YEAR // Cold War
1979
22 wars active · 15 battles
Wars active
22 catalogued
1945-1991 · Year 35 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 34 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 26 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…
1961-1991 · Year 19 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,…
1964-1979 · Closing year
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 · Closing year
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 15 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 14 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…
1969-1982 · Year 11 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…
1974-1991 · Year 6 of 18
Ethiopian Civil War
The Ethiopian Civil War was a civil war in Ethiopia and present-day Eritrea, fought between the Ethiopian military junta known as the Derg and Ethiopian-Eritrean anti-government…
1975-2002 · Year 5 of 28
Angolan Civil War
The Angolan Civil War was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The war began immediately after Angola became independent from…
1975-1990 · Year 5 of 16
Lebanese Civil War
The Lebanese Civil War was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 150,000 fatalities and led to the exodus of almost one…
1975-1991 · Year 5 of 17
Third Indochina War
The Third Indochina War was a series of interconnected military conflicts among the various communist factions over strategic influence in mainland Southeast Asia after communist…
1975-1991 · Year 5 of 17
Western Sahara War
The Western Sahara War was an armed conflict between the Sahrawi Indigenous Polisario Front and Morocco from 1975 to 1991, being the most significant phase of the Western Sahara…
1977-1991 · Year 3 of 15
Cambodian–Vietnamese War
The Cambodian–Vietnamese War was an armed conflict from 1978 to 1989 between the Khmer Rouge and Vietnam, and their respective allies. It began in December 1978, with a…
1977-1992 · Year 3 of 16
Mozambican Civil War
The Mozambican Civil War was a civil war fought in Mozambique from 1977 to 1992 due to a combination of local strife and the polarizing effects of Cold War politics. The fighting…
1978-1987 · Year 2 of 10
Chadian–Libyan War
The Chadian–Libyan War was a series of military campaigns in Chad between 1978 and 1987, fought between Libya and its Chadian allies, and anti-Libyan Chadian groups supported by…
1978-1979 · Closing year
Uganda–Tanzania War
The Uganda–Tanzania War, known in Tanzania as the Kagera War and in Uganda as the 1979 Liberation War, was fought between Uganda and Tanzania from October 1978 until June 1979…
1979-1992 · Opening year
Salvadoran Civil War
The Salvadoran Civil War was a twelve-year civil war in El Salvador that was fought between the government of El Salvador, backed by the United States, and the Farabundo Martí…
1979 · Sole year
Second Yemenite War
The Second Yemenite War was a short military conflict between the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. The war developed out of a breakdown in…
1979 · Sole year
Sino-Vietnamese War
The Sino-Vietnamese War was a war which occurred in early 1979 between China and Vietnam. China launched an offensive ostensibly in response to Vietnam's invasion and occupation…
1979-1989 · Opening year
Soviet-Afghan War
The Soviet–Afghan War took place in Afghanistan from December 1979 to February 1989. Marking the beginning of the 47-year-long Afghan conflict, it saw the Soviet Union and the…
Battles
15 recorded
August 24, 1979
Attack on Lebouirate
Western Sahara War
October 14, 1979
Battle of Al Mahbes
Western Sahara War
August 11, 1979
Battle of Bir Anzarane
Western Sahara War
March 5, 1979
Battle of Cao Bằng
Sino-Vietnamese War
March 16, 1979
Battle of Lạng Sơn
Sino-Vietnamese War
February 17, 1979
Battle of Lào Cai
Sino-Vietnamese War
March 10, 1979
Battle of Lukaya
Uganda–Tanzania War
February 12, 1979
Battle of N'Djamena
Chadian Civil War of 1965–1979
January 28, 1979
Battle of Tan-Tan
Western Sahara War
July 12, 1979
Battle of Tichla
Western Sahara War
April 11, 1979
Fall of Kampala
Uganda–Tanzania War
January 1, 1979
Operation Cyclone
Cold War
January 1, 1979
Seven Days to the River Rhine
Cold War
December 27, 1979
Tajbeg Palace assault
Soviet-Afghan War
January 1, 1979
Vietnamese border raids in Thailand
Cambodian–Vietnamese War