List of conflicts related to the Cold War

While the Cold War itself never escalated into direct confrontation, there were a number of conflicts related to the Cold War around the globe, spanning the entirety of the period usually prescribed to it (1947–1991).

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Conflict	Start date	End date	Location	Region
War in Vietnam (1945–46)	September 13, 1945	March 30, 1946	French Indochina	Southeast Asia
Iran crisis of 1946	November 15, 1945	December 15, 1946	Iran	Southern Asia
Greek Civil War	March 30, 1946	October 16, 1949	Kingdom of Greece	Southern Europe
Corfu Channel incident	May 15, 1946	November 13, 1946	Straits of Corfu	Southern Europe
Hukbalahap Rebellion	July 4, 1946	May 17, 1954	Philippines	Southeast Asia
First Indochina War	December 19, 1946	August 1, 1954	French Indochina	Southeast Asia
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état	February 20, 1948	February 25, 1948	Czechoslovakia	Central Europe
Malayan Emergency	June 16, 1948	July 12, 1960	Federation of Malaya	Southeast Asia
Berlin Blockade	June 24, 1948	May 12, 1949	Allied-occupied Germany	Western Europe
Korean War	June 25, 1950	July 27, 1953	North Korea South Korea	Eastern Asia
Egyptian Revolution of 1952	July 22, 1952	July 26, 1952	Kingdom of Egypt	North Africa
Uprising of 1953 in East Germany	June 16, 1953	June 17, 1953	East Germany	Western Europe
Cuban Revolution	July 26, 1953	January 1, 1959	Cuba	Caribbean
1953 Iranian coup d'état	August 15, 1953	August 20, 1953	Iran	Southern Asia
Laotian Civil War	November 9, 1953	December 2, 1975	Kingdom of Laos	Southeast Asia
1954 Guatemalan coup d'état	June 18, 1954	June 27, 1954	Guatemala	Central America
First Taiwan Strait Crisis	September 3, 1954	Template:Dots	Taiwan Strait	Eastern Asia
Vietnam War	November 1, 1955	April 30, 1975	North Vietnam South Vietnam	Southeast Asia
Poznań 1956 protests	June 28, 1956	June 30, 1956	Polish People's Republic	Central Europe
Hungarian Revolution of 1956	October 23, 1956	November 10, 1956	Hungarian People's Republic	Central Europe
Suez Crisis	October 29, 1956	November 7, 1956	Template:Flag icon image Egypt	North Africa
14 July Revolution	July 14, 1958	July 14, 1958	Template:Flag icon image Arab Federation	Western Asia
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis	August 23, 1958	October 6, 1958	Taiwan Strait	Eastern Asia
1959 Tibetan uprising	March 10, 1959	March 21, 1959	Tibet	Central Asia
1960 U-2 incident	May 1, 1960	May 1, 1960	Soviet Union	Eastern Europe
Congo Crisis	June 30, 1960	November 25, 1965	Congo	Central Africa
Angolan War of Independence	February 4, 1961	January 15, 1975	Portuguese Angola	Southern Africa
Bay of Pigs Invasion	April 17, 1961	April 19, 1961	Cuba	Caribbean
Berlin Crisis of 1961	June 4, 1961	November 9, 1961	East Germany	Western Europe
Nicaraguan Revolution	July 23, 1961	April 25, 1990	Nicaragua	Central America
Cuban Missile Crisis	October 14, 1962	October 28, 1962	Cuba	Caribbean
Sino-Indian War	October 20, 1962	November 21, 1962	China/India border	Southern Asia
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence	January 23, 1963	September 11, 1974	Portuguese Guinea	Western Africa
1964 Brazilian coup d'état	July 4, 1964	April 1, 1964	Brazil	South America
Rhodesian Bush War	March 31, 1964	December 12, 1979	Southern Rhodesia	Southern Africa
Mozambican War of Independence	September 25, 1964	September 8, 1974	Portuguese Mozambique	Eastern Africa
Dominican Civil War	April 24, 1965	September 3, 1965	Dominican Republic	Caribbean
United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–66)	April 28, 1965	July 1, 1966	Dominican Republic	Caribbean
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965	August 15, 1965	September 23, 1965	India	Indian subcontinent
30 September Movement	September 30, 1965	October 1, 1965	Indonesia	Southeast Asia
Indonesian killings of 1965–66	October 1, 1965	March 1966	Indonesia	Southeast Asia
South African Border War	August 26, 1966	March 21, 1990	Namibia and Angola	Southern Africa
Namibian War of Independence	August 26, 1966	March 21, 1990	Namibia	Southern Africa
Greek military junta of 1967–74	April 21, 1967	July 23, 1974	Greece	Southern Europe
Six-Day War	July 5, 1967	June 10, 1967	Egypt, Jordan, and Syria	Western Asia
War of Attrition	July 1, 1967	August 7, 1970	Sinai Peninsula	Western Asia
Communist Insurgency War	June 17, 1968	December 2, 1989	Malaysia	Southeast Asia
Sino-Soviet border conflict	March 2, 1969	September 11, 1969	China/Soviet Union border	Eastern Asia
1969 Libyan coup d'état	September 1, 1969	September 1, 1969	Libya	North Africa
Black September in Jordan	September 1, 1970	July 1971	Jordan	Western Asia
Cambodian Civil War	October 9, 1970	April 17, 1975	Cambodia	Southeast Asia
First Quarter Storm	January 1970	March 1970	Philippines	Southeast Asia
Bangladesh Liberation War	March 26, 1971	December 16, 1971	Bangladesh	Southern Asia
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971	December 3, 1971	December 16, 1971	Bangladesh and Pakistan	Southern Asia
1973 Chilean coup d'état	September 11, 1973	September 11, 1973	Chile	South America
Yom Kippur War	October 6, 1973	October 25, 1973	Egypt and Syria	Western Asia
Carnation Revolution	April 25, 1974	April 25, 1974	Portugal	Southern Europe
Ethiopian Civil War	November 28, 1974	May 21, 1991	Ethiopia	Eastern Africa
Cambodian–Vietnamese War	May 1, 1975	September 26, 1989	Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand	Southeast Asia
Lebanese Civil War	April 13, 1975	October 13, 1990	Lebanon	Near East
Angolan Civil War	November 11, 1975	April 4, 2002	Angola	Southern Africa
Indonesian invasion of East Timor	December 7, 1975	July 17, 1976	East Timor	Southeast Asia
Operation Entebbe	July 4, 1976	July 4, 1976	Uganda	Western Africa
1976 Argentine coup d'état	March 24, 1976	March 24, 1976	Argentina	South America
Mozambican Civil War	May 30, 1977	October 15, 1992	Mozambique	Southern Africa
Ethio-Somali War	July 13, 1977	March 15, 1978	Ethiopia	Eastern Africa
Korean Air Lines Flight 902	April 20, 1978	April 20, 1978	Soviet Union	Eastern Europe
Iranian Revolution	January 16, 1979	February 1979	Iran	Southern Asia
Sino-Vietnamese War	February 17, 1979	March 16, 1979	China/Vietnam border	Southeast Asia
Salvadoran Civil War	May 9, 1979	January 16, 1992	El Salvador	Central America
Soviet war in Afghanistan	December 24, 1979	February 15, 1989	Afghanistan	Central Asia
1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War	June 23, 1982	August 3, 1982	Somalia	Eastern Africa
Korean Air Lines Flight 007	September 1, 1983	September 1, 1983	Soviet Union	Eastern Asia
Invasion of Grenada	October 25, 1983	December 15, 1983	Grenada	Caribbean
People Power Revolution	February 22, 1986	February 25, 1986	Philippines	Asia
1986 United States bombing of Libya	April 15, 1986	April 15, 1986	Libya	North Africa
8888 Uprising	March 12, 1988	September 21, 1988	Burma	Asia
United States invasion of Panama	December 20, 1989	January 31, 1990	Panama	Central America
Revolutions of 1989	March 9, 1989	April 27, 1992	Various	Central/Eastern Europe
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989	April 15, 1989	June 4, 1989	China	Eastern Asia
Velvet Revolution	November 17, 1989	December 29, 1989	Czechoslovakia	Central Europe
Mongolian Revolution of 1990	December 10, 1989	March 9, 1990	Mongolia	Central Asia
Romanian Revolution	December 16, 1989	December 25, 1989	Romania	Central Europe
Gulf War	August 2, 1990	February 28, 1991	Iraq	Western Asia
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt	August 19, 1991	August 21, 1991	Soviet Union	Eastern Europe