List of wars 1945–1989

1 1945–1949
2 1950–1959
3 1960–1969
4 1970–1979
5 1980–1989
6 References

1945–1949

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents
Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Victorious party (if applicable)	Defeated party (if applicable)
1945	1946	War in Vietnam (1945–1946)	United Kingdom British Raj France Japan	Indochinese Communist Party
1945	1949	Indonesian National Revolution	Indonesia	Netherlands United Kingdom
1946	1954	First Indochina War	Viet Minh Pathet Lao Khmer Issarak United Issarak Front Supported by: People's Republic of China Soviet Union	French Union French Fourth Republic State of Vietnam Cambodia Kingdom of Laos Supported by: United States United Kingdom Australia
1946	1949	Greek Civil War	National Army Supported By: United States United Kingdom	Democratic Army of Greece N.O.F Partisans Supported by: Soviet Union People's Republic of Albania
1947	1947	Paraguayan Civil War	Government of Paraguay Colorado Party Supported by: Argentina	Coalition of Rafael Franco Revolutionary Febrerista Party Paraguayan Communist Party Liberal Party
1947	1948	Indo-Pakistani War of 1947	Ceasefire reached^[1]	Ceasefire reached^[2]
1947	1948	1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine	Haganah Palmach Irgun Lehi Foreign Volunteers	Army of the Holy War Arab Liberation Army Iraq
1948	1950	Pre-Korean War insurgency^[3]
1948	1949	1948 Arab–Israeli War	Israel	Egypt Anglo-Egyptian Sudan^[4]^[5]^[6] Syria Transjordan Lebanon Iraq Saudi Arabia^[7] Yemen^[8] Army of the Holy War Arab Liberation Army Muslim Brotherhood Pakistan^[9]
1948	1948	Costa Rican Civil War	National Liberation Army	Government of Costa Rica
1948	Ongoing	Internal conflict in Burma
1948	1960	Malayan Emergency	United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Federation of Malaya Southern Rhodesia Fiji King's African Rifles Nepali Gurkhas	Malayan Communist Party Malayan Races Liberation Army
1948	1948	Operation Polo	India	Royal State of Hyderabad

1950–1959

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents
Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Victorious party (if applicable)	Defeated party (if applicable)
1950	1953^[10]	Korean War
1950	1951	Invasion of Tibet (1950–1951)	People's Republic of China	Tibetan Army
1950	1958	Kuomintang Islamic Insurgency in China (1950–1958)	People's Republic of China	Republic of China
1950	1967	Retribution operations	Israel	Egypt Jordan Syria Palestinian fedayeen
1952	1956	Tunisian War of Independence	Beylik of Tunis	France
1952	1960	Mau Mau Uprising	United Kingdom	Mau Mau
1953	1959	Cuban Revolution	26th of July Movement	Batista Government
1953	1975	Laotian Civil War	Pathet Lao Democratic Republic of Vietnam Soviet Union People's Republic of China	Kingdom of Laos United States Thailand Republic of Vietnam Philippines
1954	1962	Algerian War	National Liberation Front Mouvement National Algerien	France
1955	1972	First Sudanese Civil War	Sudan Defence Force Anyanya South Sudan Liberation Movement	Sudan
1955	1975	Vietnam War	North Vietnam Viet Cong Khmer Rouge Pathet Lao People's Republic of China Soviet Union North Korea	South Vietnam United States South Korea Australia Philippines New Zealand Khmer Republic Thailand Kingdom of Laos Republic of China
1956	1956	Hungarian Revolution of 1956	Soviet Union State Protection Authority	Hungary
1956	1956	Suez Crisis	Israel^[11] United Kingdom France	Egypt^[12] Palestinian fedayeen
1957	1958	Ifni War	Spain France	Morocco
1958	1959	North Vietnamese invasion of Laos	North Vietnam	Kingdom of Laos
1959	2011	Basque conflict

1960–1969

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents
Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Victorious party (if applicable)	Defeated party (if applicable)
1960	1966	Congo Crisis	Congo (Western) Mobutu government	Belgium Katanga South Kasai Congo (Eastern) ONUC Cuba
1960	1996	Guatemalan Civil War	Guerrilla Army of the Poor Revolutionary Organization of Armed People Rebel Armed Forces Guatemalan Party of Labour (1960–1982) Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (1982–1996)	Government of Guatemala
1961	1970	First Kurdish Iraqi War
1961	1961	Bay of Pigs Invasion	Cuba	United States Cuban exiles
1961	1961	Bizerte crisis	France	Tunisia
1961	1991	Eritrean War of Independence	Eritrean Liberation Front Eritrean People's Liberation Front	Ethiopia Cuba Soviet Union
1961	1964	Tuareg Rebellion (1961–1964)	Military of Mali	Tuareg guerrillas
1961	1961	Invasion of Goa	India	Portugal
1961	1975	Angolan War of Independence part of the Portuguese Colonial War	National Liberation Front of Angola UNITA MPLA Eastern Revolt Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda	Portugal Union of South Africa
1962	1970	North Yemen Civil War	Yemen Arab Republic Egypt (withdrawn)	Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen Saudi Arabia European Mercenaries Israel (material support)
1962	1962	Sino-Indian War	China	India
1962	1966	Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation	Malaysia United Kingdom Australia New Zealand	Indonesia
1962	1975	Dhofar Rebellion	Oman Iran United Kingdom Jordan	Dhofar Liberation Front Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman
1963	1967	Shifta War	Kenya	Northern Frontier District Liberation Movement Somalia
1963	1963	Sand War	Morocco	Algeria
1963	1974	Guinea-Bissau War of Independence part of the Portuguese Colonial War	PAIGC	Portugal
1964	1979	Rhodesian Bush War	ZANLA ( ZANU ) ZIPRA ( ZAPU ) FRELIMO FROLIZI (1971–1978) Umkhonto we Sizwe	Rhodesia South Africa Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979) FROLIZI (1978–1979)
1964	Ongoing	Colombian armed conflict (1964–present)
1964	1974 (cease fire) 1975 (independence)	Mozambican War of Independence part of the Portuguese Colonial War	FRELIMO	Portugal
1964	1967	War over Water	Israel	Syria Lebanon
1964	Ongoing	Insurgency in Northeast India
1964	1964	Zanzibar Revolution	African revolutionaries	Sultanate of Zanzibar
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 Constitutionalists PRD partisans
1965	1966	United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965-1966)	United States Inter-American Peace Force: Brazil Honduras Paraguay Nicaragua Costa Rica El Salvador	Dominican Republic
1965	1965	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965	ended in ceasefire	ended in ceasefire
1965	1979	Civil war in Chad (1965–1979)		National Liberation Front of Chad
1966	1969	Korean DMZ Conflict (1966-1969)
1966	1966	Samu Incident Part of the Retribution operations	Israel	Jordan
1966	1989	South African Border War	Angola Cuba SWAPO Zambia Umkhonto we Sizwe	Union of South Africa UNITA
1966	1988	Namibian War of Independence	SWAPO	South Africa
1967	1967	Six-Day War	Israel	Egypt Syria Jordan Arab Expeditionary Forces: Iraq Saudi Arabia Morocco Algeria Libya Kuwait Tunisia Sudan PLO Other declared nations: Mauritania (1967-1999)
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	1967	Chola incident	India	China
1967	1970	War of Attrition	Both sides claim victory
1967	Ongoing	Naxalite-Maoist insurgency
1968	1968	Battle of Karameh part of the War of Attrition	Israel	Jordan PLO (mostly Fatah)
1968	1989	Communist Insurgency War	Malaysia	Malayan Communist Party
1968	1998	The Troubles
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	Insurgency in the Philippines
1969	1969	Football War	El Salvador	Honduras
1969	1969	Sino-Soviet border conflict	Soviet Union	China
1969	Ongoing	Papua conflict

1970–1979

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents
Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Victorious party (if applicable)	Defeated party (if applicable)
1970	1971	Black September in Jordan	Jordan Iraq Pakistan	PLO Syria
1971	1971	Bangladesh Liberation War	Mukti Bahini India	Pakistan
1971	1971	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971	India	Pakistan
1972	1974	First Eritrean Civil War	Eritrean People's Liberation Front	Eritrean Liberation Front
1973	1973	Spring of Youth part of Operation Wrath of God	Israel	PLO PFLP
1973	1973	Yom Kippur War	Israel	Egypt Syria Arab Expeditionary Forces: Iraq Jordan Morocco Saudi Arabia Tunisia Libya Kuwait Algeria Sudan Lebanon Other Expeditionary Forces: Pakistan North Korea Cuba Supported by: Soviet Union
1974	1974	Turkish invasion of Cyprus	Turkey	Cyprus Greece
1974	1991	Ethiopian Civil War	Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement Tigray People's Liberation Front Eritrean People's Liberation Front Oromo Liberation Front Western Somali Liberation Front Eritrean Liberation Front Afar Liberation Front Ethiopian Democratic Union Ogaden National Liberation Front	Government of Ethiopia Cuba (1987–1991)
1974	1975	Second Kurdish Iraqi War	Ba'athist Iraq	KDP
1975	2002	Angolan Civil War	MPLA Cuba Angolan Armed Forces Mozambique Soviet Union Vietnam	UNITA FNLA South Africa Zaire United States
1975	1991	Western Sahara War	Mauritania (1975–1979) Morocco France (1977–1978)	Polisario Front / SPLA Algeria (1976)
1975	1990	Lebanese Civil War	Lebanese Front Syria (1975–1978) Israel (from 1978) South Lebanon Army (from 1976)	LNM (until 1982) LNRF (from 1982) PLO Amal Hezbollah (from 1982) Syria (1978–1990)
1975	1989	Cambodian–Vietnamese War	Vietnam Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation	Democratic Kampuchea
1975	1975	Insurgency in Laos	Laos Vietnam	Hmong Insurgents
1975	1975	Indonesian invasion of East Timor	Indonesia	FRETILIN / Falintil
1976	1983	Dirty War	Argentina
1976	1976	Operation Entebbe	Israel	PFLP-EO Revolutionäre Zellen Uganda
1976	2005	Insurgency in Aceh	Indonesia	Free Aceh Movement
1977	1992	Mozambican Civil War	FRELIMO	RENAMO
1977	1977	Libyan–Egyptian War	Egypt	Libya
1977	1978	Ogaden War	Ethiopia Cuba South Yemen Soviet Union	Somalia
1977	1977	Shaba I	Zaire Morocco Egypt France	Front for the National Liberation of the Congo
1978	1978	Shaba II	Zaire France Belgium	Front for the National Liberation of the Congo
1978	1978	1978 South Lebanon conflict	Israel	PLO LNM
1978	1979	Uganda–Tanzania War	Tanzania Uganda National Liberation Army	Uganda Libya PLO
1978	1987	Chadian–Libyan conflict	Chad France	Libya
1978	Ongoing	Turkey – Kurdistan Workers' Party conflict
1979	1979	Sino-Vietnamese War	Both Sides Claimed Victory
1979	1990	Sino-Vietnamese conflicts 1979-1990	Both Sides Claimed Victory
1979	1982	Civil war in Chad (1979-1982)	Chad
1979	1989	Soviet war in Afghanistan	Mujahideen Supported by: Pakistan United States Saudi Arabia Malaysia Canada People's Republic of China	Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

1980–1989

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents
Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Victorious party (if applicable)	Defeated party (if applicable)
1980	1992	Salvadoran Civil War	El Salvador	FMLN FDR ERP RN PRTC
1980	2000	Internal conflict in Peru	Peru Rondas Campesinas	Shining Path Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
1980	1988	Iran–Iraq War	Both sides claimed victory
1980	1981	Second Eritrean Civil War	Eritrean People's Liberation Front	Eritrean Liberation Front
1981	1981	Paquisha War	Peru	Ecuador
1981	1986	Ugandan Bush War	National Resistance Army (guerrilla rebels)	Uganda National Liberation Army (the national army of Uganda)
1982	1982	Falklands War	United Kingdom	Argentina
1982	1982	Ndogboyosoi War	Sierra Leone	SLPP
1982	1982	1982 Lebanon War	Israel SLA Lebanese Front (Phalange and al-Tanzim) Guardians of the Cedars	PLO Syria LNRF (LCP, OACL, and SSNP) Hezbollah "Islamic Amal" Amal ASALA PKK Al-Tawhid
1982	2000	South Lebanon conflict (1982–2000)	Israel	Hezbollah Syria LNRF Amal
1982	1982	1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War	Somalia	Ethiopia Somali Salvation Democratic Front
1983	1983	Invasion of Grenada	United States Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Dominica Jamaica Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Grenada Cuba Supported By: North Korea Soviet Union People's Republic of Bulgaria East Germany Libya
1983	2009	Sri Lankan Civil War	Sri Lanka Indian Peace Keeping Force (1987–1990)	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
1983	2005	Second Sudanese Civil War	Sudan People's Liberation Army Eastern Front	Sudan Lord's Resistance Army
1983	1988	Kurdish Rebellion of 1983 Part of the Iran–Iraq War
1984	1987	Siachen conflict	India	Pakistan
1985	1985	Agacher Strip War	Mali	Burkina Faso
1987	1987	1987 Sino-Indian skirmish	Both sides showed military restraint.	Both sides showed military restraint.
1987	1993	First Intifada	Israel	Palestinian dissidents PLO Hamas PFLP
1987	1988	Thai–Laotian Border War	Laos Vietnam	Thailand
1987	Ongoing	Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
1988	1994	Nagorno-Karabakh War	Nagorno-Karabakh Armenia	Azerbaijan
1989	1991	Mauritania–Senegal Border War	Mauritania	Senegal
1989	1990	United States invasion of Panama	United States	Panama
1989	1992	Civil war in Afghanistan (1989–1992)	Mujahideen	Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
1989	1989	Romanian Revolution of 1989	Anti-Ceauşescu protestors Romanian Army Dissident members of the Communist Party	Socialist Republic of Romania Securitate and other loyalist forces
1989	1996	First Liberian Civil War	National Patriotic Front of Liberia	Armed Forces of Liberia ULIMO United Nations Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia
1989	Ongoing	Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir

References

^ Resolution adopted by the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan on 13 August 1948
^ Resolution adopted by the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan on 13 August 1948
^ http://books.google.com/books?id=isEXyqHjEDEC&pg=PA150&dq=south+korea+insurgency+1948&hl=en&ei=ip8PTc6KDsSqlAewruCfDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCYQ6AEwATgK#
^ Benny Morris (2008), 1948: A history of the first Arab-Israeli war. pg. 332
^ "The formation of Israel by The Ovi Team". Ovi Magazine. http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/5150. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
^ "Lonely Israel". Gp Examiner. 2010-03-31. http://www.gpexaminer.com/?p=23. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
^ Arab states against israel, 1948 - A map from New York Times including Mutawakkilite Yemen
^ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/israel-inde.htm
^ Moshe Yegar, "Pakistan and Israel," Jewish Political Studies Review 19:3-4 (Fall 2007)
^ US State Department statement regarding "Korea: Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission" and the Armistice Agreement "which ended the Korean War."
^ "Israel Routs Egypt"
^ "Nasser lost the war in military terms"

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List of wars 1945–1989

Contents

1945–1949

1950–1959

1960–1969

1970–1979

1980–1989

References