List of conflicts related to the Cold War explained

While the Cold War itself never escalated into direct confrontation, there were a number of conflicts and revolutions 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		Southern Europe
Anti-Communist resistance in Poland	1944	1947 (1963)	Cursed soldiers	Soviet Union	Central Europe
Insurgency in the Baltic States	1944	1953	Estonian partisans Latvian partisans Lithuanian partisans	Soviet Union	Northeastern Europe
			United Kingdom	Indonesia Supported by: United States India Japan Soviet Union	Southeast Asia
End of World War II
			French Indochina United Kingdom Japan	Viet Minh	Southeast Asia
				Tudeh Military Network Supported by:	Southern Asia
			Kingdom of Greece United Kingdom United States	Communist Party of Greece Provisional Democratic Government	Southern Europe
			United Kingdom	Albania	Southern Europe
Chinese Civil War (post-WWII)			Republic of China Kuomintang	Chinese Communist Party Inner Mongolian People's Republic (1945–1945)	Eastern Asia
			Philippines United States	Hukbalahap	Southeast Asia
			France State of Vietnam Kingdom of Laos Kingdom of Cambodia	Viet Minh Khmer Issarak Pathet Lao Japanese holdout Supported by: China	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
			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
				Communist Party of Burma (1948–1989) Communist Party (Burma) (1948–1978) Shan State Communist Party (1956–1958)	Southeast Asia
Jeju uprising	April 3, 1948	May, 1949	United States	Workers' Party of South Korea	Eastern Asia
Arab–Israeli conflict (from 1948 to 1991)		1982/Present	Israel Lebanese Front Army of Free Lebanon South Lebanon Army France United Kingdom United States	Lebanon Sudan Egypt (before 1978) Iraq	Western Asia
			Federation of Malaya United Kingdom Australia New Zealand	Malayan Communist Party	Southeast Asia
					Western Europe

Since 1950s

Conflict	Start date	End date	Western Bloc related	Eastern Bloc related	Region
			Civilians led by Ale Čović and Milan Božić	Yugoslav People's Army	Southeast Europe
			Yugoslav People's Army	Albania Albanian People's Army	Southeast Europe
				United States	China	Eastern Asia
				Free Officers Movement	North Africa
Plzeň uprising of 1953	May 31, 1952	June 2, 1952	Demonstrators		Central Europe
			Demonstrators		Eastern Europe
			Supported by:	26th of July Movement Student Revolutionary Directorate Second National Front of Escambray Popular Socialist Party	Caribbean
			House of Pahlavi United States United Kingdom	Government of Iran	Southern Asia
			United States Thailand	Pathet Lao	Southeast Asia
			Guatemalan rebel exiles United States	Guatemalan Government	Central America
			Republic of China United States	People's Republic of China	Eastern Asia
			France---- FAF OAS	FLN MNA PCA	North Africa
				Government of Argentina	Argentine Armed Forces	South America
			United States Australia New Zealand Cambodia Khmer Republic Thailand Philippines	Viet Cong and PRG Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge China	Southeast Asia
			Protesters	Polish People’s Republic	Central Europe
			Hungary	Hungarian People’s Republic (Kádár)	Central Europe
					North Africa
			France	Morocco	North Africa
			United States United States Air Force	Albania Albanian Air Force	Southeast Europe
				Free Officers	Western Asia
			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:	Iraqi Government Communist Party Sympathetic Kurdish tribes	Western Asia
			an and Khampa protesters and militants Chushi Gangdruk		Central Asia

Since 1960s

Conflict	Start date	End date	Western Bloc related	Eastern Bloc related	Region
			Albania	Soviet Union Supported by: Warsaw Pact:	Southeast Europe
			United States	Soviet Union	Eastern Europe
			1960–63: Supported by: Belgium France ----September 1960–63: Republic of the Congo Supported by: ONUC----1963–65: Democratic Republic of the Congo United States Belgium Supported by: ONUC	July–September 1960: Republic of the Congo Supported by: ONUC----December 1960–62: Free Republic of the Congo Supported by: ----1963–65: Kwilu and Simba rebels Supported by: China Cuba	Central Africa
			Government of Guatemala Mano Blanca United States	PGT FAR URNG	Central America
			Portugal		Western/Southern Africa
			Portugal South Africa	MPLA FNLA UNITA FLEC RDL	Southern Africa
			United States Cuban DRF	Cuba	Caribbean
			United States United Kingdom France	East Germany	Western Europe
			Somoza regime Contras United States	FSLN Panama (1978–1979)	Central America
			Before 1974: Ethiopian EmpireAfter 1974: ELF---- EPLF TPLF	Before 1974: ELF---- EPLF After 1974: PDR Ethiopia Cuba	Eastern Africa
				Indonesia	Southeast Asia
North Yemen Civil War	September 26, 1962	December 1, 1970	Kingdom of Yemen Saudi Arabia Supported by: United Kingdom Israel (alleged) Iran Pakistan	Egypt Supported by:	Western Asia
			United States Italy Turkey	Cuba	Caribbean
			China	India	Southern Asia
			Malaysia Singapore United Kingdom Australia New Zealand		Southeast Asia
			Portugal	PAIGC (1970 only)	Western Africa
Ar-Rashid revolt	July 3, 1963	July 3, 1963	Iraqi Republic	Iraqi Army Iraqi Communist Party	Western Asia
					South America
			(1964–1965) (1965–1979) (1979) South Africa	ZANU (ZANLA) FRELIMO---- ZAPU (ZIPRA) ANC (MK)	Southern Africa
				Left-wing groups People's Guerrilla Group Party of the Poor Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre National Liberation Forces Various other social and armed movements in the country	North America
			Portugal	FRELIMO	Eastern Africa
		Present		Far-Left Guerrillas FARC ELN EPL M-19 MOEC MAQL---- AUC----Medellín Cartel	South America
			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 Republic (Loyalist military government) United States IAPF	Dominican Republic (Constitutionalist)	Caribbean
			Pakistan	India	India Indian subcontinent
				Sukarno government---- Communist Party of Indonesia China	Southeast Asia
				PKI Gerwani Abangan atheists and Kafir ethnic Chinese	Southeast Asia
			Liu Shaoqi government		Eastern Asia
			South Africa---- Portugal UNITA FNLA	SWAPO (PLAN) MPLA (FAPLA) Cuba SWANU ANC (MK) Zambia	Southern Africa
			United States	National Liberation Army of Bolivia
			Brazil
			Kingdom of Cambodia (1968–1970) Khmer Republic (1970–1975) United States	Khmer Rouge GRUNK (1970–1975) FUNK Khmer Rumdo Viet Cong	Southeast Asia
				Egypt Syria Iraq Saudi Arabia	Western Asia
		^[3]		Biafra	West Africa
			Israel	PLO Syria	Western Asia
			Malaysia Singapore Thailand	Malayan Communist Party North Kalimantan Communist Party Communist Party of Thailand (until 1983)	Southeast Asia
				Warsaw Pact:	Eastern Europe
			China		Eastern Asia
1969 Sudanese coup d'état	May 25, 1969	May 25, 1969	Sudan	SAF Free Officers Movement	North Africa
			El Salvador		Central America
			Kingdom of Libya Cyrenaican Defence Force	Free Officers Movement	North Africa
				Supreme Revolutionary Council	Eastern Africa

Since 1970s

Conflict	Start date	End date	Western Bloc related	Eastern Bloc related	Region
				PLO Syria Iranian guerillas: OIPFG MEK	Western Asia
			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
			Pakistan Supported by: United States United Kingdom France China Jordan Saudi Arabia Libya	Provisional Government of Bangladesh India Supported by:	South Asia
			Sri Lankan Coalition SLFP CCP (Pro-Soviet) LSSP	JVP	South Asia
			Pakistan Supported by: United States United Kingdom China Jordan Saudi Arabia Libya	Provisional Government of Bangladesh India Supported by: Israel	South Asia
			PakistanSupported by: Iran United States	Baloch separatists Supported by: India Iraq (from 1974)	South Asia
			Chilean Armed Forces Chilean Army Chilean Navy Chilean Air Force Carabineros de Chile	Chilean Government Popular Unity GAP MIR	South America
			Military dictatorship of Chile Chilean Armed Forces Carabineros de Chile United States	Guerrillas: MIR FPMR MAPU Lautaro MIR-EGP-PL	South America
			Supported by: United States	Egypt Expeditionary forces: Saudi Arabia Algeria Jordan Sudan Iraq Libya Kuwait Tunisia Morocco Cuba Supported by: Pakistan Lebanon	Western Asia
				Portuguese Rebels	Western Europe
			TPLF EPDM EPRP MEISON (from 1977) EDU OLF WSLF ALF ONLF Eritrean separatists: ELF (until 1981) EPLF Supported by: Libya Somalia Iraq Saudi Arabia	Derg (1974–1987) PDR Ethiopia (1987–1991) MEISON (until 1977) Supported by: (1974–1990) (1974–1990) (1974–1990) Israel (from 1990)	Eastern Africa
				ERP Montoneros	South America
				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
			UNITA FNLA South Africa ---- FLEC	MPLA Cuba Brazil SWAPO ANC Executive Outcomes FLNC Namibia	Southern Africa
			Indonesia	East Timor FRETILIN (FALINTIL)	Southeast Asia
			Israel Supported by: Kenya	PFLP-EO Revolutionary Cells Uganda	Western Africa
			Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic Army Navy Air Force	Government of Argentina Justicialist Party	South America
			Muslim Brotherhood Pro-Iraqi Ba'athists Supported by: Iraq (1980–1982) Jordan	Syrian government Ba'ath Party Supported by:	Western Asia
			Indonesia Supported by: United States	Free Aceh Movement Supported by:	Southeast Asia
			Morocco Egypt France Belgium	Front for the National Liberation of the Congo	Central Africa
			RENAMO PRM FUMO South Africa	Mozambique (People's Republic until 1990) FRELIMO UNAMO (after 1988)	Southern Africa
1977 Seychelles coup d'état	June 4, 1977	June 5, 1977	SDP Government	SPUP Insurgents	East Africa
			Pakistan Army Pakistan National Alliance	Government Pakistan People’s Party	South Asia
			Somalia WSLF	Ethiopia Cuba	Eastern Africa
			Egypt	Libya	North Africa
			France Belgium Morocco United States		Central Africa
				Soviet Union	Northern Europe
			Uganda		Eastern Africa
			Democratic Kampuchea (1982–1990) Khmer Rouge KPNLF	FUNSK	Southeast Asia
					Southern Asia
			China	Supported by:	Southeast Asia
			Salvadoran government United States	FMLN (CRM) FDR FPL (BLP, LP-28) RN (FAPU) PRTC (MLP) PCES	Central America
			Sunni Mujahideen Supported by: Pakistan Saudi Arabia United States United Kingdom China Egypt Israel---- Shia Mujahideen Supported by: ----Marxist-Leninist-Maoist rebels	Afghanistan	Central Asia

Since 1980s

Conflict	Start date	End date	Western Bloc related	Eastern Bloc related	Region
		1999/Present		Shining Path Militarized Communist Party of Peru Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement	South America
			South Korea	Demonstrators	Eastern Asia
			NCRI DRFLA	KDP PUK Kurdish Mujahideen ISCI Islamic Dawa Party Hezbollah	Persian Gulf
Somali Civil War (first phase)	1981/1988		USC SNM SSDF SPM	Somali Democratic Republic SNA	Eastern Africa
					Argentina	South America
			Somalia	Ethiopia SSDF	Eastern Africa
			South Korea		Eastern Asia
			United States Caribbean Peace Force	Grenada	Caribbean
			Government	Opposition UNIDO	Southeast Asia
			United States		North Africa
			Sri Lanka India Special training: United Kingdom Arms suppliers: France Israel ---- Pro-government paramilitaries: Eagles of the Central Hills Black Cats ...and others Anti-JVP leftist militias: People's Revolutionary Red Army Vikalpa Kandayama	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya Patriotic People's Armed Troops Supported by: Iraq ^[4] Cuba Multiple Tamil militant organizations	South Asia
Brașov rebellion	November 15, 1987	November 15, 1987	Worker rebellion	Romania	Central Europe
			Pro-democracy Opposition	Government Burma Socialist Programme Party Tatmadaw Burma Police Force	Southeast Asia
Afghan Civil War	February 15, 1989	April 27, 1992	Mujahideen Supported by: Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence United States Saudi Arabia Iran United Kingdom	Afghanistan	Central Asia
			Democratic Movement	Eastern Bloc and Dictatorship	Central/Eastern Europe
			Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation Beijing Workers' Autonomous Federation Pro-democracy protesters Other opposition	Government of China	Eastern Asia
			Opposition Civic Forum	Government	Central Europe
			Protesters	Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party	Central Asia
United States invasion of Panama			United States Panamanian opposition	Panama	Central America
			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
				Iraq	Western Asia
	March 31, 1991		Slovenia Croatia KLA UÇPMB	FR Yugoslavia Republika Srpska AP Western Bosnia	Eastern Europe
	August 19, 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

See also

• History of Communism (September 3, 1945 - December 31, 1992)

• List of wars 1945-1989

Notes and References

1. The Fifty-Year War: Conflict and Strategy in the Cold War, Norman Friedman (1999)
2. The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times, Odd Arne Westad (2005)
3. https://www.cipdh.gob.ar/memorias-situadas/en/lugar-de-memoria/biafran-war-memories/#:~:text=The%20Nigerian%20Civil%20War%2C%20also,the%20name%20of%20Biafra%20Republic.
4. News: North Korea's role in Sri Lanka's bloody insurgencies. Farrell. Tom. March 12, 2014. NK News. https://web.archive.org/web/20170220171515/https://www.nknews.org/2014/03/north-koreas-role-in-sri-lankas-bloody-insurgencies/. February 20, 2017. live.