Conflict |
Start date |
End date |
Location |
Region |
War in Vietnam (1945–46) |
000000001945-09-13-0000September 13, 1945 |
000000001946-03-30-0000March 30, 1946 |
French Indochina |
Southeast Asia |
Iran crisis of 1946 |
000000001945-11-15-0000November 15, 1945 |
000000001946-12-15-0000December 15, 1946 |
Iran |
Southern Asia |
Greek Civil War |
000000001946-03-30-0000March 30, 1946 |
000000001949-10-16-0000October 16, 1949 |
Kingdom of Greece |
Southern Europe |
Corfu Channel incident |
000000001946-05-15-0000May 15, 1946 |
000000001946-11-13-0000November 13, 1946 |
Straits of Corfu |
Southern Europe |
Hukbalahap Rebellion |
000000001946-07-04-0000July 4, 1946 |
000000001954-05-17-0000May 17, 1954 |
Philippines |
Southeast Asia |
First Indochina War |
000000001946-12-19-0000December 19, 1946 |
000000001954-08-01-0000August 1, 1954 |
French Indochina |
Southeast Asia |
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état |
000000001948-02-20-0000February 20, 1948 |
000000001948-02-25-0000February 25, 1948 |
Czechoslovakia |
Central Europe |
Malayan Emergency |
000000001948-06-16-0000June 16, 1948 |
000000001960-07-12-0000July 12, 1960 |
Federation of Malaya |
Southeast Asia |
Berlin Blockade |
000000001948-06-24-0000June 24, 1948 |
000000001949-05-12-0000May 12, 1949 |
Allied-occupied Germany |
Western Europe |
Korean War |
000000001950-06-25-0000June 25, 1950 |
000000001953-07-27-0000July 27, 1953 |
North Korea
South Korea |
Eastern Asia |
Egyptian Revolution of 1952 |
000000001952-07-22-0000July 22, 1952 |
000000001952-07-26-0000July 26, 1952 |
Kingdom of Egypt |
North Africa |
Uprising of 1953 in East Germany |
000000001953-06-16-0000June 16, 1953 |
000000001953-06-17-0000June 17, 1953 |
East Germany |
Western Europe |
Cuban Revolution |
000000001953-07-26-0000July 26, 1953 |
000000001959-01-01-0000January 1, 1959 |
Cuba |
Caribbean |
1953 Iranian coup d'état |
000000001953-08-15-0000August 15, 1953 |
000000001953-08-20-0000August 20, 1953 |
Iran |
Southern Asia |
Laotian Civil War |
000000001953-11-09-0000November 9, 1953 |
000000001975-12-02-0000December 2, 1975 |
Kingdom of Laos |
Southeast Asia |
1954 Guatemalan coup d'état |
000000001954-06-18-0000June 18, 1954 |
000000001954-06-27-0000June 27, 1954 |
Guatemala |
Central America |
First Taiwan Strait Crisis |
000000001954-09-03-0000September 3, 1954 |
000000001955-05-01-0000May 1, 1955 |
Taiwan Strait |
Eastern Asia |
Vietnam War |
000000001955-11-01-0000November 1, 1955 |
000000001975-04-30-0000April 30, 1975 |
North Vietnam
South Vietnam |
Southeast Asia |
Poznań 1956 protests |
000000001956-06-28-0000June 28, 1956 |
000000001956-06-30-0000June 30, 1956 |
Polish People's Republic |
Central Europe |
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 |
000000001956-10-23-0000October 23, 1956 |
000000001956-11-10-0000November 10, 1956 |
Hungarian People's Republic |
Central Europe |
Suez Crisis |
000000001956-10-29-0000October 29, 1956 |
000000001956-11-07-0000November 7, 1956 |
Egypt |
North Africa |
14 July Revolution |
000000001958-07-14-0000July 14, 1958 |
000000001958-07-14-0000July 14, 1958 |
Arab Federation |
Western Asia |
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis |
000000001958-08-23-0000August 23, 1958 |
000000001958-10-06-0000October 6, 1958 |
Taiwan Strait |
Eastern Asia |
1959 Tibetan uprising |
000000001959-03-10-0000March 10, 1959 |
000000001959-03-21-0000March 21, 1959 |
Tibet |
Central Asia |
1960 U-2 incident |
000000001960-05-01-0000May 1, 1960 |
000000001960-05-01-0000May 1, 1960 |
Soviet Union |
Eastern Europe |
Congo Crisis |
000000001960-06-30-0000June 30, 1960 |
000000001965-11-25-0000November 25, 1965 |
Congo |
Central Africa |
Angolan War of Independence |
000000001961-02-04-0000February 4, 1961 |
000000001975-01-15-0000January 15, 1975 |
Portuguese Angola |
Southern Africa |
Bay of Pigs Invasion |
000000001961-04-17-0000April 17, 1961 |
000000001961-04-19-0000April 19, 1961 |
Cuba |
Caribbean |
Berlin Crisis of 1961 |
000000001961-06-04-0000June 4, 1961 |
000000001961-11-09-0000November 9, 1961 |
East Germany |
Western Europe |
Nicaraguan Revolution |
000000001961-07-23-0000July 23, 1961 |
000000001990-04-25-0000April 25, 1990 |
Nicaragua |
Central America |
Cuban Missile Crisis |
000000001962-10-14-0000October 14, 1962 |
000000001962-10-28-0000October 28, 1962 |
Cuba |
Caribbean |
Sino-Indian War |
000000001962-10-20-0000October 20, 1962 |
000000001962-11-21-0000November 21, 1962 |
China/India border |
Southern Asia |
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence |
000000001963-01-23-0000January 23, 1963 |
000000001974-09-11-0000September 11, 1974 |
Portuguese Guinea |
Western Africa |
1964 Brazilian coup d'état |
000000001964-07-04-0000July 4, 1964 |
000000001964-04-01-0000April 1, 1964 |
Brazil |
South America |
Rhodesian Bush War |
000000001964-03-31-0000March 31, 1964 |
000000001979-12-12-0000December 12, 1979 |
Southern Rhodesia |
Southern Africa |
Mozambican War of Independence |
000000001964-09-25-0000September 25, 1964 |
000000001974-09-08-0000September 8, 1974 |
Portuguese Mozambique |
Eastern Africa |
Dominican Civil War |
000000001965-04-24-0000April 24, 1965 |
000000001965-09-03-0000September 3, 1965 |
Dominican Republic |
Caribbean |
United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–66) |
000000001965-04-28-0000April 28, 1965 |
000000001966-07-01-0000July 1, 1966 |
Dominican Republic |
Caribbean |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 |
000000001965-08-15-0000August 15, 1965 |
000000001965-09-23-0000September 23, 1965 |
India |
Indian subcontinent |
30 September Movement |
000000001965-09-30-0000September 30, 1965 |
000000001965-10-01-0000October 1, 1965 |
Indonesia |
Southeast Asia |
Indonesian killings of 1965–66 |
000000001965-10-01-0000October 1, 1965 |
000000001966-03-01-0000March 1966 |
Indonesia |
Southeast Asia |
South African Border War |
000000001966-08-26-0000August 26, 1966 |
000000001990-03-21-0000March 21, 1990 |
Namibia and Angola |
Southern Africa |
Namibian War of Independence |
000000001966-08-26-0000August 26, 1966 |
000000001990-03-21-0000March 21, 1990 |
Namibia |
Southern Africa |
Greek military junta of 1967–74 |
000000001967-04-21-0000April 21, 1967 |
000000001974-07-23-0000July 23, 1974 |
Greece |
Southern Europe |
Six-Day War |
000000001967-06-05-0000June 5, 1967 |
000000001967-06-10-0000June 10, 1967 |
Egypt, Jordan, and Syria |
Western Asia |
War of Attrition |
000000001967-07-01-0000July 1, 1967 |
000000001970-08-07-0000August 7, 1970 |
Sinai Peninsula |
Western Asia |
Communist Insurgency War |
000000001968-06-17-0000June 17, 1968 |
000000001989-12-02-0000December 2, 1989 |
Malaysia |
Southeast Asia |
Sino-Soviet border conflict |
000000001969-03-02-0000March 2, 1969 |
000000001969-09-11-0000September 11, 1969 |
China/Soviet Union border |
Eastern Asia |
1969 Libyan coup d'état |
000000001969-09-01-0000September 1, 1969 |
000000001969-09-01-0000September 1, 1969 |
Libya |
North Africa |
Black September in Jordan |
000000001970-09-01-0000September 1, 1970 |
000000001971-07-01-0000July 1971 |
Jordan |
Western Asia |
Cambodian Civil War |
000000001970-10-09-0000October 9, 1970 |
000000001975-04-17-0000April 17, 1975 |
Cambodia |
Southeast Asia |
Bangladesh Liberation War |
000000001971-03-26-0000March 26, 1971 |
000000001971-12-16-0000December 16, 1971 |
Bangladesh |
Southern Asia |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
000000001971-12-03-0000December 3, 1971 |
000000001971-12-16-0000December 16, 1971 |
Bangladesh and Pakistan |
Southern Asia |
1973 Chilean coup d'état |
000000001973-09-11-0000September 11, 1973 |
000000001973-09-11-0000September 11, 1973 |
Chile |
South America |
Yom Kippur War |
000000001973-10-06-0000October 6, 1973 |
000000001973-10-25-0000October 25, 1973 |
Egypt and Syria |
Western Asia |
Carnation Revolution |
000000001974-04-25-0000April 25, 1974 |
000000001974-04-25-0000April 25, 1974 |
Portugal |
Southern Europe |
Ethiopian Civil War |
000000001974-11-28-0000November 28, 1974 |
000000001991-05-21-0000May 21, 1991 |
Ethiopia |
Eastern Africa |
Cambodian–Vietnamese War |
000000001975-05-01-0000May 1, 1975 |
000000001989-09-26-0000September 26, 1989 |
Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand |
Southeast Asia |
Lebanese Civil War |
000000001975-04-13-0000April 13, 1975 |
000000001990-10-13-0000October 13, 1990 |
Lebanon |
Near East |
Angolan Civil War |
000000001975-11-11-0000November 11, 1975 |
000000002002-04-04-0000April 4, 2002 |
Angola |
Southern Africa |
Indonesian invasion of East Timor |
000000001975-12-07-0000December 7, 1975 |
000000001976-07-17-0000July 17, 1976 |
East Timor |
Southeast Asia |
Operation Entebbe |
000000001976-07-04-0000July 4, 1976 |
000000001976-07-04-0000July 4, 1976 |
Uganda |
Western Africa |
1976 Argentine coup d'état |
000000001976-03-24-0000March 24, 1976 |
000000001976-03-24-0000March 24, 1976 |
Argentina |
South America |
Mozambican Civil War |
000000001977-05-30-0000May 30, 1977 |
000000001992-10-15-0000October 15, 1992 |
Mozambique |
Southern Africa |
Ethio-Somali War |
000000001977-07-13-0000July 13, 1977 |
000000001978-03-15-0000March 15, 1978 |
Ethiopia |
Eastern Africa |
Korean Air Lines Flight 902 |
000000001978-04-20-0000April 20, 1978 |
000000001978-04-20-0000April 20, 1978 |
Soviet Union |
Eastern Europe |
Iranian Revolution |
000000001979-01-16-0000January 16, 1979 |
000000001979-02-01-0000February 1979 |
Iran |
Southern Asia |
Sino-Vietnamese War |
000000001979-02-17-0000February 17, 1979 |
000000001979-03-16-0000March 16, 1979 |
China/Vietnam border |
Southeast Asia |
Salvadoran Civil War |
000000001979-05-09-0000May 9, 1979 |
000000001992-01-16-0000January 16, 1992 |
El Salvador |
Central America |
Soviet war in Afghanistan |
000000001979-12-24-0000December 24, 1979 |
000000001989-02-15-0000February 15, 1989 |
Afghanistan |
Central Asia |
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 |
000000001983-09-01-0000September 1, 1983 |
000000001983-09-01-0000September 1, 1983 |
Soviet Union |
Eastern Asia |
Falklands War |
000000001982-04-02-0000April 2, 1982 |
000000001982-06-14-0000June 14, 1982 |
Falkland Islands,South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
Atlantic Ocean |
Invasion of Grenada |
000000001983-10-25-0000October 25, 1983 |
000000001983-12-15-0000December 15, 1983 |
Grenada |
Caribbean |
People Power Revolution |
000000001986-02-22-0000February 22, 1986 |
000000001986-02-25-0000February 25, 1986 |
Philippines |
Asia |
1986 United States bombing of Libya |
000000001986-04-15-0000April 15, 1986 |
000000001986-04-15-0000April 15, 1986 |
Libya |
North Africa |
8888 Uprising |
000000001988-03-12-0000March 12, 1988 |
000000001988-09-21-0000September 21, 1988 |
Burma |
Asia |
United States invasion of Panama |
000000001989-12-20-0000December 20, 1989 |
000000001990-01-31-0000January 31, 1990 |
Panama |
Central America |
Revolutions of 1989 |
000000001989-03-09-0000March 9, 1989 |
000000001992-04-27-0000April 27, 1992 |
Various |
Central/Eastern Europe |
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 |
000000001989-04-15-0000April 15, 1989 |
000000001989-06-04-0000June 4, 1989 |
China |
Eastern Asia |
Velvet Revolution |
000000001989-11-17-0000November 17, 1989 |
000000001989-12-29-0000December 29, 1989 |
Czechoslovakia |
Central Europe |
Mongolian Revolution of 1990 |
000000001989-12-10-0000December 10, 1989 |
000000001990-03-09-0000March 9, 1990 |
Mongolia |
Central Asia |
Romanian Revolution |
000000001989-12-16-0000December 16, 1989 |
000000001989-12-25-0000December 25, 1989 |
Romania |
Central Europe |
Gulf War |
000000001990-08-02-0000August 2, 1990 |
000000001991-02-28-0000February 28, 1991 |
Iraq |
Western Asia |
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt |
000000001991-08-19-0000August 19, 1991 |
000000001991-08-21-0000August 21, 1991 |
Soviet Union |
Eastern Europe |