This is a list of wars that began between 1945 and 1989. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.
1945–1949[]
| Start | Finish | Name of conflict | Belligerents | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorious party (if applicable) | Defeated party (if applicable) | |||
| August 15, 1945 | Ongoing (Stalemate in 1953) | Korean conflict | ||
| September 13, 1945 | March 30, 1946 | War in Vietnam (1945–46) |  United Kingdom British Raj France Japan
|
 Viet Minh
|
| August 17, 1945 | December 27, 1949 | Indonesian National Revolution |  Indonesia
|
 Netherlands United Kingdom (until 1946) Japan (until 1946)
|
| November 15, 1945 | December 15, 1946 | Iran crisis of 1946 |  IranSupported by United States United Kingdom
|
 Republic of Mahabad Azerbaijan People's RepublicSupported by: Soviet Union
|
| July 4, 1946 | May 17, 1954 | Hukbalahap rebellion (post-WWII) |  PhilippinesSupported by United States
|
 Hukbalahap
|
| December 19, 1946 | August 1, 1954 | First Indochina War Indochina Wars |
Viet Minh Pathet Lao Khmer Issarak United Issarak Front Japanese holdoutsSupported by: Soviet Union China East Germany Poland
|
French Union
|
| March 30, 1946 | October 16, 1949 | Greek Civil War |  Kingdom of Greece
Supported by:
United States (from 1947)
|
 Provisional Democratic Government
Supported by:
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
 People's Republic of Bulgaria
 People's Socialist Republic of Albania
|
| March 7, 1947 | August 20, 1947 | Paraguayan Civil War (1947) |  Paraguayan Government Military of Paraguay Colorado Party
|
 Liberal Party PRF PCP
|
| June 1947 | October 1947 | 1947 Poonch Rebellion | People of Poonch and Mirpur; Muslim Conference
Supported by: |
Maharaja Hari Singh and his Dogra forces |
| 1947 | 1947 | Integration of Junagadh |  India
|
 Junagadh
|
| 1947 | 1962 | Romanian anti-communist resistance movement |  Socialist Republic of RomaniaSupported by: Soviet Union
|
 Anti-communist rebels
|
| October 22, 1947 | January 5, 1949 | Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 | India
|
 Pakistan
|
| March 29, 1947 | November 1948 | Malagasy Uprising |  France
|
Malagasy rebels |
| November 29, 1947 | May 14, 1948 | 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine Part of the 1948 Palestine war |
 Jews of Palestine
|
 Arabs of Palestine
|
| February 20, 1948 | February 25, 1948 | 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état |  Communist Party of CzechoslovakiaSupported by: Soviet Union
|
 Czechoslovak government
|
| March 12, 1948 | April 24, 1948 | Costa Rican Civil War |  National Liberation Army
|
 Government of Costa Rica
|
| April 2, 1948 | Ongoing | Internal conflict in Burma |  Union government (1948–1962)
DKBA (1994–2010) |
Anti-government factions:
[[File:|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] MNDAA (since 1989)
Supported by: |
| April 3, 1948 | May 1949 | Jeju uprising |  South Korea
|
Workers' Party of South Korea |
| April 9, 1948 | 1958 | La Violencia |  Government of Colombia Conservative Party
|
 Liberal Party
|
| May 14, 1948 | March 10, 1949 | 1948 Arab–Israeli War Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict |
 Israel
|
 Kingdom of Egypt Kingdom of Iraq Transjordan Syria HWA ALA Lebanon
|
| June 16, 1948 | July 12, 1960 | Malayan Emergency | United Kingdom
 Australia New Zealand Nepali GurkhasSupported by: Thailand
|
 CPM MRLASupported by: Soviet Union China Indonesia North Vietnam (from 1954) Viet Minh (from 1954)
|
| September 13, 1948 | September 18, 1948 | Operation Polo | India
|
 Royal State of Hyderabad
|
| September 18, 1948 | October 1948 | Madiun Affair Part of the Indonesian National Revolution |
Indonesia
|
People's Democratic Front Indonesian Socialist Party |
| September 1948 | October 1948 | Yeosu–Suncheon rebellion | South Korea
|
Communist Rebels |
| 1948 | June 25, 1950 | Pre-Korean War insurgency[1] | South Korea
|
Anti-government insurgents Pro-North Korean rebels
|
| 1949 | October 29, 1956 | Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
Israel
|
Palestinian FedayeenSupported by: Egypt Jordan Syria
|
| February 26, 1949 | Palace Rebellion | Thailand
|
Supporters of Pridi Phanomyong | |
| 1949 | 1961 | Kuomintang insurgency | People's Republic of China
|
 Taiwan
|
| August 7, 1949 | 1965 | Darul Islam Insurgency Part of the Indonesian National Revolution |
Indonesia Netherlands
|
 Darul Islam
|
| 1949 | Ongoing | Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes | ||
1950–1959[]
| Start | Finish | Name of conflict | Belligerents | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorious party (if applicable) | Defeated party (if applicable) | |||
| January 9, 1950 | 1958 | Kuomintang Islamic insurgency | People's Republic of China
|
Republic of China
|
| January 22, 1950 | January 23, 1950 | APRA coup d'état Part of the Indonesian National Revolution |
Indonesia Netherlands
|
Legion of Ratu Adil |
| April 5, 1950 | April 21, 1950 | Makassar Uprising Part of the Indonesian National Revolution |
Indonesia
|
Ambonese Veterans |
| October 6, 1950 | October 19, 1950 | Battle of Chamdo | People's Republic of China
|
 Tibet
|
| October 30, 1950 | Utuado Uprising | United States
|
 Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
| |
| San Juan Nationalist revolt | ||||
| Jayuya Uprising | ||||
| June 25, 1950 | July 27, 1953[2] | Korean War Part of the Korean conflict |
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| June 29, 1951 | Manhattan Rebellion | Thailand
|
Rebel naval units | |
| April 14, 1951 | November 13, 1966 | Reprisal operations | Israel
|
Palestinian Fedayeen Jordan Egypt Syria
|
| Summer 1952 | 1960 | Mau Mau Uprising | United Kingdom
|
 Mau Mau
|
| March 10, 1953 | Air battle over Merklín |  Czechoslovakia
|
United States
| |
| May 31, 1953 | June 2, 1953 | Uprising in Plzeň (1953) | Czechoslovakia
|
Plzeň workers |
| June 16, 1953 | June 17, 1953 | Uprising of 1953 in East Germany | Soviet Union East Germany
|
East German demonstrators |
| July 26, 1953 | January 1, 1959 | Cuban Revolution |  26th of July Movement
|
 Batista Government
|
| 1954 | Ongoing | Xinjiang conflict | China
|
 Uyghur separatist movements
Including:
|
| May 16, 1954 | June 26, 1954 | Kengir uprising | USSR
|
 Kengir resistance
|
| September 3, 1954 | May 1, 1955 | First Taiwan Strait Crisis | PRC
|
ROC United States
|
| June 13, 1954 | Coup d'état of Yanaon | Indian Separatists
|
French India
| |
| July 22, 1954 | August 11, 1954 | Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli | India
|
 Portugal
|
| September 3, 1954 | May 1, 1955 | First Taiwan Strait Crisis | PRC
|
ROC United States
|
| 1954 | 1959 | Jebel Akhdar War |  Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
|
 Imamate of Oman
|
| November 1, 1954 | March 19, 1962 | Algerian War |  FLN MNA PCA
|
France
 OAS FAF
|
| 1955 | 1964 | Cameroonian Independence War | France
|
[[File:|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]]Union of the Peoples of Cameroon |
| August 18, 1955 | March 27, 1972 | First Sudanese Civil War |  SSLM AZL Anyanya
|
 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
 Republic of the Sudan
 Democratic Republic of the Sudan
|
| November 1, 1955 | April 30, 1975 | Vietnam War |  North Vietnam FNL Khmer Rouge Khmer Issarak Pathet Lao China North Korea Soviet Union
Supported by:
|
 South VietnamUnited States South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand Kingdom of Laos Khmer Republic Philippines
Supported by:
|
| June 28, 1956 | June 30, 1956 | Poznań Uprising | People's Republic of Poland
|
Strike Committee |
| October 23, 1956 | November 11, 1956 | Hungarian Revolution of 1956 |  Soviet Union State Protection Authority
|
 Hungarian revolutionaries
|
| October 29, 1956 | November 7, 1956 | Suez Crisis | Israel[5] United Kingdom France
|
Egypt[6]
|
| November 2, 1956 | November 14, 1956 | Quỳnh Lưu Uprising | North Vietnam
|
Anti-communist rebels |
| October 23, 1957 | June 30, 1958 | Ifni War |  Spain France
|
 Morocco
|
| July 15, 1958 | October 25, 1958 | 1958 Lebanon crisis | Lebanon United States
|
 INM  LCP
|
| July 14, 1958 | 14 July Revolution |  Free Officers
|
 Arab Federation
| |
| December 1958 | September 1959 | North Vietnamese invasion of Laos Part of the Vietnam War and the Laotian Civil War |
North Vietnam
|
Kingdom of Laos
|
| December 30, 1958 | September 15, 1959 | Mexico–Guatemala conflict |  Guatemala
|
 Mexico
|
| 1958 | 1961 | Permesta | Indonesia
|
Permesta rebels |
| March 7, 1959 | March 11, 1959 | 1959 Mosul uprising |  Iraq
|
 Arab nationalist rebels
|
| March 10, 1959 | March 23, 1959 | 1959 Tibetan uprising | People's Republic of China
|
Tibet
|
| May 23, 1959 | December 2, 1975 | Laotian Civil War | Pathet Lao North Vietnam
Supported by:
|
Kingdom of Laos United States Thailand South Vietnam
Supported by:
|
| 1959 | 1965 | Escambray Rebellion |  Cuba
|
Anti-communist guerrillas |
| July 31, 1959 | October 20, 2011 | Basque conflict |  Spain GAL AAA BVE France
|
 ETA Basque National Liberation Movement ETA (pm) Iparretarrak
|
1960–1969[]
| Start | Finish | Name of conflict | Belligerents | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorious party (if applicable) | Defeated party (if applicable) | |||
| 1960 | 1960 | 1960 Ethiopian coup attempt |  Ethiopian Empire
|
Kebur Zabangna |
| 1960 | 1961 | Campaign at the China–Burma Border | People's Republic of China Burma
|
 National Revolutionary Army
|
| 1960 | 1965 | Congo Crisis | 1960–63:
Supported by:
1964-65: |
1960–63:
Supported by:
|
| 1960 | Ongoing | Katanga insurgency |  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Self-defence groups |
Mai-Mai Kata Katanga (2011–2016)
|
| 1960 | 1996 | Guatemalan Civil War |  Guatemalan military
|
 URNG
|
| 1960 | Ongoing | South Thailand insurgency | Thailand
Supported by: |
 National Revolution Front (BRN) Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) Pattani Islamic Mujahideen Movement (GMIP) United Mujahideen Front of Pattani (BBMP) Islamic Front for the Liberation of Pattani (BIPP) Patani United Liberation Organisation (PULO) Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) BNPP |
| 1960 | Ongoing | Xinjiang conflict | ||
| 1961 | 1990 | Nicaraguan Revolution |  FSLN
|
Contras Somoza government |
| 1961 | 1970 | First Iraqi–Kurdish War |  KDP
|
 Republic of Iraq Syrian Arab Republic
|
| 1961 | 1961 | Bay of Pigs Invasion | Cuba
|
United States Cuban exiles
|
| 1961 | 1961 | Bizerte crisis | France
|
 Tunisia
|
| 1961 | 1962 | Operation Trikora | Indonesia
|
Netherlands
|
| 1961 | 1991 | Eritrean War of Independence |  EPLF
 ELF
|
 Ethiopia Cuba Soviet Union South Yemen
|
| 1961 | 1961 | Indian annexation of Goa | India
|
Portugal
|
| 1961 | 1975 | Angolan War of Independence Part of the Portuguese Colonial War |
 FNLA UNITA MPLA FLEC
|
Portugal South Africa
|
| 1962 | 1964 | Tuareg rebellion (1962–64) |  Mali
|
Tuareg guerrillas |
| 1962 | 1970 | North Yemen Civil War |  Yemen Arab Republic  Egypt (until 1967)
|
 Mutawakkilite Kingdom of YemenSupported by:  Saudi Arabia Jordan United Kingdom
|
| 1962 | 1962 | Sino-Indian War | China
|
India
|
| 1962 | 1962 | Brunei revolt | United Kingdom
|
 North Borneo Federation
|
| 1962 | 1990 | Sarawak Communist Insurgency | United Kingdom  Malaysia
|
 North Kalimantan Communist Party
|
| 1962 | 1976 | Dhofar Rebellion |  Oman Iran United Kingdom Jordan
|
 DLF (1962–1968) PFLOAG (1968–1974) NDFLOAG (1969–1971) PFLO (1974–1976)
|
| 1963 | 1963 | Sand War | Morocco
|
 Algeria
|
| 1963 | 1963 | Ramadan Revolution | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
|
Iraq Iraqi Communist Party |
| 1963 | 1963 | Ar-Rashid revolt | Iraqi Government
|
Iraqi Communist Party Iraqi Army
|
| 1963 | 1963 | November 1963 Iraqi coup d'état |  Nasserist rebels
|
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
|
| 1963 | 1963 | 1963 Syrian coup d'état | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
|
Syria
|
| 1963 | 1966 | Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | Malaysia United Kingdom Australia New Zealand
|
Indonesia
|
| 1963 | 1967 | Shifta War |  Kenya
|
Northern Frontier District Liberation Movement  Somalia
|
| 1963 | 1970 | Bale Revolt | Ethiopian Empire
|
Oromo Peasants Somali Peasants |
| 1963 | 1974 | Guinea-Bissau War of Independence Part of the Portuguese Colonial War |
 PAIGC
|
Portugal
|
| 1963 | 1967 | Aden Emergency | NLF FLOSY |
United Kingdom Federation of South Arabia
|
| 1964 | 1964 | Simba rebellion Part of the Congo Crisis |
 Congo-Léopoldville  Belgium United States |
Simba Rebels |
| 1964 | 1979 | Rhodesian Bush War |  ZANU FRELIMO ZAPU  MK
|
 Rhodesia Zimbabwe Rhodesia
|
| 1964 | 1992 | FULRO insurgency against Vietnam | North Vietnam (1964-1976)  Viet Cong South Vietnam  Vietnam (after 1976)
|
 United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races
|
| 1964 | Present | Colombian conflict (1964–present) | Colombia
|
 FARC ELN EPLIRAFP  M-19MOEC MAQL ERC GRA PRT |
| 1964 | 1974 | Mozambican War of Independence Part of the Portuguese Colonial War |
 FRELIMO
|
Portugal
|
| 1964 | Ongoing | Insurgency in Northeast India | India
|
 NSCNPREPAK  ULFA ATTF
|
| 1964 | 1964 | Zanzibar Revolution |  Afro-Shirazi Party Umma Party
|
 Sultanate of Zanzibar
|
| 1965 | 1965 | 30 September Movement | Indonesia
|
Thirtieth of September Movement |
| 1965 | 1965 | Dominican Civil War | (CEFA) Dominican Armed Forces Training Center (SIM) Dominican Military Intelligence Service United States (IAPF) Inter-American Peace Force |
 Dominican Armed Forces ConstitutionalistsPRD partisans |
| 1965 | 1966 | American occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–66) | United States Inter-American Peace Force:  Brazil Honduras Paraguay Nicaragua Costa Rica El Salvador
|
 Dominican Republic
|
| 1965 | 1965 | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani Wars |
India[7][8][9]
|
Pakistan
|
| 1965 | 1983 | Communist insurgency in Thailand | Thailand
|
 Communist party of Thailand
|
| 1965 | 1979 | Chadian Civil War (1965–79) |  FROLINAT GUNT Libya
|
Chad France
|
| 1966 | 1967 | Stanleyville mutinies Part of the Congo Crisis |
DRC
|
Katangan Mercenaries |
| 1966 | 1967 | Ñancahuazú Guerrilla War |  BoliviaUnited States |
Ejército de Liberación Nacional |
| 1966 | 1969 | Korean DMZ Conflict Part of the Korean conflict |
 South KoreaUnited States |
North Korea
|
| 1966 | 1989 | South African Border War |  Angola Cuba SWAPO Zambia Umkhonto we Sizwe
|
South Africa UNITA
|
| 1967 | 1967 | 1967 China-India border conflicts | India
|
China
|
| 1967 | 1967 | Six-Day War | Israel
|
Egypt Syria Jordan Arab Expeditionary Forces:  Iraq Saudi Arabia Morocco Algeria Kingdom of Libya Kuwait Tunisia Sudan PLO
|
| 1967 | 1968 | 1967 Kurdish revolt in Iran |  Iran
|
Kurdish tribesmen |
| 1967 | 1974 | Araguaia Guerrilla War |  Brazilian military government
|
 Communist Party of Brazil
|
| 1967 | 1975 | Cambodian Civil War |  National United Front of Kampuchea Khmer Rouge North Vietnam Viet Cong
|
Khmer Republic United States South Vietnam
|
| 1967 | 1970 | Nigerian Civil War |  Nigeria
|
 Biafra
|
| 1967 | 1970 | War of Attrition |  Israel
|
 Egypt Soviet Union Cuba PLO Jordan Syria
|
| 1967 | Ongoing | Naxalite–Maoist insurgency |  India
|
 Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Naxalbari
|
| 1968 | 1989 | Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89) | Malaysia Thailand
|
Malayan Communist Party
|
| 1968 | 1998 | The Troubles | United Kingdom
|
 PIRA
|
| 1968 | 1982 | Years of Lead (Italy) |  Italy
|
Far-left terrorist
|
| 1968 | 1968 | Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union  People's Republic of Bulgaria  East Germany  People's Republic of Hungary People's Republic of Poland
|
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
|
| 1969 | Ongoing | Civil conflict in the Philippines | Philippines
Support: United States Australia Government of Indonesia Government of Malaysia
|
Communists: Communist Party
Moro people: Islamists: |
| 1969 | Ongoing | Insurgency of the Communist Party of the Philippines | Philippines United States[10] Anti-communist militia
|
CPP *  NPA  MLPP-RHB [11] APP [11] RPA [11] ABB [11] CPLA [11]
|
| 1969 | Ongoing | Moro insurgency in the Philippines | Philippines
Supported by: IMT:[12]
|
 Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) (until 2014)MRLO Ampatuan militias[13] Former support:
Supported by: |
| 1969 | 1969 | Football War | El Salvador
|
Honduras
|
| 1969 | 1969 | Al-Wadiah War | Saudi Arabia
|
South Yemen
|
| 1969 | 1969 | Sino-Soviet border conflict | China
|
Soviet Union
|
| 1969 | Ongoing | Papua conflict | Indonesia
|
 Free Papua Movement
|
1970–1979[]
| Start | Finish | Name of conflict | Belligerents | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorious party (if applicable) | Defeated party (if applicable) | |||
| 1970 | 1971 | Black September in Jordan | Jordan
|
PLO Syria
|
| 1970 | 1972 | Reggio revolt | Italy
|
Christian Democracy Italian Social Movement Italian Social Democratic Party National Italian Workers' Union Italian General Confederation of Labour 'Ndrangheta |
| 1970 | 1982 | Dirty War (Mexico) | Mexico  USA
|
Party of the Poor Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre |
| 1971 | 1971 | Bangladesh Liberation War Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts |
 Provisional Government of Bangladesh India
|
Pakistan
|
| 1971 | 1972 | 1971 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Insurrection |  Ceylon
|
 JVP
|
| 1971 | 1971 | Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts |
India[29][30][31]
|
Pakistan
|
| 1971 | 1971 | Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs conflict |  Iran
|
 Sharjah
|
| 1972 | 1974 | First Eritrean Civil War | EPLF
|
ELF
|
| 1972 | 1975 | 1972–1975 Bangladesh insurgency |  Bangladesh Bangladesh
|
[[File:|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Gonobahini
|
| 1973 | 1973 | Yom Kippur War | Israel
|
 Egypt SyriaCombat support: |
| 1973 | 1990 | Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90) |  Chile
|
 Revolutionary Left Movement Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front Lautaro Youth Movement
|
| 1973 | Ongoing | Oromo Conflict |  Ethiopian Empire (1973–1975) Derg (1975–1987) PDRE (1987–1991) Transitional Government of Ethiopia (1991–1995) Ethiopia (1995–present)
|
 OLF IFLOOIM COPLF OYRM |
| 1974 | 1974 | Turkish invasion of Cyprus |  Turkey
|
 Cyprus Greece
|
| 1974 | 1974 | Battle of the Paracel Islands | China
|
South Vietnam
|
| 1974 | 1991 | Ethiopian Civil War | File:EPRP Official Logo.gif EPRP TPLF MEISON ANDM
EDUP OLF ONLF WSLF ALF
|
Ethiopian government Cuba East Germany Soviet Union North Korea Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
|
| 1974 | 1975 | Second Iraqi–Kurdish War | Ba'athist Iraq
|
KDP
|
| 1975 | 2002 | Angolan Civil War | MPLA Cuba Soviet Union East Germany SWAPO MK Vietnam Portugal
|
FNLA UNITA South Africa FLEC Zaire United States China
|
| 1975 | Ongoing | Cabinda War | Angola Cuba East Germany Soviet Union
|
FLEC
|
| 1975 | 1991 | Western Sahara War Part of the Western Sahara conflict |
Morocco Mauritania (1975–1979) France (1977–1978)
|
 Polisario Front Algeria (1976)
|
| 1975 | 1979 | PUK insurgency | Iraq
|
 PUK KDP
|
| 1975 | 1990 | Lebanese Civil War |  LF Syria (until 1976)
Tigers Militia ALZ
Israel (1982)[[File:|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] SLA United States France Italy
|
 Syria PLA ADF
LNM (until 1982) LNRF (from 1982) Amal LCP SSNP PLO (1978–1983)
 Hezbollah
|
| 1975 | 1989 | Cambodian–Vietnamese War | Vietnam FUNSK
|
Democratic Kampuchea Thailand United States
|
| 1975 | Ongoing | Insurgency in Laos |  Laos Vietnam
|
Hmong insurgents United States |
| 1975 | 1975 | Indonesian invasion of East Timor | Indonesia
|
 Fretilin / Falintil
|
| 1975 | Ongoing | Leftist insurgency in Greece |  Greece
|
Revolutionary Struggle (2003–present) Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei (2008–present) |
| 1976 | 1983 | Dirty War |  Argentina
|
 Montoneros ERP
|
| 1976 | 2005 | Insurgency in Aceh | Indonesia
|
 Free Aceh Movement
|
| 1976 | 1980 | Political violence in Turkey (1976–80) | Right-wing groups:
|
Left-wing groups: TKP/ML (TİKKO) THKO Devrimci Yol
|
| 1977 | 1992 | Mozambican Civil War | FRELIMO
|
 RENAMO
|
| 1977 | 1977 | Libyan–Egyptian War | Egypt
|
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
|
| 1977 | 1978 | Ethio-Somali War | Ethiopia Cuba South Yemen Soviet Union
|
Somalia
|
| 1977 | 1997 | Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict | Bangladesh
|
 Shanti Bahini
|
| 1977 | 1977 | Shaba I | Zaire Morocco Egypt France
|
 FNLC
|
| 1978 | 1978 | Shaba II | Zaire France Belgium United States |
FNLC
|
| 1978 | 1978 | 1978 South Lebanon conflict | Israel [[File:|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] SLA |
PLO
|
| 1978 | 1979 | Uganda–Tanzania War |  Tanzania UNLA Mozambique
|
 Uganda Libyan Arab Jamahiriya PLO
|
| 1978 | 1987 | Chadian–Libyan conflict |  CAF France
FAN FANT
|
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya FROLINAT GUNT
|
| 1978 | Ongoing | Kurdish–Turkish conflict | Turkey KDP PUK
|
 PKK KCK PJAK KDP/North
|
| 1978 | 1982 | NDF Rebellion | North Yemen
|
NDF |
| 1979 | 1979 | Grand Mosque seizure |  Saudi Arabia
|
 al-Ikhwan
|
| 1979 | 1979 | 1979 Herat uprising |  Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
|
 Army mutineers
|
| 1979 | 1979 | Yemenite War of 1979 | North Yemen
|
South Yemen NDF |
| 1979 | 1979 | 1979 Khuzestan uprising |  Iran
|
 APCO
|
| 1979 | 1979 | Sino-Vietnamese War | China
|
Vietnam
|
| 1979 | 1990 | Sino-Vietnamese conflicts 1979–90 | China
|
Vietnam
|
| 1979 | 1982 | Islamist uprising in Syria | Syria
|
 Muslim Brotherhood of Syria
|
| 1979 | 1983 | 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran |  Iran
|
 KDP-I
|
| 1979 | 1988 | Al-Ansar insurgency | Iraq
|
Iraqi Communist Party |
| 1979 | 1989 | Soviet–Afghan War | Peshawar Seven Tehran Eight AMFFF |
Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
|
| 1979 | 1992 | Salvadoran Civil War |  Salvadoran government
|
File:FMLN.jpg FMLN RN
|
1980–1989[]
| Start | Finish | Name of conflict | Belligerents | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorious party (if applicable) | Defeated party (if applicable) | |||
| February 1980 | March 24, 1981 | Second Eritrean Civil War | Eritrean People's Liberation Front
|
 Eritrean Liberation Front
|
| May 17, 1980 | Ongoing | Internal conflict in Peru |  Peru Rondas Campesinas
|
 Shining Path Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
|
| May 18, 1980 | May 27, 1980 | Gwangju Uprising | South Korea
|
Gwangju Settlement Committees |
| July 9, 1980 | July 10, 1980 | Nojeh coup plot | Iran
|
Royalist Officers |
| August 1980 | September 1980 | Coconut War |  Vanuatu  Papua New Guinea
|
 Nagriamel rebels
|
| September 12, 1980 | Ongoing | Maoist insurgency in Turkey |  Turkey
|
TKP/ML-TİKKO
Maoist Party Centre THKP-C (Dissolved) THKO (Dissolved) |
| September 22, 1980 | August 20, 1988 | Iran–Iraq War | Iraq MEK DRFLA
Supported by:
|
Iran KDP PUK File:ISCI flag.svg ISCI Supported by:
|
| January 25, 1981 | February 5, 1981 | Paquisha War |  Peru
|
 Ecuador
|
| February 6, 1981 | January 25, 1986 | Ugandan Bush War | National Resistance Army
|
Uganda National Liberation Army
|
| February 8, 1981 | February 12, 1981 | 1981 Entumbane uprising |  Zimbabwe
|
ZIPRA
|
| July 29, 1981 | August 1, 1981 | 1981 Gambian coup d'état attempt |  Gambia  Senegal
|
National Revolutionary Council |
| 1982 | Ongoing | Casamance conflict | Senegal Gambia Guinea-Bissau
|
 Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance
|
| January 25, 1982 | 1982 Amol uprising | Iran
|
Union of Iranian Communists
| |
| April 2, 1982 | June 14, 1982 | Falklands War | United Kingdom
|
Argentina
|
| 1982 | 1982 | Ndogboyosoi War |  Sierra Leone
|
SLPP |
| June 6, 1982 | June 1985 | 1982 Lebanon War | Israel SLA Lebanese Front
|
PLO Syria Hezbollah Jammoul Amal Al-Mourabitoun
Islamic Amal
 ASALA
 Al-Tawhid
 PKK
|
| February 18, 1985 | May 25, 2000 | Security Zone conflict | Hezbollah Jammoul Amal
| |
| June 1982 | August 1982 | 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War | Somalia
|
 Ethiopia Somali Salvation Democratic Front
|
| June 5, 1983 | January 9, 2005 | Second Sudanese Civil War |  SPLA SPLA-Nasir SSLM Anyanya II Eastern Coalition
|
Sudan SSDF Janjaweed LRA
|
| July 23, 1983 | May 18, 2009 | Sri Lankan Civil War |  Sri Lanka India (1987–1990)
|
[[File:|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Tamil Tigers |
| September 1983 | 1985 | Kurdish rebellion of 1983 Part of the Iran–Iraq War |
Iraq
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 KDP PUK
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| October 25, 1983 | October 29, 1983 | Invasion of Grenada | United States Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Dominica Jamaica Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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 Grenada Cuba
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| April 13, 1984 | November 25, 2003 | Siachen conflict | India[36][37][38]
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Pakistan
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| December 25, 1985 | December 30, 1985 | Agacher Strip War | Mali
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 Burkina Faso
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| January 13, 1986 | January 24, 1986 | South Yemen Civil War | Abdul Fattah Ismail's faction
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Ali Nasir Muhammad's faction
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| April 15, 1986 | 1986 United States bombing of Libya | United States | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
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| November 1986 | 1992 | Surinamese Interior War |  Suriname
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Junglecommando |
| 1986 | 1989 | Tucayana Amazonas Insurgency | Suriname
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Tucayana Amazonas |
| November 15, 1987 | Brașov rebellion |  Socialist Republic of Romania
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Demonstrators | |
| 1987 | 1991 | Singing Revolution | Citizens of the Baltic States: Lithuania Latvia Estonia
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Soviet Union
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| December 1987 | February 19, 1988 | Thai–Laotian Border War | Laos Vietnam
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Thailand
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| 1987 | 1989 | 1987–89 JVP insurrection | Sri Lanka
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JVP
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| 1987 | Ongoing | Lord's Resistance Army insurgency | Uganda South Sudan Democratic Republic of the Congo MONUC Central African Republic
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 Lord's Resistance Army
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| February 20, 1988 | May 12, 1994 | Nagorno-Karabakh War |  Nagorno-Karabakh Armenia
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 Azerbaijan
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| December 1, 1988 | April 20, 1998 | Bougainville Civil War |  Bougainville Revolutionary Army
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Papua New Guinea
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| February 15, 1989 | April 30, 1992 | Civil war in Afghanistan (1989–92) part of the war in afghanistan(1978-present) |
 Mujahideen
Supported by:
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Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Supported by:
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| April 9, 1989 | July 18, 1991 | Mauritania–Senegal Border War | Mauritania
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Senegal
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| July 13, 1989 | August 23, 1996 | KDPI insurgency (1989–96) | Government of Iran
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KDP-I
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| July 13, 1989 | Ongoing | Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Part of the Kashmir conflict |
India
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Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Lashkar-e-Taiba
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| December 16, 1989 | December 27, 1989 | Romanian Revolution |  Anti-Ceaușescu protestors Romanian Army Dissident members of the Communist Party
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Socialist Republic of Romania Securitate and other loyalist forces
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| December 20, 1989 | January 31, 1990 | United States invasion of Panama | United States Panamanian opposition
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Panama
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| December 24, 1989 | August 2, 1997 | First Liberian Civil War | National Patriotic Front of LiberiaSupported by: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
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 Armed Forces of Liberia ULIMO United NationsIndependent National Patriotic Front of Liberia |
See also[]
References[]
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