YEAR // Cold War
1971
20 wars active · 7 battles
Wars active
20 catalogued
1945-1991 · Year 27 of 47
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western…
1946-1989 · Year 26 of 44
Indochina Wars
During the aftermath of World War II and the Cold War, the Indochina wars were a series of wars which were waged in Indochina from 1945 to 1991, by communist forces against the…
1954-2000 · Year 18 of 47
Dirty War
The Mexican Dirty War was the Mexican theater of the Cold War, an internal conflict from the 1960s to the 1980s between the Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)-ruled…
1955-1972 · Year 17 of 18
First Sudanese Civil War
The First Sudanese Civil War was fought from 1955 to 1972 between the northern part of Sudan and the southern Sudan region which demanded representation and more regional…
1955–1975 broad period; major U.S. combat 1965–1973 · Year 17 of 21
Vietnam War
A protracted conflict where military operations, political legitimacy, public opinion, and regional revolution intertwined.
1959-1975 · Year 13 of 17
Laotian Civil War
The Laotian Civil War was waged between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government from 23 May 1959 to 2 December 1975. The Kingdom of Laos was a covert theater during…
1961-1974 · Year 11 of 14
Angolan War of Independence
The Angolan War of Independence, known as the Armed Struggle of National Liberation in Angola, was a war of independence fought by the Angolan nationalist forces of the MPLA,…
1961-1991 · Year 11 of 31
Eritrean War of Independence
The Eritrean War of Independence was an armed conflict and insurgency aimed at achieving self-determination and independence for Eritrea from Ethiopian rule. Starting in 1961,…
1961-1974 · Year 11 of 14
Portuguese Colonial War
The Portuguese Colonial War, also known in Portugal as the Overseas War or in the former colonies as the War of Liberation, and also known as the Angolan, Guinea-Bissau and…
1963-1974 · Year 9 of 12
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence, also known as the Bissau-Guinean War of Independence, was an armed independence conflict that took place in Portuguese Guinea from 1963 to…
1964-1974 · Year 8 of 11
Mozambican War of Independence
The Mozambican War of Independence was an armed conflict between the guerrilla forces of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) and Portugal. The war officially started on 25…
1964-1979 · Year 8 of 16
Rhodesian Bush War
The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Rhodesian Civil War, Second Chimurenga and the Zimbabwe War of Independence, was a civil conflict from July 1964 to December 1979 in the…
1965-1979 · Year 7 of 15
Chadian Civil War of 1965–1979
The Chadian Civil War of 1965–1979 was waged by several rebel factions against two Chadian governments. The initial rebellion erupted in opposition to Chadian President François…
1965-1996 · Year 7 of 32
Guatemalan Civil War
The Guatemalan Civil War was fought from 1960 to 1996 between the government of Guatemala and various leftist rebel groups. The Guatemalan government forces committed genocide…
1966-1990 · Year 6 of 25
South African Border War
The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric conflict…
1967-1975 · Year 5 of 9
Cambodian Civil War
The Cambodian Civil War was a civil war in Cambodia fought between the Khmer Rouge, supported by North Vietnam and China, against the government of the Kingdom of Cambodia and,…
1969-1982 · Year 3 of 14
Years of Lead
The Years of Lead were a period of social and political turmoil in Italy that lasted from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, marked by a wave of both far-left and far-right…
1970-1971 · Closing year
Black September
Black September, also known as the Jordanian Civil War, was an armed conflict between Jordan, led by King Hussein, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), led by…
1971 · Sole year
Bangladesh Liberation War
The Bangladesh Liberation War, also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, was an armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination…
1971 · Sole year
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
The India–Pakistan war of 1971, also known as the third Indo-Pakistani war, was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation…
Battles
7 recorded
December 4, 1971
Battle of Basantar
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
November 20, 1971
Battle of Garibpur
Bangladesh Liberation War
December 4, 1971
Battle of Longewala
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
January 1, 1971
Battle of Sylhet
Bangladesh Liberation War
February 8, 1971
Operation Lam Son 719
Vietnam War
May 25, 1971
Operation Searchlight
Bangladesh Liberation War
December 4, 1971
Operation Trident
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971