution |
January 16, 1979 |
February 1979 |
Iran |
Southern Asia
|
| Sino-Vietnamese War |
February 17, 1979 |
March 16, 1979 |
China / Vietnam border |
Southeast Asia
|
| Salvadoran Civil War |
May 9, 1979 |
January 16, 1992 |
El Salvador |
Central America
|
| Soviet–Afghan War |
December 24, 1979 |
February 15, 1989 |
Afghanistan |
Central Asia
|
| Internal conflict in Peru |
May 17, 1980 |
Present |
Peru |
South America
|
| Iran–Iraq War |
September 22, 1980 |
August 20, 1988 |
Iran
Ba'athist Iraq |
Persian Gulf
|
| 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War |
June 23, 1982 |
August 3, 1982 |
Somalia |
Eastern Africa
|
| Korean Air Lines Flight 007 |
September 1, 1983 |
September 1, 1983 |
Soviet Union |
Eastern Asia
|
| Invasion of Grenada |
October 25, 1983 |
December 15, 1983 |
Grenada |
Caribbean
|
| People Power Revolution |
February 22, 1986 |
February 25, 1986 |
Philippines |
Asia
|
| 1986 United States bombing of Libya |
April 15, 1986 |
April 15, 1986 |
Libya |
North Africa
|
| 8888 Uprising |
March 12, 1988 |
September 21, 1988 |
Burma |
Asia
|
| United States invasion of Panama |
December 20, 1989 |
January 31, 1990 |
Panama |
Central America
|
| Revolutions of 1989 |
March 9, 1989 |
April 27, 1992 |
Countries of the Eastern Bloc and Warsaw Pact |
Central/Eastern Europe
|
| Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 |
April 15, 1989 |
June 4, 1989 |
China |
Eastern Asia
|
| Velvet Revolution |
November 17, 1989 |
December 29, 1989 |
Czechoslovakia |
Central Europe
|
| Mongolian Revolution of 1990 |
December 10, 1989 |
March 9, 1990 |
Mongolia |
Central Asia
|
| Romanian Revolution |
December 16, 1989 |
December 25, 1989 |
Romania |
Central Europe
|
| Gulf War |
August 2, 1990 |
February 28, 1991 |
Iraq |
Western Asia
|
| Yugoslav Wars |
March 31, 1991 |
November 12, 2001 |
Yugoslavia |
Eastern Europe
|
| 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt |
August 19, 1991 |
August 21, 1991 |
Soviet Union |
Eastern Europe
|