This is a list of proxy wars. Major powers have been highlighted in bold. A proxy war is defined as "a war fought between groups of smaller countries that each represent the interests of other larger powers, and may have help and support from these".
War | Dates | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | |
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Sicilian Expedition | 415–413 BC | AthensIn support of:SegestaSupported by:Delian League | SpartaCorinthIn support of:SyracuseSupported by:Peloponnesian League | Spartan-Corinthian-Syracusian victory | |
Egyptian–Ottoman War | 1839–1841 | Egypt-aligned powers: Egypt France Spain | Allied powers: British Empire Austrian Empire Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia Ottoman Empire | Compromise | |
Uruguayan Civil War | 1839–1851 | Colorados Unitarian Party Italian Legion France | Blancos | Colorado victory | |
First Samoan Civil War | 1886–1894 | Tamasese German Empire | Mata'afansSupported by: United States | Stalemate | |
Second Samoan Civil War | 1898–1899 | Mata'afans German Empire | Samoa United Kingdom United States | Stalemate | |
Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903 | 1902–1903 | United Kingdom [1] Italy ----Supported by: Spain Mexico Belgium Netherlands | Venezuela ----Supported by: Argentina | Compromise | |
Somaliland campaign | 1910–1920 | Dervish State----Supported by: (1913–1916) | [2] ----Supported by: Sultanate of Hobyo | Collapse of the Dervish State |
War | Dates | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | |
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Finnish Civil War | 1918[3] [4] | FinlandWhite Guard----Supported by: | Red Guards----Supported by: | Finnish Whites victory | |
Revolutions and interventions in Hungary | 1918–1920 | Kingdom of Romania France Kingdom of Hungary | Hungarian Democratic Republic Hungarian Republic of Councils Slovak Soviet Republic----Supported by: Russian SFSR[5] [6] | Hungarian defeat | |
Turkish War of Independence | 1919–1923 | [7] [8] Istanbul Government[9] [10] | Ankara Government----Supported by: [11] (alleged) | Turkish victory[12] [13] [14] | |
Chinese Civil War | 1927–1937, 1945–1950[15] [16] | KMT NRA----Supported by: (1929–33) (1933–37) | CPC PLA----Supported by: | Communist victory on the mainland and then diplomatic field in 1971, Taiwan Strait stalemate | |
Chaco War | 1932–1935 | ----Supported by: Standard Oil (alleged)[17] | ----Supported by: [18] [19] [20] [21] Royal Dutch Shell (alleged) | Paraguayan victory | |
Spanish Civil War | 1936–1939[22] [23] | Nationalists----Supported by: Nazi Germany | Republicans----Supported by: Soviet Union Mexico[24] | Nationalist victory |
See main article: List of conflicts related to the Cold War.