1945-1991: Cold War world Wiki
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Major Cold War wars that killed over 200,000 people.
War, civil war, invasion, insurgency or armed conflict. Deaths. Date. Involved either the USSR, China, Saudi Arabia and\or the USA.
Afghanistan Conflict 1,400,000- 2,500,00 1978-present Yes.
Ethiopian Civil War 500,000–1,500,000 1974–1991 Yes.
Korean War  1,500,000- 4,500,000 1950–1953  Yes.
Angolan Civil War  504,158+   1975-2002 Yes.
Iran-Iraq War 289,220–1,100,000 1980–1988 No.
Somali Civil War  300,000–500,000+ 1986–present Yes.
First Indochina War 400,000- 1,500,000 1946–1954 No.
Algerian War of Independence 400,000–1,500,000 1954–1962 No.
Biafra War 1,732,051  1967–1970 Yes.
Vietnam War/Second Indochina War 1,300,000- 4,300,000 1955–1975  Yes.
Chinese Civil War 8,000,000 1927–1949 Yes.
World War II  58,309,519  1939–1945  Yes.
Somali Civil War 300,000–500,000 1986–present Yes.
Second Sudanese Civil War 1,000,000–2,000,000 1983–2005 Yes.
Bangladesh Liberation War 400,000–3,600,000+ 1971 No.
North Yemen Civil War 100,000–200,000 1962-1970 Yes.
Internal conflict in Myanmar 130,000–250,000 1948–present No.
First Sudanese Civil War 500,000+ 1955–1972 No.
Partition of India 200,000–2,000,000 1946–1948 No.
  • Soviet–Afghan War 600,000–2,000,000 1979–1989 - part of the Afghanistan conflict.
  • The Second Sino-Japanese War 20,000,000-25,000,000 22,360,680 1937–1945 – Part of World War II.

Also see[]

  1. Cold War
  2. The rules of war
  3. 1950–1953 Korean War
  4. Portuguese Colonial War
  5. World War Three: Inside the War Room (BBC Two war sim')
  6. 17 popular UK Cold War era geopolitical myths and false beliefs

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