around the globe, spanning the entirety of the period usually prescribed to it (1947–1991).
Conflict
|
Start date
|
End date
|
Location
|
Region
|
War in Vietnam (1945–46)
|
01945-09-13-0000September 13, 1945
|
01946-03-30-0000March 30, 1946
|
French Indochina
|
Southeast Asia
|
Iran crisis of 1946
|
01945-11-15-0000November 15, 1945
|
01946-11-15-0000November 15, 1946
|
Iran
|
Southern Asia
|
Greek Civil War
|
01946-03-30-0000March 30, 1946
|
01949-10-16-0000October 16, 1949
|
Kingdom of Greece
|
Southern Europe
|
Corfu Channel incident
|
01946-05-15-0000May 15, 1946
|
01946-11-13-0000November 13, 1946
|
Straits of Corfu
|
Southern Europe
|
Hukbalahap Rebellion
|
01946-07-04-0000July 4, 1946
|
01954-05-17-0000May 17, 1954
|
Philippines
|
Southeast Asia
|
First Indochina War
|
01946-12-19-0000December 19, 1946
|
01954-08-01-0000August 1, 1954
|
French Indochina
|
Southeast Asia
|
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état
|
01948-02-20-0000February 20, 1948
|
01948-02-25-0000February 25, 1948
|
Czechoslovakia
|
Central Europe
|
Malayan Emergency
|
01948-06-16-0000June 16, 1948
|
01960-07-12-0000July 12, 1960
|
Federation of Malaya
|
Southeast Asia
|
Berlin Blockade
|
01948-06-24-0000June 24, 1948
|
01949-05-12-0000May 12, 1949
|
Allied-occupied Germany
|
Western Europe
|
Korean War
|
01950-06-25-0000June 25, 1950
|
01953-07-27-0000July 27, 1953
|
North Korea
South Korea
|
Eastern Asia
|
Egyptian Revolution of 1952
|
01952-07-22-0000July 22, 1952
|
01952-07-26-0000July 26, 1952
|
Kingdom of Egypt
|
North Africa
|
Uprising of 1953 in East Germany
|
01953-06-16-0000June 16, 1953
|
01953-06-17-0000June 17, 1953
|
East Germany
|
Western Europe
|
Cuban Revolution
|
01953-07-26-0000July 26, 1953
|
01959-01-01-0000January 1, 1959
|
Cuba
|
Caribbean
|
1953 Iranian coup d'état
|
01953-08-15-0000August 15, 1953
|
01953-08-20-0000August 20, 1953
|
Iran
|
Southern Asia
|
Laotian Civil War
|
01953-11-09-0000November 9, 1953
|
01975-12-02-0000December 2, 1975
|
Kingdom of Laos
|
Southeast Asia
|
1954 Guatemalan coup d'état
|
01954-06-18-0000June 18, 1954
|
01954-06-27-0000June 27, 1954
|
Guatemala
|
Central America
|
First Taiwan Strait Crisis
|
01954-09-03-0000September 3, 1954
|
01955-05-01-0000May 1, 1955
|
Taiwan Strait
|
Eastern Asia
|
Vietnam War
|
01955-11-01-0000November 1, 1955
|
01975-04-30-0000April 30, 1975
|
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
|
Southeast Asia
|
Poznań 1956 protests
|
01956-06-28-0000June 28, 1956
|
01956-06-30-0000June 30, 1956
|
Polish People's Republic
|
Central Europe
|
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
|
01956-10-23-0000October 23, 1956
|
01956-11-10-0000November 10, 1956
|
Hungarian People's Republic
|
Central Europe
|
Suez Crisis
|
01956-10-29-0000October 29, 1956
|
01956-11-07-0000November 7, 1956
|
Egypt
|
North Africa
|
14 July Revolution
|
01958-07-14-0000July 14, 1958
|
01958-07-14-0000July 14, 1958
|
Arab Federation
|
Western Asia
|
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
|
01958-08-23-0000August 23, 1958
|
01958-10-06-0000October 6, 1958
|
Taiwan Strait
|
Eastern Asia
|
1959 Tibetan uprising
|
01959-03-10-0000March 10, 1959
|
01959-03-21-0000March 21, 1959
|
Tibet
|
Central Asia
|
1960 U-2 incident
|
01960-05-01-0000May 1, 1960
|
01960-05-01-0000May 1, 1960
|
Soviet Union
|
Eastern Europe
|
Congo Crisis
|
01960-06-30-0000June 30, 1960
|
01965-11-25-0000November 25, 1965
|
Congo
|
Central Africa
|
Angolan War of Independence
|
01961-02-04-0000February 4, 1961
|
01975-01-15-0000January 15, 1975
|
Portuguese Angola
|
Southern Africa
|
Bay of Pigs Invasion
|
01961-04-17-0000April 17, 1961
|
01961-04-19-0000April 19, 1961
|
Cuba
|
Caribbean
|
Berlin Crisis of 1961
|
01961-06-04-0000June 4, 1961
|
01961-11-09-0000November 9, 1961
|
East Germany
|
Western Europe
|
Nicaraguan Revolution
|
01961-07-23-0000July 23, 1961
|
01990-04-25-0000April 25, 1990
|
Nicaragua
|
Central America
|
Cuban missile crisis
|
01962-10-14-0000October 14, 1962
|
01962-10-28-0000October 28, 1962
|
Cuba
|
Caribbean
|
Sino-Indian War
|
01962-10-20-0000October 20, 1962
|
01962-11-21-0000November 21, 1962
|
China/India border
|
Southern Asia
|
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
|
01963-01-23-0000January 23, 1963
|
01974-09-11-0000September 11, 1974
|
Portuguese Guinea
|
Western Africa
|
1964 Brazilian coup d'état
|
01964-07-04-0000July 4, 1964
|
01964-04-01-0000April 1, 1964
|
Brazil
|
South America
|
Rhodesian Bush War
|
01964-03-31-0000March 31, 1964
|
01979-12-12-0000December 12, 1979
|
Southern Rhodesia
|
Southern Africa
|
Mozambican War of Independence
|
01964-09-25-0000September 25, 1964
|
01974-09-08-0000September 8, 1974
|
Portuguese Mozambique
|
Eastern Africa
|
Dominican Civil War
|
01965-04-24-0000April 24, 1965
|
01965-09-03-0000September 3, 1965
|
Dominican Republic
|
Caribbean
|
United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–66)
|
01965-04-28-0000April 28, 1965
|
01966-07-01-0000July 1, 1966
|
Dominican Republic
|
Caribbean
|
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
|
01965-08-15-0000August 15, 1965
|
01965-09-23-0000September 23, 1965
|
Kashmir
|
Indian subcontinent
|
30 September Movement
|
01965-09-30-0000September 30, 1965
|
01965-10-01-0000October 1, 1965
|
Indonesia
|
Southeast Asia
|
Indonesian killings of 1965–66
|
01965-10-01-0000October 1, 1965
|
01966-03-01-0000March 1966
|
Indonesia
|
Southeast Asia
|
South African Border War
|
01966-08-26-0000August 26, 1966
|
01990-03-21-0000March 21, 1990
|
Namibia and Angola
|
Southern Africa
|
Namibian War of Independence
|
01966-08-26-0000August 26, 1966
|
01990-03-21-0000March 21, 1990
|
Namibia
|
Southern Africa
|
Greek military junta of 1967–74
|
01967-04-21-0000April 21, 1967
|
01974-07-23-0000July 23, 1974
|
Greece
|
Southern Europe
|
Six-Day War
|
01967-06-05-0000June 5, 1967
|
01967-06-10-0000June 10, 1967
|
Egypt, Jordan, and Syria
|
Western Asia
|
War of Attrition
|
01967-07-01-0000July 1, 1967
|
01970-08-07-0000August 7, 1970
|
Sinai Peninsula
|
Western Asia
|
Communist Insurgency War
|
01968-06-17-0000June 17, 1968
|
01989-12-02-0000December 2, 1989
|
Malaysia
|
Southeast Asia
|
Sino-Soviet border conflict
|
01969-03-02-0000March 2, 1969
|
01969-09-11-0000September 11, 1969
|
China/Soviet Union border
|
Eastern Asia
|
1969 Libyan coup d'état
|
01969-09-01-0000September 1, 1969
|
01969-09-01-0000September 1, 1969
|
Libya
|
North Africa
|
Black September in Jordan
|
01970-09-01-0000September 1, 1970
|
01971-07-01-0000July 1971
|
Jordan
|
Western Asia
|
Cambodian Civil War
|
01970-10-09-0000October 9, 1970
|
01975-04-17-0000April 17, 1975
|
Cambodia
|
Southeast Asia
|
Bangladesh Liberation War
|
01971-03-26-0000March 26, 1971
|
01971-12-16-0000December 16, 1971
|
Bangladesh
|
Southern Asia
|
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
|
01971-12-03-0000December 3, 1971
|
01971-12-16-0000December 16, 1971
|
Bangladesh and Pakistan
|
Southern Asia
|
1973 Chilean coup d'état
|
01973-09-11-0000September 11, 1973
|
01973-09-11-0000September 11, 1973
|
Chile
|
South America
|
Yom Kippur War
|
01973-10-06-0000October 6, 1973
|
01973-10-25-0000October 25, 1973
|
Egypt and Syria
|
Western Asia
|
Carnation Revolution
|
01974-04-25-0000April 25, 1974
|
01974-04-25-0000April 25, 1974
|
Portugal
|
Southern Europe
|
Ethiopian Civil War
|
01974-11-28-0000November 28, 1974
|
01991-05-21-0000May 21, 1991
|
Ethiopia
|
Eastern Africa
|
Cambodian–Vietnamese War
|
01975-05-01-0000May 1, 1975
|
01989-09-26-0000September 26, 1989
|
Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand
|
Southeast Asia
|
Lebanese Civil War
|
01975-04-13-0000April 13, 1975
|
01990-10-13-0000October 13, 1990
|
Lebanon
|
Near East
|
Angolan Civil War
|
01975-11-11-0000November 11, 1975
|
02002-04-04-0000April 4, 2002
|
Angola
|
Southern Africa
|
Indonesian invasion of East Timor
|
01975-12-07-0000December 7, 1975
|
01976-07-17-0000July 17, 1976
|
East Timor
|
Southeast Asia
|
Operation Entebbe
|
01976-07-04-0000July 4, 1976
|
01976-07-04-0000July 4, 1976
|
Uganda
|
Western Africa
|
1976 Argentine coup d'état
|
01976-03-24-0000March 24, 1976
|
01976-03-24-0000March 24, 1976
|
Argentina
|
South America
|
Mozambican Civil War
|
01977-05-30-0000May 30, 1977
|
01992-10-15-0000October 15, 1992
|
Mozambique
|
Southern Africa
|
Ethio-Somali War
|
01977-07-13-0000July 13, 1977
|
01978-03-15-0000March 15, 1978
|
Ethiopia
|
Eastern Africa
|
Korean Air Lines Flight 902
|
01978-04-20-0000April 20, 1978
|
01978-04-20-0000April 20, 1978
|
Soviet Union
|
Eastern Europe
|
Iranian Revolution
|
01979-01-16-0000January 16, 1979
|
01979-02-01-0000February 1979
|
Iran
|
Southern Asia
|
Sino-Vietnamese War
|
01979-02-17-0000February 17, 1979
|
01979-03-16-0000March 16, 1979
|
China/Vietnam border
|
Southeast Asia
|
Salvadoran Civil War
|
01979-05-09-0000May 9, 1979
|
01992-01-16-0000January 16, 1992
|
El Salvador
|
Central America
|
Soviet war in Afghanistan
|
01979-12-24-0000December 24, 1979
|
01989-02-15-0000February 15, 1989
|
Afghanistan
|
Central Asia
|
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
|
01983-09-01-0000September 1, 1983
|
01983-09-01-0000September 1, 1983
|
Soviet Union
|
Eastern Asia
|
Falklands War
|
01982-04-02-0000April 2, 1982
|
01982-06-14-0000June 14, 1982
|
Falkland Islands,South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
|
Atlantic Ocean
|
Invasion of Grenada
|
01983-10-25-0000October 25, 1983
|
01983-12-15-0000December 15, 1983
|
Grenada
|
Caribbean
|
People Power Revolution
|
01986-02-22-0000February 22, 1986
|
01986-02-25-0000February 25, 1986
|
Philippines
|
Asia
|
1986 United States bombing of Libya
|
01986-04-15-0000April 15, 1986
|
01986-04-15-0000April 15, 1986
|
Libya
|
North Africa
|
8888 Uprising
|
01988-03-12-0000March 12, 1988
|
01988-09-21-0000September 21, 1988
|
Burma
|
Asia
|
United States invasion of Panama
|
01989-12-20-0000December 20, 1989
|
01990-01-31-0000January 31, 1990
|
Panama
|
Central America
|
Revolutions of 1989
|
01989-03-09-0000March 9, 1989
|
01992-04-27-0000April 27, 1992
|
Various
|
Central/Eastern Europe
|
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
|
01989-04-15-0000April 15, 1989
|
01989-06-04-0000June 4, 1989
|
China
|
Eastern Asia
|
Velvet Revolution
|
01989-11-17-0000November 17, 1989
|
01989-12-29-0000December 29, 1989
|
Czechoslovakia
|
Central Europe
|
1990 Democratic Revolution in Mongolia
|
01989-12-10-0000December 10, 1989
|
01990-03-09-0000March 9, 1990
|
Mongolia
|
Central Asia
|
Romanian Revolution
|
01989-12-16-0000December 16, 1989
|
01989-12-25-0000December 25, 1989
|
Romania
|
Central Europe
|
Gulf War
|
01990-08-02-0000August 2, 1990
|
01991-02-28-0000February 28, 1991
|
Iraq
|
Western Asia
|
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt
|
01991-08-19-0000August 19, 1991
|
01991-08-21-0000August 21, 1991
|
Soviet Union
|
Eastern Europe
|
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