List of conflicts related to the Cold War
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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]
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Since 1944
Since 1950s
Since 1960s
Since 1970s
Since 1980s
Conflict | Start date | End date | Western Bloc related | Eastern Bloc related | Region |
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Internal conflict in Peru |
May 17, 1980 | 1999/Present | Peru | Shining Path Militarized Communist Party of Peru Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement |
South America |
Gwangju Uprising | May 18, 1980 | May 27, 1980 | South Korea | Demonstrators | Eastern Asia
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Iran–Iraq War | September 22, 1980 | August 20, 1988 | Iraq | Iran
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Persian Gulf |
Somali Civil War (first phase) | 1981/1988 | January 27, 1991 | SPM
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Somali Democratic Republic | Eastern Africa
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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
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Korean Air Lines Flight 007 | September 1, 1983 | September 1, 1983 | South Korea | Soviet Union | Eastern Asia
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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 | Government | Opposition | Southeast Asia |
1986 United States bombing of Libya | April 15, 1986 | April 15, 1986 | United States | Libya | North Africa |
1987–1989 JVP insurrection | April 15, 1987 | December 29, 1989 |
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Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
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South Asia |
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 | Southeast Asia |
Afghan Civil War | February 15, 1989 | April 27, 1992 | Mujahideen
Supported by: |
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
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Velvet Revolution | November 17, 1989 | December 29, 1989 | Opposition | Government
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Central Europe |
Mongolian Revolution of 1990 | December 10, 1989 | March 9, 1990 | Protesters | Mongolian People's Republic | 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
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Government
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Central Europe |
Since 1990s
Conflict | Start date | End date | Western Bloc related | Eastern Bloc related | Region |
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Gulf War | August 2, 1990 | February 28, 1991 | Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia Egypt France |
Iraq | Western Asia
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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 | State Committee on the State of Emergency
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Eastern Europe |
See also
- History of Communism(September 3, 1945 - December 31, 1992)
- List of wars 1945-1989
References
- ISBN 978-1557502643
- ISBN 978-0521853644
- ^ Farrell, Tom (March 12, 2014). "North Korea's role in Sri Lanka's bloody insurgencies". NK News. Archived from the original on February 20, 2017.