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Papua conflict: 0.1–0.5 million [128] [129] 1962–present Indonesia vs. Free Papua Movement: New Guinea Eighty Years' War: 0.1–0.5 million [130] 1566–1648 Spanish Empire vs. Separatist Dutch Republic: Low Countries Spanish Civil War: 0.35–0.47 million [131] [132] [133] 1936–1939 [e] Nationalists vs. Republicans: Iberian Peninsula ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Minor wars (1,000–9,999) Conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world ...
The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
The unification of Western New Guinea with Papua New Guinea was official Australian government policy for a short period of time in the 1960s, before Indonesia's annexation of the region. [44] Generally, proposals regarding federation with Papua New Guinea are a minority view in the freedom movement.
The prime minister of Papua New Guinea defended the Pacific Island nation after President Joe Biden appeared to imply that “cannibals” ate his u ncle’s body there during World War II, urging ...
A total of 255 British servicemen and 3 female Falkland Island civilians were killed during the Falklands War. [5] Royal Navy – 86 + 2 Hong Kong laundrymen [6] Royal Marines – 27 (2 officers, 14 NCOs and 11 marines) [7] Royal Fleet Auxiliary – 4 + 4 Hong Kong laundrymen [8] Merchant navy – 6 + 2 Hong Kong sailors [8]
Bougainville Civil War (1988–1998) Ambulances in Arawa, 1998 destroyed in conflict. Papua New Guinea. Buka Liberation Front; Bougainville Resistance Force; Supported by: Australia. Bougainville Interim Government (BIG) Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) Supported by: Solomon Islands Fiji (allegedly) Bougainville Peace Agreement
The Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano was sunk on May 2, 1982, by the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War.The sinking of the General Belgrano led to the death of 323 Argentine sailors, [1] [2] almost half of all Argentine casualties during the conflict, [3] [4] and sparked controversy, as the attack occurred outside the exclusion zone established by the ...