| War | Dates | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| Chinese Civil War | 1944–1949[26] |  CPC
 PLA[15][16]
Supported by:
 Soviet Union |  KMT
 NRA
Supported by:
 United States | Communist victory on the mainland and then diplomatic field in 1971, Taiwan Strait stalemate |
| Iran crisis of 1946 | 1945–1946 |  Azerbaijan People's Republic
 Republic of Mahabad Supported by:
 Soviet Union |  Imperial State of Iran
Supported by:
United States | Iranian victory |
| Greek Civil War | 1946–1949[27][28] | Greek communists (Democratic Army of Greece, National Liberation Front, Greek People's Liberation Army, Communist Party of Greece)[27][28]
Supported by:
 Albania[27]
 Bulgaria[27]
 Yugoslavia[27] |  Greece[27][28]
Supported by:
 United Kingdom[27][28]
United States
| Kingdom of Greece victory |
| First Indochina War | 1946–1954[29][30] |  Khmer Issarak[31]
 Pathet Lao[32]
 Viet Minh[29][30]
Supported by:
 China[29]
Soviet Union[29]
 Polish People's Republic[33]
 East Germany[34][page needed][35] |  France[29][30]
 State of Vietnam (1949–1954)[29][30]
 Cambodia (1953–1954)
 Laos (1953–1954)
Supported by:
United States[29] | DR Vietnam-allied victory[29][30] |
| Paraguayan Civil War | 1947 |  Liberal Party
 Febrerista Revolutionary Concentration
 Paraguayan Communist Party
Supported by:
Soviet Union |  Paraguayan Government
Military of Paraguay
 Colorado Party
Supported by:
United States
 Argentina | Government/Military and Colorado Party victory |
| Malayan Emergency | 1948–1960 | Communist forces:
 Malayan Communist Party Supported by:
Soviet Union[36]
People's Republic of China[37][38][39]
 Indonesia[38][39]
 North Vietnam[40][41][42]
| Anti-communist forces:
Commonwealth of Nations Supported by:
 United States
 Thailand (Thai–Malay border)
| Commonwealth military victory |
| Korean War | 1950–1953[43][44][45][46][47][48] |  North Korea[43][44][45][46][47][48]
China[43][44][45][47][48]
Supported by:
Bulgaria
 Czechoslovakia[49]
 Hungary
Poland
 Romania[47]
Soviet Union[43][47]
 Mongolia |  South Korea[43][44][45][48]
 United Nations[44][45][48]
United States[43][44][45][46][48]
Supported by:
 Australia[44][45][46]
 Belgium[44][45]
 Bolivia[45]
 Canada[44][45][46]
 Colombia[44]
Commonwealth of Nations[50]
 Cuba[45]
 Denmark[51]
 Ethiopia[44][45]
France[44][45][46]
Greece[44]
 India (Medical support)[46]
 Israel[52]
 Italy[53]
 Luxembourg[44]
 Netherlands[44]
 Taiwan[44]
 New Zealand[44][46]
 Norway[54]
 Philippines[44]
 South Africa[44][45]
 Spain[55]
 Sweden[56]
 Switzerland[57]
Thailand[44][45]
 Turkey[44][45][46]
United Kingdom[44][46] | Stalemate[43][44][48] |
| Mau Mau Uprising | 1952–1960 | Kenya Land and Freedom Army[note 1]
Supported by:
Soviet Union | United Kingdom
Supported by:
US | British victory |
| Second Indochina War (Vietnam War) | 1953–1975[59][60][61][62][63] | North Vietnam[59][60][61][62][63][64]
 Viet Cong and PRG[59][60][61][62][63][64]
Pathet Lao
GRUNK (1970–1975)
 Khmer Rouge
China[59][62][63][64]
Soviet Union[59][62][63][64]
North Korea[65]
Supported by:
Bulgaria[64][66]
Cuba[64][66][67][68]
Czechoslovakia[64][66]
East Germany[64][66]
Hungary[64][66]
Poland[64][66]
Romania[64][66]
Sweden[69][70] | South Vietnam[59][60][61][62][63][64]
United States[59][60][61][62][63][64]
South Korea[59][62][64]
Australia[59][62][64]
New Zealand[59][62]
Laos[64]
Kingdom of Cambodia (1967–1970)
 Khmer Republic (1970–1975)
Thailand[59][62][64]
Philippines[62][64]
Supported by:
 Brazil[64]
 Malaysia[64]
Taiwan[64] | North Vietnamese and Viet Cong/PRG victory[59] |
| First Taiwan Strait Crisis | 1954–1955 | People's Republic of China
Supported by:
Soviet Union | Republic of China
United States | Stalemate |
| First Sudanese Civil War | 1955–1972 | United Kingdom (1955–1956)
 Egypt (1955–1956)
 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
(1955–1956)
 Republic of the Sudan
(1956–1969)
 Democratic Republic of the Sudan
(1969–1972)
Supported by:
Soviet Union[71] | Southern Sudan Liberation Movement Equatorial Corps (1955–1963)
Supported by:
Ethiopia[72]
 Uganda[73]
Israel[72][73][74] | Stalemate |
| Suez Crisis | 1956–1957[75] | Egypt[75]
Supported by:
Soviet Union[75]
United States
 West Germany
Italy
China
| France[75]
Israel[75]
United Kingdom[75]
| Territory unchanged. French and UK power in area weakened[75]
|
| Second Taiwan Strait Crisis | 1958 | People's Republic of China
Supported by:
Soviet Union | Republic of China
United States | Stalemate |
| 1958 Lebanon crisis | 1958 |  Lebanese Opposition:
Supported by:
Soviet Union
Egypt | Lebanese Government
United States | President Camille Chamoun steps down and Major General Fouad Chehab is elected to succeed him |
| 1959 Tibetan uprising | 1959–1962[76] | People's Republic of China |  Tibet Supported by:
Soviet Union[77]
United States[78]
Republic of India
 Kingdom of Nepal[79]
United Nations[80]
Taiwan | Uprising suppressed |
| Central American crisis | 1960–1996[81] | EGP[81]
 FAR[81]
ORPA
 PGT[81]
 URNG[81]
 FSLN  FMLN (CRM)
 Nicaragua[82] (1979–90)
Supported by
Soviet Union[83]
Cuba[84]
 Mexico[85]
 Libya[86][87]
Romania (before 1989)
 Zapatista Army of National Liberation
Sweden[88][89]
 Costa Rica
Bulgaria[90]
China[91]
|  Guatemala[81]
ESA[81]
White Hand[81]
and other paramilitary groups[81] Somoza government Contras (1981–90)
 Salvadoran military government
Supported by
United States[81][92]
 Saudi Arabia
 Honduras
 Chile
Argentina
 Panama
 Israel[93]
Taiwan[94] | |
| Congo Crisis | 1960–1965 | 1960–62:
 Stanleyville government
1964–65:
 Simba and Kwilu rebels
Supported by:
Soviet Union
China
Cuba
Egypt
 FLN
 Algeria
 Republic of the Congo
 Tanzania
 Burundi
| 1960–63:
 Katanga
 South Kasai
1964–65:
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Supported by:
United States
Belgium[97]
 France
 Rhodesia and Nyasaland
South Africa | The Congo established as an independent unitary state under the authoritarian presidency of Mobutu Sese Seko |
| Portuguese Colonial War | 1960–1974[98] |  Portugal[98]
Supported by:
South Africa
 Rhodesia
 Malawi[99]
Spain
|  FLEC[98]
 FNLA[98]
FRELIMO[98]
 MPLA[98]
 PAIGC[98]
 UNITA[98]
Supported by:
China[98]
Cuba[98]
France[98]
Soviet Union[98]
United States[98]
 Zaire
Algeria
Tanzania
 Zambia
 Tunisia
 Senegal
 Guinea
 Congo-Brazzaville
 Libya
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
 Liberia
 Egypt
India
Brazil | End of the Portuguese Empire[66] |
| First Iraqi–Kurdish War | 1961–1970 |  Republic of Iraq
 Ba'athist Iraq Supported by:
Syria[100] |  KDP
Supported by:
 Iran
Israel[101] | Stalemate |
| Eritrean War of Independence | 1961–1974 |  ELF
Supported by:
Libya[102][103][104]
(until 1977)
Cuba[102][105]
(until 1974)
 Syria[106][107]
Iraq[108][109]
 Tunisia[110][111][112]
Saudi Arabia[113][114]
 Somalia[115]
Sudan[116] | Ethiopian Empire (until 1974)
Supported by:
United States (until 1974)
| Stalemate |
| 1974–1991 |  Derg (1974–1987)
 PDRE (1987–1991)
Supported by:
Cuba[117][118][119][120] (1974–1989)[dubious – discuss]
Soviet Union[117][121][122][123] (1974–1990)
 South Yemen[124] |  EPLF
 TPLF
Supported by:
China[125][126]
Sudan[116]
Libya[102][103][104]
(1977–1991)
United States
(May 1991)[127]
Somalia[115]
 Syria[106][107] | EPLF victory |
| North Yemen Civil War | 1962–1970 |  Yemen Arab Republic
 Egypt[128]
Supported by:
Soviet Union |  Kingdom of Yemen
 Saudi Arabia[128]
Supported by:
 Jordan[129]
United Kingdom[129]
 United States | Republican victory |
| Dhofar Rebellion | 1962–1976 |  DLF (1962–1968)
 PFLOAG (1968–1974)
 NDFLOAG (1969–1971)
 PFLO (1974–1976)
Supported by:
China[130]
Soviet Union[130]
South Yemen[130]
East Germany |  Oman[130]
Supported by:
Iran[130]
 Abu Dhabi[130]
Saudi Arabia[130]
United Kingdom[130]
Jordan[130]
 Egypt[130]
 Pakistan[130]
 UAE[130]
United States | Omani government victory |
| Sarawak Communist Insurgency | 1962–1990 | Communist forces:
 North Kalimantan Communist Party[131] - Sarawak People's Guerilla Force (SPGF)[132]
- North Kalimantan People's Army (NKPA)[132]
Indonesia (1962–65) (troops aid)
Other support:
 Brunei People's Party - North Kalimantan National Army (NKNA)
Supported by:
China[132]
Soviet Union | Anti-communist forces:
United Kingdom[133] Malaysia Supported by:
Australia
 Brunei
New Zealand
United States
Indonesia (after 1965) (Indo-Malay border) | Stalemate |
| Aden Emergency | 1963–1967 | NLF
FLOSY
Supported by
Egypt
Yemen Arab Republic
Soviet Union | United Kingdom
Supported by
United States | NLF victory |
| Rhodesian Bush War | 1964–1979 |  ZANLA (ZANU)
 FRELIMO[134] (until 25 June 1975)
 Mozambique (from 25 June 1975)
Supported by:
China[135]
Libya
Tanzania[136]
 ZIPRA (ZAPU)[137]
 MK (ANC)[137]
Supported by:
Soviet Union[135]
 Zambia
Cuba[135]
East Germany[135]
FROLIZI
| Rhodesia
(until 1 June 1979)
 Zimbabwe Rhodesia
(from 1 June 1979)
Supported by:
South Africa
Portugal
(until 1974)
| Stalemate |
| Dominican Civil War | 1965 |  Constitutionalists
Dominican Revolutionary Party[138]
Supported by:
Soviet Union
Cuba | Dominican Republic
United States
 Inter-American Peace Force | Loyalist victory |
| Chadian Civil War | 1965–1979 |  FROLINAT
 GUNT
Libya
Supported by:
Soviet Union
| Chad
France
Supported by:
United States
| |
| Communist insurgency in Thailand | 1965–1983 |  Communist Party of Thailand
Thai United Patriotic Front
 Pathet Lao[140][141]
 Khmer Rouge (until 1978)[140]
Malayan Communist Party[142]
Supported by:
North Vietnam (until 1976)
 Vietnam (from 1976)
China (from 1971) North Korea[141]
Soviet Union
| Thailand Taiwan (until July 1967) United States[140]
Supported by:
 South Korea[140] | Thai government victory |
| Bolivian Campaign | 1966–1967 | Ejército de Liberación Nacional
Cuba
Supported by:
Soviet Union
| Bolivia
United States | Bolivian government victory |
| Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–1969) | 1966–1969 | North Korea
Supported by:
Soviet Union
China | South Korea
 United States | South Korean–American victory |
| South African Border War | 1966–1990 | African nationalist forces:
 PLAN (SWAPO)
 SWANU
Supported by:
Cuba[144]
 MPLA[145]
Soviet Union[146]
China[147]
Yugoslavia[148][149]
Bulgaria[150][151]
Tanzania[152][153]
Zambia[154]
Libya[155]
 Kenya[156]
Algeria[157]
 Guyana[158]
Brazil
Mexico | Anti-communist forces:
South Africa Supported by:
UNITA[159]
United States
United Kingdom
Portugal (until 1975) | Stalemate |
| Nigerian Civil War | 1967–1970 |  Nigeria
Supported by:
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
United States
 Canada
Sudan
Chad
 Niger
 Syria
Saudi Arabia
Algeria[160]
 Bulgaria[161] |  Biafra
Supported by:
South Africa
Portugal[162]
France
Spain[163][164]
Tanzania[165][166][167]
 Gabon
 Ivory Coast
Zambia
Rhodesia
 Haiti Israel | Nigerian victory |
| Years of Lead | 1968–1982 | Far-left terrorist groups:
 Red Brigades
Front Line
October 22 Group
PAC
Continuous Struggle
PO-AO Supported by:
Soviet Union (alleged) | Italian Government Supported by:
United States
Far-right terrorist groups:
 National Vanguard
Black Order
NAR
Third Position
Supported by:
United States (alleged) | Far-left and far-right terrorist groups dismantled |
| Communist insurgency in Malaysia | 1968–1989 | Communist forces:
 Malayan Communist Party[142]
Supported by:
China[37][168]
Soviet Union[168] | Anti-communist forces:
Malaysia[169]
Thailand[170][171]
Supported by:
United Kingdom[172]
Australia
New Zealand[172]
United States | Peace agreement reached |
| Operation Condor | 1968–1989 | Left-wing governments and opponents to the military juntas in South America.
Supported by:
 Poland
 Spain | Chile
Argentina
Brazil
Bolivia
 Paraguay
 Uruguay
Supported by:
United States
 Peru
 Ecuador
Colombia
 Venezuela | |
| Al-Wadiah War | 1969 |  South Yemen
Supported by:
Soviet Union
| Saudi Arabia
Supported by:
United States
| Saudi victory |
| Bangladesh Liberation War | 1971 |  Pakistan
Supported by:
United States
China
France
United Kingdom
Turkey
Iran
Jordan
|  Bangladesh
India
Supported by:
Soviet Union
Israel
| Indian–Bangladeshi victory |
| Yemenite War of 1972 | 1972 | South Yemen
National Democratic Front
Supported by:
Soviet Union
Cuba
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
 Libya
| North Yemen
Supported by:
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
United States
Republic of China
United Kingdom
West Germany
| Cairo Agreement |
| Angolan Civil War | 1974–2002 | MPLA
SWAPO
 MK
 Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC)
Supported by:
Soviet Union[173] (until 1991)
Cuba
Tanzania[174]
 Mozambique[175]
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic[176]
Polish People's Republic (until 1989)
Yugoslavia
People's Republic of Bulgaria[177] (until 1989)
Guyana[158]
Portugal[178]
Romania (until 1989)
India[176]
North Korea
 Brazil
Mexico | UNITA
FNLA
FLEC
Supported by:
United States[179]
People's Republic of China[179]
South Africa
 Zambia[180]
 Morocco[181]
Zaire
Egypt
France
Belgium
 Burkina Faso (from 1987)
Israel
United Kingdom
Rhodesia (until 1979)
South Korea | MPLA victory |
| Ethiopian Civil War | 1974–1991 | People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Supported by:
Soviet Union[124][117][121][122][123][182][183]
North Korea
Libya
South Yemen[124]
Tanzania
East Germany (until 1990)[124][182][183]
Bulgaria
Cuba (1987–1991)[184] | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
Supported by:
United States
United Kingdom
China
West Germany (until 1990)
Germany (from 1990)
Saudi Arabia
Israel
North Yemen | EPLF/TPLF rebel victory |
| Lebanese Civil War | 1975–1990 | LNM (until 1982)
Jammoul (from 1982)
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