YEAR // Cold War

1982

25 wars active · 13 battles

Wars active

25 catalogued

1945-1991 · Year 38 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 37 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 29 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 22 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,…
1965-1996 · Year 18 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 17 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 · Closing year
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 9 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 6 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 6 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 5 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…
1979-1992 · Year 4 of 14
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…
1979-1989 · Year 4 of 11
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…
1980-1988 · Year 3 of 9
Iran–Iraq War
The Iran–Iraq War began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran in September 1980. After eight years of conflict, both countries accepted a ceasefire deal brokered by the United Nations,…
1981-1984 · Year 2 of 4
Second Mafia War
The Second Mafia War was a period of conflict involving the Sicilian Mafia from 1981 to 1983. Sometimes referred to as the Great Mafia War or the Mattanza, it involved the entire…
1981-1991 · Year 2 of 11
Somaliland War of Independence
The Somaliland War of Independence also known as the Great Isaaq Uprising or the Isaaq Rebellion was a rebellion waged by the Somali National Movement (SNM) against the ruling…
1981-1986 · Year 2 of 6
Ugandan Bush War
The Ugandan Bush War was a civil war fought in Uganda by the official Ugandan government and its armed wing, the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA), against a number of rebel…
1982 · Sole year
1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War
The Ethiopian–Somali Border War took place from June 1982 to August 1983, when Ethiopia launched a large-scale invasion of central Somalia. Backed by warplanes and armored units,…
1982-1985 · Opening year
1982 Lebanon War
The 1982 Lebanon War, also called the Second Israeli invasion of Lebanon, began on 6 June 1982, when Israel invaded southern Lebanon. The invasion followed a series of attacks…
1982-2014 · Opening year
Casamance conflict
The Casamance conflict is an ongoing low-level conflict that has been waged between the Government of Senegal and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) since…
1982 · Sole year
Falklands War
The Falklands War was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands…

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Cold War

Indochina Wars

Dirty War

Eritrean War of Independence

Guatemalan Civil War

South African Border War

Years of Lead

Ethiopian Civil War

Angolan Civil War

Lebanese Civil War

Third Indochina War

Western Sahara War

Cambodian–Vietnamese War

Mozambican Civil War

Chadian–Libyan War

Salvadoran Civil War

Soviet-Afghan War

Iran–Iraq War

Second Mafia War

Somaliland War of Independence

Ugandan Bush War

1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War

1982 Lebanon War

Casamance conflict

Falklands War