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The Cold War in Asia was a major dimension of the worldwide Cold War that shaped diplomacy and warfare from the mid-1940s to 1991. The main countries involved were the United States, the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, South Korea, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Thailand, Laos, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Taiwan (Republic of China).
Southeast Asia: Six-Day War: June 5, 1967: June 10, 1967 Israel: Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq Saudi Arabia: Western Asia: Nigerian Civil War: July 5, 1967: January 13, 1970 [3] Nigeria: Biafra: West Africa War of Attrition: July 1, 1967: August 7, 1970 Israel Egypt Soviet Union PLO Jordan Syria Cuba Kuwait: Western Asia: Communist Insurgency in ...
Map showing the Ur III state and its influence sphere c. 1879–1861 BCE ( Short chronology ) Ur-Nammu of Ur conquered Lagash c. 1861–1815 BCE ( Short chronology ) Shulgi of Ur destroyed Der , launched a campaign against Anshan , and engaged in a period of expansionism at the expense of highlanders such as the Lullubi , and others
The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
This is a timeline of the main events of the Cold War, a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union, its allies in the Warsaw Pact and later the People's Republic of China).
Cold War organizations – throughout the Cold War a series of organizations were created to either further the goals of individual and groups of states, or to act as intermediaries in reducing the tension. NATO - Formed 1949; Southeast Asia Treaty Organization - Formed 1954, disbanded 1977; Middle East Treaty Organization - Formed 1955 ...
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Cold War in Asia; 0–9. 1952 Habomai Islands RB-29 shootdown incident; 1968–1971 East Pakistan communist insurgency; 15 August 1975 Bangladeshi coup d'état