List of conflicts related to the Cold War

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 (March 12, 1947 to December 26, 1991, a total of 44 years, 9 months, and 2 weeks).[1][2]

Since 1944


Conflict	Start date	End date	Western Bloc related	Eastern Bloc related	Region
Dekemvriana	December 3, 1944	January 11, 1945	Kingdom of Greece United Kingdom	EAM	Southern Europe
Anti-Communist resistance in Poland	1944	1947 (1963)	Cursed soldiers	Polish People's Republic Soviet Union	Central Europe
Insurgency in the Baltic States	1944	1953	Estonian partisans Latvian partisans Lithuanian partisans	Soviet Union	Northeastern Europe
Indonesian National Revolution	August 17, 1945	December 27, 1949	Dutch East Indies United Kingdom	Indonesia Supported by: United States India Japan Soviet Union	Southeast Asia
War in Vietnam (1945–46)	September 13, 1945	March 30, 1946	French Indochina United Kingdom Japan	Viet Minh	Southeast Asia
Iran crisis of 1946	November 15, 1945	December 15, 1946	Iran	Azerbaijan People's Government Republic of Mahabad Tudeh Military Network Supported by: Soviet Union	Southern Asia
Greek Civil War	March 30, 1946	October 16, 1949	Kingdom of Greece United Kingdom United States	Communist Party of Greece Provisional Democratic Government	Southern Europe
Corfu Channel incident	May 15, 1946	November 13, 1946	United Kingdom	Albania	Southern Europe
Chinese Civil War (post-WWII)	March 31, 1946	May 1, 1950	Republic of China Kuomintang	Chinese Communist Party Inner Mongolian People's Republic (1945–1945) Soviet Union	Eastern Asia
Hukbalahap Rebellion	July 4, 1946	May 17, 1954	Philippines United States	Hukbalahap	Southeast Asia
First Indochina War	December 19, 1946	August 1, 1954	France State of Vietnam Kingdom of Laos Kingdom of Cambodia	Viet Minh Khmer Issarak Pathet Lao Japanese holdout	Southeast Asia
Paraguayan Civil War	March 7, 1947	August 20, 1947	Paraguayan government Colorado Party	Liberal Party Febrerista Revolutionary Concentration Paraguayan Communist Party	South America
Romanian anti-communist resistance movement	1947	1962	Anti-communist groups Legionnaires Monarchists National-Peasants	Romania	Central Europe
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état	February 20, 1948	February 25, 1948	President	KSČ	Central Europe
Costa Rican Civil War	March 12, 1948	April 24, 1948	National Liberation Army Ulatista Forces	Costa Rican government Calderon forces People's Vanguard Party Nicaraguan National Guard	Central America
Jeju uprising	April 3, 1948	May, 1949	South Korea United States	Workers' Party of South Korea	Eastern Asia
Arab–Israeli conflict (from 1948–1991)	May 15, 1948	1982/Present	Israel Lebanese Front Army of Free Lebanon South Lebanon Army France United Kingdom United States	Palestine, All-Palestine, PLO Lebanon Syria Sudan Egypt (before 1978) Iraq	Western Asia
Malayan Emergency	June 16, 1948	July 12, 1960	Federation of Malaya United Kingdom Australia New Zealand	Malayan Communist Party	Southeast Asia
Berlin Blockade	June 24, 1948	May 12, 1949	United States United Kingdom France Canada Australia New Zealand Union of South Africa	Soviet Union	Western Europe

Since 1950s


Conflict	Start date	End date	Western Bloc related	Eastern Bloc related	Region
Korean War	June 25, 1950	July 27, 1953	South Korea United Nations United States Supported by: United Kingdom Canada Turkey Australia Philippines New Zealand Thailand Ethiopia Greece France Colombia Belgium South Africa Netherlands Luxembourg	North Korea China Soviet Union	Eastern Asia
Egyptian Revolution of 1952	July 22, 1952	July 26, 1952	Kingdom of Egypt	Free Officers Movement	North Africa
Plzeň uprising of 1953	May 31, 1952	June 2, 1952	Demonstrators	Czechoslovakia	Central Europe
Uprising of 1953 in East Germany	June 16, 1953	June 17, 1953	Demonstrators	East Germany Soviet Union	Eastern Europe
Cuban Revolution	July 26, 1953	January 1, 1959	Cuban Government	26th of July Movement Student Revolutionary Directorate Second National Front of Escambray Popular Socialist Party	Caribbean
1953 Iranian coup d'état	August 15, 1953	August 20, 1953	House of Pahlavi United States United Kingdom	Government of Iran	Southern Asia
Laotian Civil War	November 9, 1953	December 2, 1975	Kingdom of Laos United States South Vietnam Thailand	Pathet Lao North Vietnam	Southeast Asia
1954 Guatemalan coup d'état	June 18, 1954	June 27, 1954	Guatemalan rebel exiles United States	Guatemalan Government	Central America
First Taiwan Strait Crisis	September 3, 1954	May 1, 1955	Republic of China United States	People's Republic of China	Eastern Asia
Algerian War	November 1, 1954	March 19, 1962	France FAF OAS	FLN MNA PCA	North Africa
Vietnam War	November 1, 1955	April 30, 1975	South Vietnam United States South Korea Australia New Zealand Laos Cambodia Khmer Republic Thailand Philippines	North Vietnam Viet Cong and PRG Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge China Soviet Union North Korea	Southeast Asia
Poznań 1956 protests	June 28, 1956	June 30, 1956	Protesters	Polish People’s Republic Soviet Union	Central Europe
Hungarian Revolution of 1956	October 23, 1956	November 10, 1956	Hungary	Hungarian People’s Republic (Kádár) Soviet Union	Central Europe
Suez Crisis	October 29, 1956	November 7, 1956	Israel United Kingdom France	Egypt	North Africa
Ifni War	October 23, 1957	June 30, 1958	Spanish State France	Morocco	North Africa
14 July Revolution	July 14, 1958	July 14, 1958	Arab Federation Kingdom of Iraq	Free Officers	Western Asia
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis	August 23, 1958	October 6, 1958	Republic of China United States	People's Republic of China	Eastern Asia
1959 Mosul uprising	March 7, 1959	March 11, 1959	Arab nationalists Ba'ath Party Sympathetic Arab tribes Supported by: Egypt	Iraqi Government Communist Party Sympathetic Kurdish tribes	Western Asia
1959 Tibetan uprising	March 10, 1959	March 21, 1959	Tibetan and Khampa protesters and militants Chushi Gangdruk	People's Republic of China	Central Asia

Since 1960s


Conflict	Start date	End date	Western Bloc related	Eastern Bloc related	Region
1960 U-2 incident	May 1, 1960	May 1, 1960	United States	Soviet Union	Eastern Europe
Congo Crisis	June 30, 1960	November 25, 1965	Democratic Republic of the Congo United States Belgium Katanga South Kasai	Free Republic of the Congo Kwilu and Simba rebels	Central Africa
Guatemalan Civil War	November 13, 1960	December 19, 1996	Government of Guatemala Mano Blanca United States	PGT FAR URNG	Central America
Portuguese Colonial War	February 4, 1961	April 25, 1974	Portugal	MPLA FNLA UNITA FLEC PAIGC FRELIMO	Western/Southern Africa
Angolan War of Independence	February 4, 1961	January 15, 1975	Portugal South Africa	MPLA FNLA UNITA FLEC RDL	Southern Africa
Bay of Pigs Invasion	April 17, 1961	April 19, 1961	United States Cuban DRF	Cuba	Caribbean
Berlin Crisis of 1961	June 4, 1961	November 9, 1961	West Germany United States United Kingdom France	East Germany Soviet Union	Western Europe
Nicaraguan Revolution	July 23, 1961	April 25, 1990	Somoza regime Contras United States	FSLN Panama (1978-1979)	Central America
Eritrean War of Independence	September 1, 1961	May 29, 1991	Before 1974: Ethiopian Empire After 1974: ELF EPLF TPLF	Before 1974: ELF EPLF After 1974: PDR Ethiopia Soviet Union Cuba	Eastern Africa
Operation Trikora	December 19, 1961	August 15, 1962	Netherlands Dutch New Guinea	Indonesia Soviet Union	Southeast Asia
North Yemen Civil War	September 26, 1962	December 1, 1970	Kingdom of Yemen Saudi Arabia	Yemen Arab Republic Egypt	Western Asia
Cuban Missile Crisis	October 14, 1962	October 28, 1962	United States Italy Turkey	Soviet Union Cuba	Caribbean
Sino-Indian War	October 20, 1962	November 21, 1962	China	India	Southern Asia
Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation	January 20, 1963	August 11, 1966	Malaysia United Kingdom Brunei Australia New Zealand	Indonesia NKCP PRB	Southeast Asia
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence	January 23, 1963	September 11, 1974	Portugal	PAIGC Guinea (1970 only) Cuba	Western Africa
Ar-Rashid revolt	July 3, 1963	July 3, 1963	Iraqi Republic	Iraqi Army Iraqi Communist Party	Western Asia
1964 Brazilian coup d'état	March 31, 1964	April 1, 1964	Brazilian Armed Forces United States	Fourth Brazilian Republic	South America
Rhodesian Bush War	March 31, 1964	December 12, 1979	Southern Rhodesia (1964–1965) Rhodesia (1965–1979) Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979) South Africa	ZANU (ZANLA) FRELIMO ZAPU (ZIPRA) ANC (MK)	Southern Africa
Mexican Dirty War	December 1, 1964	December 1, 1982	Mexico United States	Left-wing groups People's Guerrilla Group Party of the Poor National Revolutionary Civic Association Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre National Liberation Forces Various other social and armed movements in the country	North America
Mozambican War of Independence	September 25, 1964	September 8, 1974	Portugal	FRELIMO	Eastern Africa
Colombian conflict	May 27, 1964	Present	Colombia	Far-Left Guerrillas FARC ELN EPL M-19 MOEC MAQL AUC Medellín Cartel	South America
Communist insurgency in Thailand	January 1, 1965	April 26, 1983	Thailand Republic of China (until 1967) Malaysia United States	Communist Party of Thailand Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge (until 1978) Malayan Communist Party	Southeast Asia
Dominican Civil War	April 24, 1965	September 3, 1965	United States IAPF	Dominican Republic	Caribbean
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965	August 15, 1965	September 23, 1965	Pakistan	India	Indian subcontinent
30 September Movement	September 30, 1965	October 1, 1965	Suharto-backed Armed Forces United States	Sukarno government Communist Party of Indonesia China	Southeast Asia
Indonesian killings of 1965–66	October 1, 1965	March 1966	Indonesia	PKI Gerwani Abangan atheists and Kafir ethnic Chinese	Southeast Asia
Cultural Revolution	May 16, 1966	October 6, 1976	Liu Shaoqi government	Mao Zedong government Red Guards	Eastern Asia
South African Border War	August 26, 1966	March 21, 1990	South Africa Portugal (until 1975) UNITA (from 1975) FNLA	SWAPO (PLAN) MPLA (FAPLA) Cuba SWANU ANC (MK) Zambia	Southern Africa
Ñancahuazú Guerrilla	November 3, 1966	October 9, 1967	Che Guevara guerillas	Bolivia United States	South America
Cambodian Civil War	March 11, 1967	April 17, 1975	Kingdom of Cambodia (1968–1970) Khmer Republic (1970–1975) United States South Vietnam	Khmer Rouge GRUNK (1970–1975) FUNK Khmer Rumdo North Vietnam Viet Cong	Southeast Asia
Six-Day War	June 5, 1967	June 10, 1967	Israel	Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq Saudi Arabia	Western Asia
War of Attrition	July 1, 1967	August 7, 1970	Israel	Egypt Soviet Union PLO Jordan Syria Cuba Kuwait	Western Asia
Communist Insurgency in Malaysia	June 17, 1968	December 2, 1989	Malaysia Singapore Thailand	Malayan Communist Party Malayan National Liberation Army North Kalimantan Communist Party Communist Party of Thailand (until 1983)	Southeast Asia
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia	August 20, 1968	August 21, 1968	Czechoslovakia	Warsaw Pact: Soviet Union Poland Bulgaria Hungary	Eastern Europe
Sino-Soviet border conflict	March 2, 1969	September 11, 1969	China	Soviet Union	Eastern Asia
1969 Sudanese coup d'état	May 25, 1969	May 25, 1969	SAF Free Officers Movement	Sudan	North Africa
Football War	July 14, 1969	July 18, 1969	El Salvador	Honduras	Central America
1969 Libyan coup d'état	September 1, 1969	September 1, 1969	Kingdom of Libya Cyrenaican Defence Force	Free Officers Movement	North Africa
1969 Somali coup d'état	October 21, 1969	October 21, 1969	Somali Republic	Supreme Revolutionary Council	Eastern Africa

Since 1970s


Conflict	Start date	End date	Western Bloc related	Eastern Bloc related	Region
Black September in Jordan	September 1, 1970	July 1971	PLO Syria Iranian guerillas: OIPFG MEK	Jordan Pakistan	Western Asia
First Quarter Storm	January 1970	March 1970	Government of Philippines	Moderate Opposition Movement of Concerned Citizens for Civil Liberties National Union of Students in the Philippines National Students League Young Christian Socialists Movement Various labor organizations Communist Party of the Philippines Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930	Southeast Asia
Bangladesh Liberation War	March 26, 1971	December 16, 1971	Pakistan	Provisional Government of Bangladesh India	Southern Asia
1973 Chilean coup d'état	September 11, 1973	September 11, 1973	Chilean Armed Forces Chilean Army Chilean Navy Chilean Air Force Carabineros de Chile United States	Chilean Government Popular Unity GAP MIR	South America
Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)	September 11, 1973	March 11, 1990	Military dictatorship of Chile Chilean Armed Forces Carabineros de Chile United States	Guerrillas: MIR FPMR MAPU Lautaro MIR-EGP-PL	South America
Yom Kippur War	October 6, 1973	October 25, 1973	Israel	Egypt Syria Supported by: Saudi Arabia Algeria Sudan Iraq Libya Kuwait Tunisia Cuba Jordan	Western Asia
Ethiopian Civil War	November 28, 1974	May 21, 1991	Ethiopian Empire EPRDF TPLF EPDM EPRP MEISON (from 1977) EDU OLF WSLF ALF SLF (1978–1984) ONLF Eritrean separatists: ELF (until 1981) EPLF	Derg (1974–1987) PDR Ethiopia (1987–1991) MEISON (until 1977)	Eastern Africa
Operation Independence	February 5, 1975	September 28, 1977	Argentina	ERP Montoneros	South America
Lebanese Civil War	April 13, 1975	October 13, 1990	Israel Lebanese Front Army of Free Lebanon South Lebanon Army Tigers Militia Lebanese Armed Forces UNIFIL	Lebanese National Movement Jammoul Lebanese Communist Party Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Lebanon PLO Syria (1976, 1983–1991) Amal Movement PNSF Arab Deterrent Force	Near East
Angolan Civil War	November 11, 1975	April 4, 2002	UNITA FNLA South Africa Zaire FLEC	MPLA Cuba SWAPO ANC Executive Outcomes FLNC Namibia	Southern Africa
Indonesian invasion of East Timor	December 7, 1975	July 17, 1976	Indonesia	East Timor FRETILIN (FALINTIL)	Southeast Asia
Operation Entebbe	July 4, 1976	July 4, 1976	Israel	PFLP-EO Revolutionary Cells Uganda	Western Africa
1976 Argentine coup d'état	March 24, 1976	March 24, 1976	Armed Forces United States	Government	South America
Insurgency in Aceh	December 4, 1976	August 15, 2005	Indonesia	Free Aceh Movement	Southeast Asia
Shaba I	March 8, 1977	May 26, 1977	Zaire Morocco Egypt France Belgium	Front for the National Liberation of the Congo	Central Africa
Mozambican Civil War	May 30, 1977	October 15, 1992	RENAMO PRM (merged with RENAMO in 1982) UNAMO FUMO Rhodesia South Africa	Mozambique (People's Republic until 1990) FRELIMO UNAMO ZANU Zimbabwe Tanzania Malawi	Southern Africa
1977 Seychelles coup d'état	June 4, 1977	June 5, 1977	SDP Government	SPUP Insurgents	East Africa
Operation Fair Play	July 5, 1977	July 5, 1977	Pakistan Army Pakistan National Alliance	Government Pakistan People’s Party	South Asia
Ogaden War	July 13, 1977	March 15, 1978	Somalia WSLF	Ethiopia Cuba Soviet Union South Yemen	Eastern Africa
Shaba II	May 11, 1978	June 1978	Zaire France Belgium Morocco United States	Front for the National Liberation of the Congo	Central Africa
Korean Air Lines Flight 902	April 20, 1978	April 20, 1978	South Korea	Soviet Union	Northern Europe
Cambodian–Vietnamese War	December 21, 1978	September 26, 1989	Democratic Kampuchea CGDK (1982–1990) Khmer Rouge KPNLF FUNCINPEC China Thailand	Vietnam FUNSK People's Republic of Kampuchea State of Cambodia	Southeast Asia
Iranian Revolution	January 16, 1979	February 1979	Imperial State of Iran	Revolution Council Interim Government	Southern Asia
Sino-Vietnamese War	February 17, 1979	March 16, 1979	China	Vietnam	Southeast Asia
Salvadoran Civil War	May 9, 1979	January 16, 1992	Salvadoran government United States	FMLN (CRM) FDR FPL (BLP, LP-28) RN (FAPU) PRTC (MLP) PCES	Central America
Soviet–Afghan War	December 24, 1979	February 15, 1989	Sunni Mujahideen Shia Mujahideen, Marxist-Leninist-Maoist rebels	Afghanistan Soviet Union	Central Asia

Since 1980s


Conflict	Start date	End date	Western Bloc related	Eastern Bloc related	Region
Internal conflict in Peru	May 17, 1980	1999/Present	Peru	Shining Path Militarized Communist Party of Peru Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement	South America
Iran–Iraq War	September 22, 1980	August 20, 1988	Iraq NCRI DRFLA	Iran KDP PUK Kurdish Mujahideen ISCI Islamic Dawa Party Hezbollah	Persian Gulf
Falklands War	April 2, 1982	June 14, 1982	United Kingdom	Argentina	South America
1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War	June 23, 1982	August 3, 1982	Somalia	Ethiopia SSDF	Eastern Africa
Korean Air Lines Flight 007	September 1, 1983	September 1, 1983	South Korea	Soviet Union	Eastern Asia
Invasion of Grenada	October 25, 1983	December 15, 1983	United States Caribbean Peace Force	Grenada	Caribbean
People Power Revolution	February 22, 1986	February 25, 1986	Opposition UNIDO	Government	Asia
1986 United States bombing of Libya	April 15, 1986	April 15, 1986	United States	Libya	North Africa
Brașov rebellion	November 15, 1987	November 15, 1987	Worker rebellion	Romania	Central Europe
8888 Uprising	March 12, 1988	September 21, 1988	Pro-democracy Opposition	Government Burma Socialist Programme Party Tatmadaw Burma Police Force	Asia
Afghan Civil War	February 15, 1989	April 27, 1992	Mujahideen	Afghanistan	Central Asia
Revolutions of 1989	March 9, 1989	April 27, 1992	Democratic Movement	Eastern Bloc and Dictatorship	Central/Eastern Europe
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989	April 15, 1989	June 4, 1989	Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation Beijing Workers' Autonomous Federation Pro-democracy protesters Other opposition	Government of China	Eastern Asia
Velvet Revolution	November 17, 1989	December 29, 1989	Opposition Civic Forum	Government	Central Europe
Mongolian Revolution of 1990	December 10, 1989	March 9, 1990	Protesters	Mongolian People's Republic Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party	Central Asia
United States invasion of Panama	December 20, 1989	January 31, 1990	United States Panamanian opposition	Panama	Central America
Romanian Revolution	December 16, 1989	December 25, 1989	Revolutionaries Anti-communists Communist Party dissidents National Salvation Front	Government Securitate Communist Party loyalists	Central Europe

Since 1990s


Conflict	Start date	End date	Western Bloc related	Eastern Bloc related	Region
Gulf War	August 2, 1990	February 28, 1991	Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia Egypt France	Iraq	Western Asia
Yugoslav Wars	March 31, 1991	November 12, 2001	Slovenia Croatia Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina NATO KLA UÇPMB	SFR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia Republic of Serbian Krajina Republika Srpska AP Western Bosnia	Eastern Europe
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt	August 19, 1991	August 21, 1991	All-Union Government of the USSR Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Supreme Soviet Council of Ministers	State Committee on the State of Emergency Taman Guards Kantemir Division Communist Party KGB	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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[1] The Fifty-Year War: Conflict and Strategy in the Cold War, Norman Friedman (1999) ISBN 978-1557502643

[2] The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times, Odd Arne Westad (2005) ISBN 978-0521853644