List of wars: 1945–1989

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Graph of global conflict deaths from 1945 to 1989 from various sources.

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. Major conflicts of this period include the Chinese Civil War in Asia, the Greek Civil War in Europe, the Colombian civil war known as La Violencia in South America, the Vietnam War in Southeast Asia, the Ethiopian Civil War in Africa, and the Guatemalan Civil War in North America.

1945–1949[edit]

Started Ended Name of conflict Belligerents
Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)
1945 1949 1945 Khuzestan revolt[1] Iran Khuzistan rebels
1945 1950 Crusader insurgency  Yugoslavia Crusaders
1945 1949 Chinese Civil War (second phase) Communist Party

People's Republic of China (after 1949)
Supported by:
 Soviet Union

 Republic of China

Supported by:
 United States

1945 1945 August Revolution Việt Minh Vietnam Empire of Vietnam
1945 1949 Indonesian National Revolution  Indonesia
 Japanese volunteers
 Netherlands
 United Kingdom (until 1946)
 Japan (until 1946)
1945 Ongoing Korean conflict
South Korea

Supported by:
 United States

 North Korea
Supported by:

 China
 Soviet Union

1945 1946 War in Vietnam (1945–46) United Kingdom

France


Japan
Việt Minh
1945 1946 1945 Hazara Rebellion Hazara rebels Kingdom of Afghanistan
1945 1946 Iran crisis of 1946 Iran
Supported by:
 United States
 United Kingdom
Mahabad
Azerbaijan People's Republic
Supported by:
 Soviet Union
1946 1949 Greek Civil War (third phase)  Kingdom of Greece
Supported by:
 United States (from 1947)

 United Kingdom (until 1947)

Provisional Democratic Government

National Liberation Front

Supported by:
 Yugoslavia
 Bulgaria
 Albania

 Soviet Union (until 1947)

1946 1954 Hukbalahap Rebellion (post-WWII) Philippines
Supported by:
 United States
Hukbalahap
1946 1946 Autumn Uprising of 1946 United States Army Military Government in Korea Peasant rebels
1946 1946 Corfu Channel incident  Albania  United Kingdom
1946 1946 Punnapra-Vayalar uprising  Travancore Laborers in Punnapra and Vayalar
Communist Party of India
1946 1954
First Indochina War
Viet Minh
Pathet Lao
Khmer Issarak
United Issarak Front
Japan Japanese holdouts
Supported by:
 Soviet Union
 China
 East Germany
Poland
French Union
United Kingdom
Supported by:

 United States

1947 1947 Paraguayan Civil War (1947) Paraguayan Government
Colorado Party
Liberal Party
PRF
PCP
1947 1949 Malagasy Uprising  France Malagasy rebels
1947 1947 1947 Poonch rebellion

Part of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948

Poonch and Mirpur rebels
Muslim Conference

Supported by:
 Pakistan

Kashmir
1947 1947 Annexation of Junagadh  India Junagadh
1947 1962 Romanian anti-communist resistance movement  Romania
Supported by:
 Soviet Union
Romania Anti-communist rebels
Supported by:
 United States
 United Kingdom
1947 1949 Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948

Part of the Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts

 India  Pakistan
1947 1948 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine
Part of the 1948 Palestine war
Israel Jews of Palestine All-Palestine Protectorate Arabs of Palestine
1948[2] or 1947[3] 1949 Safi Rebellion[2][3] Afghanistan Safi rebels
1948 1948 Al-Wathbah uprising Iraq Iraqi Police Student Cooperation Committee (communists)
1948 1948 Costa Rican civil war National Liberation Army Costa Rican government
1948 Ongoing Internal conflict in Myanmar Myanmar
Burmese government
Governments

DKBA (1994–2010)

Anti-government groups

Supported by:
ROC (1948–1980s)
 Thailand
 United States (until 2021)
China PRC

1948 1949 Jeju uprising  South Korea WPSK
1948 1958 La Violencia Colombia Government of Colombia
Conservative Party
Liberal Party
1948 1949 1948 Arab–Israeli War
Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict
 Israel  Egypt
 Iraq
 Transjordan
Syria
HWA
Arab Liberation Army
 Lebanon
 Saudi Arabia
 Yemen
Foreign volunteers:
Muslim Brotherhood
 Pakistan
Sudan
1948 1960 Malayan Emergency  United Kingdom
Federation of Malaya
 Southern Rhodesia
 Fiji
 Australia
 New Zealand
Supported by:
 Thailand
CPM
MRLA
Supported by:
 Soviet Union
 China
 Indonesia
North Vietnam Viet Minh (1948-1954)
 North Vietnam (from 1954)
1948 1948 Annexation of Hyderabad  India Royal State of Hyderabad
1948 1948 Madiun Affair
Part of the Indonesian National Revolution
 Indonesia People's Democratic Front
Indonesian Socialist Party
1948 1948 Yeosu–Suncheon rebellion  South Korea Communist rebels
1948 1950 Pre-Korean War insurgency[4]  South Korea Anti-government insurgents
North Korea Pro-North Korean rebels
1949 1949 1949 Hazara Rebellion  Kingdom of Afghanistan Hazara rebels
1949 1956 Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency
Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
 Israel All-Palestine Protectorate Palestinian Fedayeen
Supported by:
 Egypt
 Jordan
 Syria
1949 1949 Palace Rebellion  Thailand Supporters of Pridi Phanomyong
1949 1953 Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Central and Southern China

Part of the Chinese Civil War

 China National Revolutionary Army
1949 1962 Darul Islam rebellion
Part of the Indonesian National Revolution
 Indonesia
 Netherlands
Darul Islam
1949 1950 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes  Pakistan

Supported by:
 China

Kingdom of Afghanistan

Supported by:
 India

1950–1959[edit]

Started Ended Name of conflict Belligerents
Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)
1950 1958 Kuomintang Islamic insurgency  China Ma clique supported by the ROC government in Taiwan
1950 1950 APRA coup d'état
Part of the Indonesian National Revolution
 Indonesia
 Netherlands
Legion of the Just Ruler
1950 1950 Makassar Uprising
Part of the Indonesian National Revolution
 Indonesia East Indonesia
1950 1950 La Revolución del 50  Peru Rebels
1950 1953[5] Korean War
Part of the Korean conflict
Medical support:
1950 1950 Battle of Chamdo  China  Tibet
1950 1954 Puerto Rican Nationalist Party revolts of the 1950s  United States Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
1951 1966 Reprisal operations (Israel)

Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict

 Israel Palestinian Fedayeen
 Jordan
 Egypt
 Syria
1951 1951 Manhattan Rebellion  Thailand Rebel naval units
1952 1955 Buraimi dispute Trucial Oman Scouts

Supported by:
British Empire
Sultanate of Muscat and Oman

Saudi Arabia

Supported by:

  • Al Bu Shamis tribe
  • Na'im tribe
1952 1952 1952 Hazara Rebellion[8] Afghanistan Rebels
1952 1952 Egyptian revolution of 1952 Free Officers Movement

Supported by:

Soviet Union

Egypt

Supported by:

United Kingdom

1952 1960 Mau Mau rebellion  United Kingdom Mau Mau
1953 1953 Air battle over Merklín  Czechoslovakia  United States
1953 1953 1953 Plzeň uprising  Czechoslovakia Plzeň workers
1953 1953 East German uprising of 1953  Soviet Union
 East Germany
East German demonstrators
1953 1959 Cuban Revolution 26th of July Movement Cuba
1953 1953 1953 Iranian coup d'état House of Pahlavi
 United States[a]
 United Kingdom[a]
Government of Iran
1954 1954 1954 Paraguayan coup d'état Paraguayan Army Government of Paraguay
1954 1954 Kengir uprising Soviet Union Soviet Union Kengir resistance
1954 1954 Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli India India Portugal Portugal
1954 1955 First Taiwan Strait Crisis  China  Taiwan
 United States
1954 1959 Jebel Akhdar War Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
  • Ibriyin tribe
Imamate of Oman
1954 1962 Algerian War FLN
MNA
PCA
 France
OAS
FAF
1954 Ongoing Insurgency in Northeast India  India NSCN
PREPAK
ULFA
ATTF
1955 1955 Afghan tribal revolt of 1955[9][2] Afghanistan Rebels
1955 1955 Calderonista invasion of Costa Rica  Costa Rica Calderonistas
Supported by:

 Nicaragua
 Venezuela

1955 1964 Bamileke War  France Union of the Peoples of Cameroon
1955 1957 Upper Yafa uprisings[10]  United Kingdom Rebels
1955 1972 First Sudanese Civil War SSLM
AZL
Anyanya
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Republic of the Sudan
Democratic Republic of the Sudan
1955 1975 Vietnam War North Vietnam
FNL
Khmer Rouge
Khmer Issarak
Pathet Lao
 China
 North Korea
 Soviet Union
Medical Support:
 South Vietnam
 United States
 South Korea
 Thailand
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Laos
 Khmer Republic
 Philippines
1955 1959 Cyprus Emergency EOKA  United Kingdom
1956 1956 Hungarian Revolution of 1956  Soviet Union
State Protection Authority
Hungarian revolutionaries
1956 1956 1956 Poznań protests Poland Strike Committee
1956 1956 Suez Crisis

Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict

 Israel[11]
 United Kingdom
France
Egypt[12]
1956 1956 Quỳnh Lưu uprising

Part of the Vietnam War

North Vietnam Anti-communist rebels
1957 1958 Ifni War  Morocco  Spain
 France
1957 1961 PRRI and Permesta rebellion  Indonesia Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia
Permesta
Late 1950s Late 1950s Anti-taxation uprising in Afghanistan[13] Afghanistan Hazara rebels
1958 1958 14 July Revolution Iraq Free Officers Arab Federation Arab Federation
1958 1958 1958 Lebanon crisis  Lebanon
 United States
INM
LCP
PSP
1958 1958 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis  China  Taiwan
 United States
1958 Ongoing Ethnic conflict in Nagaland

Part of the Insurgency in Northeast India

India India

Myanmar Burma

Rebels Forces
1958 1959 North Vietnamese invasion of Laos
Part of the Vietnam War and the Laotian Civil War
 North Vietnam  Laos
1958 1959 Mexico–Guatemala conflict  Guatemala  Mexico
1959 1959 Spirit Soldier rebellion (1959)  China Regiment of Spirit Soldiers
1959 1959 1959 Tibetan uprising  China  Tibet

Chushi Gangdruk

1959 1959 1959 Mosul uprising Iraq Iraq United Arab Republic Arab nationalist rebels
1959 1975 Laotian Civil War

Part of the Vietnam War

Pathet Lao
 North Vietnam
Supported by:
 Laos
 United States
 Thailand
 South Vietnam
Supported by:
1959 1965 Escambray rebellion  Cuba Anti-communist guerrillas
1959 1959 Pashtun Revolt in Kandahar[14] Afghanistan Pashtun rebels
1959 1959 Upper Yafa disturbances[15]  United Kingdom Rebels

Supported by:
 Yemen

1959 1959 Cuban invasion of Panama[16]  Panama  Cuba
1959 1959 1959 Viqueque rebellion  Portugal Timorese rebels
1959 1959 Cuban invasion of the Dominican Republic[17]  Dominican Republic  Cuba
1959 2011 Basque conflict  Spain
GAL
AAA
BVE
 France
ETA
Basque National Liberation Movement
ETA (pm)
Iparretarrak

1960–1969[edit]

Started Ended Name of conflict Belligerents
Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)
1960 1965 Congo Crisis 1960–63:

Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo

Supported by:
 Soviet Union (1960)

1964–65:
Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Supported by:
 United States
 Belgium

1960–63:

 Katanga
 South Kasai

Supported by:
 Belgium
 France
 Union of South Africa
 Rhodesia
1960–62:
Democratic Republic of the Congo Stanleyville government
1964–65:
Simba and Kwilu rebels

Supported by:
1960 1961 Bajaur Campaign  Pakistan  Afghanistan
1960 1996 Guatemalan Civil War Guatemala URNG
1960 1961 1960–61 campaign at the China–Burma border  China
 Burma
National Revolutionary Army
1960 1960 1960 Ethiopian coup d'état attempt  Ethiopia Kebur Zabangna
1961 1974 Angolan War of Independence
Part of the Portuguese Colonial War
FNLA
UNITA
MPLA
FLEC
 Portugal
 South Africa
1961 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion  Cuba  United States
Brigade 2506
1961 1962 French military rebellion in Algeria[18][19]
Part of the Algerian War
 France OAS
1961 1990 Nicaraguan Revolution FSLN Contras
Nicaragua
1961 1961 Bizerte crisis  France  Tunisia
1961 1991 Eritrean War of Independence EPLF
ELF
Ethiopia
 Cuba
 Soviet Union
 South Yemen
1961 1970 First Iraqi–Kurdish War

Part of the Iraqi–Kurdish conflict

KDP Iraq
Syria
1961 1961 Rebellion of the Pilots National Civic Union [es]
14 June Movement
Dominican Air Force
1961 1961 1961 revolt in Somalia Somalia Somalia Rebels
1961 1961 Annexation of Goa  India  Portugal
1961 1962 Operation Trikora  Netherlands  Indonesia
1962 1964 Tuareg rebellion (1962–1964)  Mali Tuareg guerrillas
1962 1962 El Carupanazo  Venezuela Military rebels
1962 1962 El Porteñazo  Venezuela Military rebels
1962 1963 1963 Argentine Navy revolt Argentina Azules faction (most of the Army and the Air Force) Argentina Colorados faction (mainly the Navy)
1962 1970 North Yemen Civil War  Yemen Arab Republic
 Egypt (until 1967)
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
Supported by:
 Saudi Arabia
 Jordan
 United Kingdom
1962 Ongoing Papua conflict  Indonesia Free Papua Movement
1962 1962 Sino-Indian War  China  India
1962 1990 Communist insurgency in Sarawak  United Kingdom
 Malaysia
Sarawak
Indonesia
North Kalimantan Communist Party
1962 1962 Brunei revolt  United Kingdom

 Brunei
 Malaya

North Borneo Federation

 Indonesia

1963 Ongoing Katanga insurgency  Democratic Republic of the Congo

United Nations ONUC
United Nations MONUSCO
 Benin
 Egypt
Self-defence groups

Mai-Mai Kata Katanga (2011–2016)

Mai Mai Gédéon
CORAK
CPK


FDLR
Mai Mai Yakutumba

1963 1963 1963 Cuban invasion of Venezuela[20]  Venezuela  Cuba
1963 1966 Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation  Malaysia
 United Kingdom
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Indonesia
1963 1970 Bale revolt  Ethiopia Oromo Peasants
Somali Peasants
1963 1974 Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
Part of the Portuguese Colonial War
PAIGC  Portugal
1963 1963 Ramadan Revolution Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party Iraq Iraq
Iraqi Communist Party
1963 1963 1963 Syrian coup d'état Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region Syria Syria
1963 1976 Dhofar Rebellion  Oman
Iran
 United Kingdom
 Jordan
DLF (1962–1968)
PFLOAG (1968–1974)
NDFLOAG (1969–1971)
PFLO (1974–1976)
1963 1963 Ar-Rashid revolt Iraq Iraqi Government Iraqi Communist Party
Iraq Iraqi Army
1963 1963 Sand War  Algeria  Morocco
1963 1967 Aden Emergency NLF
FLOSY
 United Kingdom
Federation of South Arabia Federation of South Arabia
1963 1967 Shifta War  Kenya Northern Frontier District Liberation Movement
 Somalia
1963 1963 November 1963 Iraqi coup d'état Iraq Nasserist rebels Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
1963 1965 Simba rebellion
Part of the Congo Crisis
Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo-Léopoldville
 Belgium
 United States
Simba Rebels
1964 1964 Zanzibar Revolution Afro-Shirazi Party
Umma Party
 Zanzibar
1964 1964 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War  Ethiopia Somalia Somalia
1964 1964 1964 Brazilian coup d'état Brazilian Armed Forces:

Supported by:
United States

Brazilian Government
1964 Ongoing Colombian conflict  Colombia FARC
ELN
EPL
IRAFP
M-19
MOEC
MAQL
ERC
GRA
PRT
1964 1979 Rhodesian Bush War ZANU
FRELIMO
ZAPU
MK
 Rhodesia
 Zimbabwe Rhodesia
1964 1992 FULRO insurgency

Part of the Vietnam War

 North Vietnam (1964–1976)
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Viet Cong
 South Vietnam
 Vietnam (after 1976)
United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races
1964 1974 Mozambican War of Independence
Part of the Portuguese Colonial War
FRELIMO  Portugal
1964 1982 Mexican Dirty War  Mexico
 United States
Party of the Poor
Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre
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 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

Part of the Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts

 India  Pakistan
1965 1965 30 September Movement  Indonesia Communist Party of Indonesia
1965 1983 Communist insurgency in Thailand  Thailand Communist party of Thailand
1965 1979 Chadian Civil War (1965–1979) FROLINAT
Chad GUNT
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya
 Chad
 France
1966 1967 Guerrilha do Caparaó [pt] Brazil Rebels
1966 1977 Crisis in French Somaliland[21] Djiboutian nationalists  France
1966 1967 Stanleyville mutinies
Part of the Congo Crisis
Democratic Republic of the Congo Katangan Mercenaries
1966 1990 South African Border War  Angola
 Cuba
SWAPO
 Zambia
Umkhonto we Sizwe
 South Africa
UNITA
1966 1969 Korean DMZ Conflict
Part of the Korean conflict
South Korea
 United States
 North Korea
1966 1967 Ñancahuazú Guerrilla War  Bolivia
 United States
National Liberation Army of Bolivia
1967 1968 1967 Kurdish revolt in Iran

Part of the Kurdish separatism in Iran

Iran Iran Kurdish tribesmen
1967 1975 Araguaia Guerrilla War Brazil Brazilian military government Communist Party of Brazil
1967 1975 Cambodian Civil War

Part of the Vietnam War

National United Front of Kampuchea
Khmer Rouge
 North Vietnam
Viet Cong
 Khmer Republic
 United States
 South Vietnam
1967 1967 Machurucuto raid  Venezuela  Cuba
1967 Ongoing Naxalite–Maoist insurgency  India Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Naxalbari

Communist Party of United States of India
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Democracy
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Mahadev Mukherjee)
Centre of Indian Communists (until 1977)
People's Liberation Army of Manipur
Tamil Nadu Liberation Army
Purbo Banglar Communist Party

1967 1967 Six-Day War

Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict

 Israel  Egypt
 Syria
 Jordan
Arab Expeditionary Forces:
Iraq
 Saudi Arabia
 Morocco
 Algeria
 Libya
 Kuwait
 Tunisia
Sudan
 PLO
1967 1970 War of Attrition

Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict

 Israel  Egypt
 Soviet Union
 Cuba
PLO
 Jordan
 Syria
1967 1970 Nigerian Civil War  Nigeria  Biafra
1967 1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes  India  China
1967 1974 PGRS/Paraku Rebellion[22]  Indonesia PGRS/Paraku
1968 2019 Moro conflict
Part of the Civil conflict in the Philippines
 Philippines

Supported by:
 United States (advisers)
 Australia
 Malaysia (From 2001)
 Indonesia

IMT:[23]
Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) (until 2014)
MRLO
Ampatuan militias[24]
Former Support:

Supported by::
al-Qaeda[34]
14K Triad (to ASG)[35]
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[36]

1968 1989 Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989)  Malaysia
 Thailand
Malayan Communist Party
1968 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia  Soviet Union
Bulgaria
 East Germany
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
1968 1998 The Troubles Provisional IRA  United Kingdom
1968 1988 Years of Lead (Italy)  Italy Far-left terrorists

Far-right terrorists

1969 1969 Rupununi Uprising Guyana (1966–1970) Guyana Rupununi separatists
1969 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict  China  Soviet Union
1969 Ongoing Communist rebellion in the Philippines
Part of the Civil conflict in the Philippines
Philippines Philippines
 United States[39]
Anti-communist militia
CPP
* NPA
MLPP-RHB[40]
APP[40]
RPA[40]
ABB[40]
CPLA[40]


Support:
 People's Republic of China (1969–1976)
 Libya (1980s–2011)
 North Korea (Alleged)
 Vietnam (1980s)

1969 1969 Football War  El Salvador  Honduras
1969 1969 Al-Wadiah War  Saudi Arabia  South Yemen

1970–1979[edit]

Started Ended Name of conflict Belligerents
Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)
1970 1971 Reggio revolt  Italy Christian Democracy
Italian Social Movement
Italian Social Democratic Party
National Italian Workers' Union
'Ndrangheta
1970 1971 Black September  Jordan  PLO

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