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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).
This is a list of proxy wars. Major powers have been highlighted in bold. 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".
Indo-Pakistani wars (11 C, 8 P) Indochina Wars (6 C, 21 P) ... Pages in category "Cold War conflicts" The following 97 pages are in this category, out of 97 total.
Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity. Major conflicts of this period include the Chinese Civil War in Asia, the Greek Civil War in Europe, the Colombian civil war known as La Violencia in South America, the Vietnam War in Southeast Asia, the Ethiopian Civil War in ...
Below is a set of articles which each provide a list of wars within a specific time period, each covering at least several decades or more. List of wars: before 1000; List of wars: 1000–1499; List of wars: 1500–1799; List of wars: 1800–1899; List of wars: 1900–1944; List of wars: 1945–1989; List of wars: 1990–2002; List of wars ...
Proxy wars of the Cold War – while the superpowers never engaged each other directly, they fought a series proxy wars throughout the period of Cold War, with one, or both sides arming or otherwise supporting one side against another. Korean War (1950–1953) – started when North Korea invaded South Korea.
This is a list of the violent political and ethnic conflicts in the countries of the former Soviet Union following its dissolution in 1991. Some of these conflicts such as the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis or the 2013–2014 Euromaidan protests in Ukraine were due to political crises in the successor states.
The specific problem is: Cleanup entries not meeting article criteria, "list of wars involving the Soviet Union", this is not a list of military engagements, but a list of wars the Soviet Union was involved in. Please help improve this article if you can. (December 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)