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While the Cold War itself never escalated into direct confrontation, there were a number of conflicts related to the Cold War around the globe, spanning the entirety of the period usually prescribed to it (March 12, 1947 to December 26, 1991, a total of 44 years, 9 months, and 2 weeks).[1] [2]
Since 1940s
Conflict
Start date
End date
Location
Region
Dekemvriana
December 3, 1944
January 11, 1945
Kingdom of Greece
Southern Europe
Anti-Communist resistance in Poland
1944
1947 (1963)
Polish People's Republic
Central Europe
Insurgency in the Baltic States
1944
1953
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Northeastern Europe
Korean conflict
August 15, 1945
Present
North Korea South Korea
Eastern Asia
Indonesian National Revolution
August 17, 1945
December 27, 1949
Dutch East Indies
Southeast 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
State of Vietnam Viet Minh
Southeast Asia
Paraguayan Civil War
March 7, 1947
August 20, 1947
Paraguay
South America
Romanian anti-communist resistance movement
1947
1962
Romania
Central Europe
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état
February 20, 1948
February 25, 1948
Czechoslovakia
Central Europe
Costa Rican Civil War
March 12, 1948
April 24, 1948
Costa Rica
Central America
Jeju uprising
April 3, 1948
May, 1949
South Korea
Eastern Asia
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
Since 1950s
Conflict
Start date
End date
Location
Region
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
Plzeň uprising of 1953
May 31, 1952
June 2, 1952
Czechoslovakia
Central Europe
Uprising of 1953 in East Germany
June 16, 1953
June 17, 1953
East Germany
Eastern 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
Algerian War
November 1, 1954
March 19, 1962
French Algeria
North Africa
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 Mosul uprising
March 7, 1959
March 11, 1959
Iraqi Republic
Western Asia
1959 Tibetan uprising
March 10, 1959
March 21, 1959
Tibet
Central Asia
Since 1960s
Conflict
Start date
End date
Location
Region
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
Operation Trikora
December 19, 1961
August 15, 1962
Dutch New Guinea
Southeast Asia
North Yemen Civil War
September 26, 1962
December 1, 1970
North Yemen
Western Asia
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
Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation
January 20, 1963
August 11, 1966
Indonesian-Malaysian borders
Southeast Asia
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
January 23, 1963
September 11, 1974
Portuguese Guinea
Western Africa
Ar-Rashid revolt
July 3, 1963
July 3, 1963
Iraqi Republic
Western Asia
1964 Brazilian coup d'état
March 31, 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
Communist insurgency in Thailand
January 1, 1965
April 26, 1983
Thailand
Southeast Asia
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
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, 1968
Czechoslovakia
Eastern Europe
Sino-Soviet border conflict
March 2, 1969
September 11, 1969
China / Soviet Union border
Eastern Asia
1969 Sudanese coup d'état
May 25, 1969
May 25, 1969
Sudan
North Africa
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
Since 1970s
Conflict
Start date
End date
Location
Region
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
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
Insurgency in Aceh
December 4, 1976
August 15, 2005
Aceh
Southeast Asia
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
1977 Seychelles coup d'état
June 4, 1977
June 5, 1977
Seychelles
East Africa
Operation Fair Play
July 5, 1977
July 5, 1977
Pakistan
South Asia
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
Since 1980s
Conflict
Start date
End date
Location
Region
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
Brașov rebellion
November 15, 1987
November 15, 1987
Romania
Central Europe
8888 Uprising
March 12, 1988
September 21, 1988
Burma
Asia
Afghan Civil War
February 15, 1989
April 27, 1992
Afghanistan
Central Asia
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
United States invasion of Panama
December 20, 1989
January 31, 1990
Panama
Central America
Romanian Revolution
December 16, 1989
December 25, 1989
Romania
Central Europe
Since 1990s
See also
History of Communism (September 3, 1945 - December 31, 1992)
List of wars 1945-1989
References
^ The Fifty-Year War: Conflict and Strategy in the Cold War , Norman Friedman (1999) ISBN 978-1557502643
^ The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times , Odd Arne Westad (2005) ISBN 978-0521853644
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