List of wars 1945–1989

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[edit] 1945-1949

Start Finish Name of Conflict Location(s) Fatalities
1945 1949 Indonesian National Revolution Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 74,057-204,057[citation needed]
19 December 1946 1 August 1954 Vietnamese War of Independence French Indochina ~394,591
March 1947 August 1947 Paraguayan Civil War Flag of Paraguay Paraguay unknown
21 October 1947 31 December 1948 Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 Kashmir 3,288
30 November 1947 14 May 1948 Palestinian Civil War British Palestine unknown
15 May 1948 20 June 1949 Israeli War of Independence Flag of Israel Israel 12,000-19,000
12 March 1948 24 April 1948 Costa Rican Civil War Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica 2,000
April 1948 Ongoing Internal conflict in Myanmar Flag of Burma Myanmar/Burma ~7,000
June 1948 12 July 1960 Malayan Emergency Southeast Asia 11,053

[edit] 1950-1959

Start Finish War Location Death toll
25 June 1950 27 July 1953 Korean War Flag of North KoreaFlag of South Korea Korean Peninsula 4,039,000-5,039,000
1950 1951 PLA Invasion of Tibet Tibet unknown
1952 1956 Tunisian War of Independence Flag of Tunisia Tunisia unknown
1952 1960 Mau Mau Uprising Flag of Kenya Kenya 61,185
June 1953 July 1953 Uprising of 1953 in East Germany Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany 125
1 November 1954 19 March 1962 Algerian War of Independence Flag of Algeria Algeria ~169,000
1955 1972 First Sudanese Civil War Flag of Sudan Sudan ~500,000
28 June 1956 30 June 1956 Poznań 1956 protests Flag of Poland Poznań, Poland 61-83
23 October 1956 10 November 1956 Hungarian Uprising Flag of Hungary Hungary 3,222
29 October 1956 March 1957 Sinai Campaign Flag of Egypt Sinai Peninsula, Egypt 913
1956 1 January 1959 Cuban Revolution Flag of Cuba Cuba unknown
23 October 1957 30 June 1958 Ifni War Flag of Morocco Western Sahara & Ifni, Morocco unknown
15 July 1958 25 October 1958 Lebanon Crisis of 1958 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 4
1959 1959 1959 Tibetan Rebellion Flag of the People's Republic of China Tibet, China unknown
1959 30 April 1975 Vietnam War Flag of Vietnam Vietnam 5,100,000
1962 1975 Laotian Civil War Flag of Laos Laos unknown
1967 1975 Cambodian Civil War Flag of Cambodia Cambodia/Khmer Republic ~600,000

[edit] 1960 - 1969

Start Finish War Location Death toll
June 1960 November 1965 Congo Crisis Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo unknown
1960 1996 Guatemalan Civil War Flag of Guatemala Guatemala unknown
15 April 1961 19 April 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion Flag of Cuba Bay of Pigs, Cuba ~291-1,480
1 September 1961 29 May 1991 Eritrean War of Independence Flag of Eritrea Eritrea ~230,000-655,000
1961 1974 Portuguese Colonial War Flag of AngolaFlag of Guinea-BissauFlag of Mozambique Angola/Guinea-Bissau/Mozambique ~140,790
1961 1974 Angolan War of Independence Flag of Angola Angola 52,000
1963 1974 Guinea-Bissau War of Independence Flag of Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 15,000
25 September 1964 8 September 1974 Mozambican War of Independence Flag of Mozambique Mozambique ~63,500
18 December 1961 19 December 1961 Invasion of Goa Flag of India Goa, Daman and Diu, India ~37-52
10 October 1962 21 November 1962 Sino-Indian War Flag of IndiaFlag of the People's Republic of China India/China ~4,588
1962 1966 Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation Flag of IndonesiaFlag of Malaysia Indonesia/Malaysia unknown
1962 1970 Yemen Civil War Flag of Yemen Yemen 100,000
1962 1975 Dhofar Rebellion Flag of Oman Oman unknown, at least 500
October 1963 October 1963 Sand War Flag of AlgeriaFlag of Morocco Algeria/Morocco unknown
1963 1967 Shifta War Flag of Kenya Kenya unknown
July 1964 1979 Rhodesian Bush War Flag of Rhodesia Rhodesia ~30,000+
1964 present Colombian Armed Conflict Flag of Colombia Colombia unknown
28 April 1965 September 1966 Operation Power Pack Flag of the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ~3,533
15 August 1965 21 September 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Flag of IndiaFlag of Pakistan India/Pakistan ~11,064-15,064
1965 1989 South African Border War Flag of NamibiaFlag of Angola Namibia/Angola unknown
1966 1988 Namibian War of Independence Flag of Namibia Namibia unknown
1 October 1967 2 October 1967 Chola incident Flag of India India unknown
5 June 1967 10 June 1967 Six-Day War Middle East ~21,779
1967 1970 Nigerian Civil War Flag of Nigeria Nigeria ~1,200,000
February 1967 2 December 1989 Communist Insurgency War Flag of Malaysia Malaysia unknown
1967 present Communist Insurgency in the Philippines Flag of the Philippines Philippines unknown
1968 1998 The Troubles Flag of IrelandFlag of the United Kingdom Ireland/UK ~4,050
5 January 1968 21 August 1968 Prague Spring Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia unknown
June 1968 7 August 1970 War of Attrition Flag of Israel Sinai Peninsula (Israeli control) ~6,554
1969 Ongoing Islamic insurgency in the Philippines Flag of the Philippines Mindanao, Philippines ~160,000+
14 July 1969 18 July 1969 Football War Flag of El SalvadorFlag of Honduras El Salvador/Honduras 1,900
1969 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict Flag of the People's Republic of ChinaFlag of the Soviet Union China/Soviet Union ~858

[edit] 1970 - 1979

Start Finish War Location Death toll
26 March 1971 16 December 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh ~74000
December 3 1971 December 16 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Kashmir ~100,000
1972 unknown Libya-Sudan conflict unknown unknown
October 6 1971 October 26 1973 Yom Kippur War Middle East ~11,184-17,656

[edit] 1980 - 1989

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