List of conflicts related to the Cold War
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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 (1947–1991).[1][2]
Conflict | Start date | End date | Location | Region |
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War in Vietnam (1945–1946) | September 13, 1945 | March 30, 1946 | Vietnam | Southeast Asia |
Iran crisis of 1946 | November 15, 1945 | November 15, 1946 | Iran | Southern Asia |
Greek Civil War | March 30, 1946 | October 16, 1949 | Greece | Southern Europe |
Corfu Channel incident | May 15, 1946 | November 13, 1946 | Straits of Corfu | Southern Europe |
Hukbalahap Rebellion | July 4, 1946 | May 17, 1954 | Philippines | Southeast Asia |
First Indochina War | December 19, 1946 | August 1, 1954 | French Indochina | Southeast Asia |
Czechoslovak coup d'état of 1948 | February 20, 1948 | February 25, 1948 | Czechoslovakia | Central Europe |
Malayan Emergency | June 16, 1948 | July 12, 1960 | Federation of Malaya | Southeast Asia |
Berlin Blockade | June 24, 1948 | May 12, 1949 | Germany | Western Europe |
Korean War | June 25, 1950 | July 27, 1953 | North Korea South Korea | Eastern Asia |
Egyptian Revolution of 1952 | July 22, 1952 | July 26, 1952 | Egypt | North Africa |
Uprising of 1953 in East Germany | June 16, 1953 | June 17, 1953 | East Germany | Western 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 |
Vietnam War | November 1, 1955 | April 30, 1975 | North Vietnam South Vietnam | Southeast Asia |
Poznań 1956 protests | June 28, 1956 | June 30, 1956 | Poland | Central Europe |
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 | October 23, 1956 | November 10, 1956 | Hungary | Central Europe |
Suez Crisis | October 29, 1956 | November 7, 1956 | Egypt | North Africa |
14 July Revolution | July 14, 1958 | July 14, 1958 | Iraq | Western Asia |
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis | August 23, 1958 | October 6, 1958 | Taiwan Strait | Eastern Asia |
1959 Tibetan uprising | March 10, 1959 | March 21, 1959 | Tibet | Central Asia |
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 |
Angolan War of Independence | February 4, 1961 | January 15, 1975 | 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 |
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 |
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence | January 23, 1963 | September 11, 1974 | Guinea-Bissau | Western Africa |
1964 Brazilian coup d'état | July 4, 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 | Mozambique | Eastern Africa |
Dominican Civil War | April 24, 1965 | September 3, 1965 | Dominican Republic | Caribbean |
United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–1966) | April 28, 1965 | July 1, 1966 | Dominican Republic | Caribbean |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 | August 15, 1965 | September 23, 1965 | Kashmir | Indian subcontinent |
30 September Movement | September 30, 1965 | October 1, 1965 | Indonesia | Southeast Asia |
Indonesian killings of 1965–1966 | October 1, 1965 | March 1966 | Indonesia | Southeast Asia |
South African Border War | August 26, 1966 | March 21, 1990 | Namibia and Angola | Southern Africa |
Namibian War of Independence | August 26, 1966 | March 21, 1990 | Namibia | Southern Africa |
Greek military junta of 1967–1974 | April 21, 1967 | July 23, 1974 | Greece | Southern Europe |
Six-Day War | June 5, 1967 | June 10, 1967 | Egypt, Jordan, and Syria | Western Asia |
War of Attrition | July 1, 1967 | August 7, 1970 | Sinai Peninsula | Western Asia |
Communist Insurgency War | June 17, 1968 | December 2, 1989 | Malaysia | Southeast Asia |
Sino-Soviet border conflict | March 2, 1969 | September 11, 1969 | China/Soviet Union border | Eastern Asia |
Operation Menu | March 18, 1969 | May 28, 1970 | Cambodia and Laos | Southeast Asia |
Libyan coup d'etat (1969) | September 1, 1969 | September 1, 1969 | Libya | North Africa |
Black September in Jordan | September 1, 1970 | July 1971 | Jordan | Western Asia |
Cambodian Civil War | October 9, 1970 | April 17, 1975 | Cambodia | 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 and Pakistan | Southern Asia |
1973 Chilean coup d'état | September 11, 1973 | September 11, 1973 | Chile | South America |
Yom Kippur War | October 6, 1973 | October 25, 1973 | Egypt and Syria | Western Asia |
Carnation Revolution | April 25, 1974 | April 25, 1974 | Portugal | Southern Europe |
Ethiopian Civil War | November 28, 1974 | May 21, 1991 | Ethiopia | Eastern Africa |
Cambodian–Vietnamese War | May 1, 1975 | September 26, 1989 | Cambodia, Vietnam, and 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 |
1976 Argentine coup d'état | March 24, 1976 | March 24, 1976 | Argentina | South America |
Mozambican Civil War | May 30, 1977 | October 15, 1992 | Mozambique | Southern Africa |
Ethio-Somali War | July 13, 1977 | March 15, 1978 | Ethiopia | Eastern 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 war in Afghanistan | December 24, 1979 | February 15, 1989 | Afghanistan | Central Asia |
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 | September 1, 1983 | September 1, 1983 | Soviet Union | Eastern Asia |
Falklands War | April 2, 1982 | June 14, 1982 | Falkland Islands,South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Atlantic Ocean |
Invasion of Grenada (1983) | October 25, 1983 | December 15, 1983 | Grenada | Caribbean |
Bombing of Libya (1986) | April 15, 1986 | April 15, 1986 | Libya | North Africa |
United States invasion of Panama | December 20, 1989 | January 31, 1990 | Panama| Central America | |
Revolutions of 1989 | March 9, 1989 | April 27, 1992 | Various | 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 |
1990 Democratic Revolution in Mongolia | December 10, 1989 | March 9, 1990 | Mongolia | Central Asia |
Romanian Revolution of 1989 | December 16, 1989 | December 25, 1989 | Romania | Central Europe |
Operation Desert Storm | August 2, 1990 | February 28, 1991 | Iraq | Middle east |
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt | August 19, 1991 | August 21, 1991 | Soviet Union | Eastern Europe |
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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