List of wars 1945–1989

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1945–1949

Start Finish Name of Conflict Location(s) Fatalities
August 1945 August 23, 1949 Indonesian National Revolution Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 70,000 - 200,000[1]
December 1946 August 1, 1954 Vietnamese War of Independence French Indochina ~394,591
March 1947 August 11, 1947 Paraguayan Civil War Flag of Paraguay Paraguay unknown
October 1947 December 31, 1948 Indo-Pakistani War of 1947  India and  Pakistan 3,288
November 1947 May 14, 1948 Palestinian Civil War British Palestine ~4,200
May 1948 June 20, 1949 1948 Arab-Israeli War Flag of Israel Israel 12,000 - 19,000
March 1948 April 24, 1948 Costa Rican Civil War Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica 2,000
April 1948 Ongoing Kayin State Conflict Kayin and Flag of Burma Burma ~7,000
June 1948 July 12, 1960 Malayan Emergency  Malaya,  Singapore, and  Vietnam 11,053

1950–1959

Start Finish War Location Death toll
June 1950 July 27, 1953 Korean War Flag of North Korea North Korea and Flag of South Korea South Korea ~2,670,172
October 1950 March 10, 1951 PLA Invasion of Tibet Flag of Tibet Tibet ~85,000
May 1952 November 18, 1956 Tunisian War of Independence Flag of Tunisia Tunisia unknown
June 1952 January 11, 1960 Mau Mau Uprising Flag of Kenya Kenya 11,138 - 61,185
July 1953 January 1, 1959 Cuban Revolution Flag of Cuba Cuba unknown
November 1954 March 19, 1962 Algerian War of Independence Flag of Algeria Algeria ~169,000
August 1955 March 29, 1972 First Sudanese Civil War Flag of Sudan Sudan ~500,000
October 1956 November 10, 1956 Hungarian Uprising Flag of Hungary Hungary 3,222
October 1956 March 22, 1957 Sinai Campaign Flag of Egypt Egypt 913
January 1959 April 30, 1975 Vietnam War Flag of Vietnam Vietnam 5,100,000

1960–1969

Start Finish War Location Death toll
June 1960 November 22, 1965 Congo Crisis Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo unknown
November 1960 January 7, 1996 Guatemalan Civil War Flag of Guatemala Guatemala unknown
April 1961 April 19, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion Flag of Cuba Cuba 291 - 1,480
September 1961 May 29, 1991 Eritrean War of Independence Flag of Eritrea Eritrea 230,000 - 655,000
November 1961 August 11, 1974 Portuguese Colonial War Flag of Angola Angola, Flag of Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau, and Flag of Mozambique Mozambique ~140,790
December 1961 October 3, 1964 Tuareg Rebellion of Mali Flag of Mali Mali unknown
December 1961 December 19, 1961 Invasion of Goa Flag of India India 37 - 52
August 1962 May 15, 1975 Laotian Civil War Flag of Laos Laos ~1,200
September 1962 February 20, 1970 Yemen Civil War Flag of Yemen Yemen 100,000
October 1962 November 21, 1962 Sino-Indian War Flag of India India and Flag of the People's Republic of China China ~4,588
December 1962 May 28, 1966 Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation Flag of Indonesia Indonesia and Flag of Malaysia Malaysia unknown
December 1962 July 2, 1975 Dhofar Rebellion Flag of Oman Oman ~500
January 1963 October 17, 1967 Shifta War Flag of Kenya Kenya unknown
October 1963 October 12, 1963 Sand War Flag of Algeria Algeria and Flag of Morocco Morocco unknown
July 1964 April 24, 1979 Rhodesian Bush War Flag of Rhodesia Rhodesia ~30,000
August 1964 Ongoing Colombian Armed Conflict Flag of Colombia Colombia ~3,000,000
April 1965 September 15, 1966 Operation Power Pack Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic ~3,533
August 1965 September 21, 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Flag of India India and Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 11,064 - 15,064
December 1965 April 1, 1989 South African Border War Flag of NamibiaNamibia and Flag of Angola Angola unknown
March 1966 May 4, 1988 Namibian War of Independence Flag of Namibia Namibia unknown
February 1967 December 2, 1989 Communist Insurgency War Flag of Malaysia Malaysia unknown
June 1967 June 10, 1967 Six-Day War  Israel,  Egypt,  Jordan, and  Syria ~21,779
June 1967 April 1, 1975 Cambodian Civil War Flag of CambodiaCambodia and Khmer Republic ~600,000
July 1967 January 13, 1970 Nigerian Civil War Flag of Nigeria Nigeria ~1,200,000
October 1967 October 2, 1967 Chola incident Flag of India India unknown
June 1968 Ongoing The Troubles Flag of Ireland Ireland and Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ~4,050
January 1968 August 21, 1968 Prague Spring Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia unknown
June 1968 August 7, 1970 War of Attrition Flag of Israel Israel ~6,554
July 1969 Ongoing Communist and Islamic insurgency in the Philippines Flag of the Philippines Philippines ~160,000+
July 1969 July 18, 1969 100 Hours War Flag of El Salvador El Salvador and Flag of Honduras Honduras 1,900
March 1969 September 11, 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict Flag of the People's Republic of China China and Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union ~858

1970–1979

Start Finish War Location Death toll
March 1971 December 16, 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh ~74,000
December 1971 December 16, 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971  Pakistan and  India ~100,000
October 1973 October 26, 1973 Yom Kippur War  Egypt,  Israel, and  Syria ~11,184 - 17,656
May 1973 September 6, 1991 Western Sahara War  Morocco unknown
November 1973 November 17, 1973 Athens Polytechnic uprising  Greece 24
July 1974 August 20, 1974 Turkish Invasion of Cyprus  Cyprus ~1,000
November 1974 September 21, 2002 Angolan Civil War  Angola ~800,000
March 1975 April 25, 1991 Ethiopian Civil War  Ethiopia ~250,000
March 1975 May 19, 1991 Lebanese Civil War  Lebanon ~80,000
May 1975 December 8, 1989 Cambodian–Vietnamese War  Cambodia and  Vietnam ~50,000
August 1975 1975 The Secret War  Laos 2,000 - 3,000
December 1975 December 12, 1978 Invasion of East Timor Flag of East Timor East Timor ~150,000
July 1976 December 15, 1983 Dirty War  Argentina ~25,000
December 1976 August 15, 2005 Insurgency in Aceh  Indonesia and  Aceh ~10,000
April 1977 October 25, 2002 Mozambican Civil War  Mozambique ~900,000
July 1977 July 24, 1977 Libyan-Egyptian War  Libya and  Egypt unknown
July 1977 March 15, 1978 Ogaden War  Ethiopia,  Somalia, and  Yemen ~32,000
March 1978 March 14, 1978 Southern Lebanon conflict  Lebanon ~2,000
October 1978 April 11, 1979 Uganda–Tanzania War  Libya,  Tanzania, and  Uganda unknown
December 1978 January 6, 1987 Chadian–Libyan conflict  Libya and  Chad 2,000 - 5,000
February 1979 March 16, 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War  China and  Vietnam ~122,000
February 1979 June 7, 1982 First Civil War of Chad  Chad ~10,000
December 1979 February 15, 1989 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan  Afghanistan ~1,015,000

1980 - 1989

Start Finish War Location Death toll
May 1980 November 16, 1992 Salvadoran Civil War  El Salvador ~75,000
May 1980 October 13, 2000 Internal Conflict in Peru  Peru ~70,000
September 1980 August 20, 1988 Iran–Iraq War  Iran and  Iraq ~1,300,000
January 1981 February 24, 1981 Paquisha War  Peru and  Ecuador unknown
February 1981 July 27, 1986 Luwero War  Uganda unknown
April 1982 June 14, 1982 War of the South Atlantic  Falkland Islands ~900
June 1982 September 30, 1982 Israeli Invasion of Lebanon  Lebanon ~10,000
June 1982 August 6, 1982 Ethiopian-Somalian Border War  Somalia unknown
October 1983 December 15, 1983 Invasion of Grenada  Grenada 89
1983 Ongoing Sri Lankan Civil War Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka ~70,000
1983 2005 Second Sudanese Civil War  Sudan ~1,000,000
1984 Ongoing Kurdish insurgency in Turkey  Turkey and  Kurdistan unknown
1984 1984 Siachin War  Pakistan and  India unknown
1985 1985 Agacher Strip War  Mali and  Burkina Faso 187
1987 1993 First Intifada  Israel and  Palestine 2,162
1987 1988 Thai–Laotian Border War  Thailand and  Laos ~1,000
1987 Ongoing Second Ugandan Civil War  Uganda unknown
1988 2006 Somali Civil War  Somalia 300,000 - 400,000
1988 1994 Nagorno-Karabakh war  Armenia and  Azerbaijan ~36,000
1989 1991 Mauritania-Senegal Border War  Mauritania and  Senegal ~500
1989 1990 U.S. Invasion of Panama  Panama ~5,000
1989 2001 First Afghan Civil War  Afghanistan ~100,000
1989 1989 Romanian Revolution  Romania 1,104
1989 1996 First Liberian Civil War  Liberia unknown
1989 2006 Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir  India ~60,000

References

  1. ^ Vickers, Adrian (2005). A History of Modern Indonesia. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 85–112. ISBN 0-521-54262-2.