Wars and conflicts (WFAC)

War	Date	Belligerents		Result
World War II	1 October 1938 - 5 April 1946	Allies: British Empire British India Australia New Zealand South Africa Canada France Soviet Union United States (1941–) China (1937–) Czechoslovakia Belgium (1939–) Luxembourg (1939–) Netherlands (1939–) Norway (1939–) Denmark Template:Country data Kingdom of Albania Albania (1939–) Greece (1939–) Template:Country data Brazil Brazil Ethiopia Republican Spain (1938–1939) Client and puppet states Mongolia Tuvan People's Republic Philippines	Axis: Germany Empire of Japan (1937–) Italy (1939–) Hungary Romania Bulgaria---- Co-belligerents Poland (1939–) Estonia (1940–) Latvia (1940–) Lithuania (1940–) Thailand Iraq (1940) Nationalist Spain (1938–1939) Japan's puppets Manchukuo Mengjiang China-Nanjing	Allied victory Collapse of the Third Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War
Korean War	25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953	UN Command: South Korea United States	North Korea China Soviet Union	Military stalemate North Korean invasions of South Korea repelled Subsequent United Nations invasion of North Korea repelled Subsequent Chinese–North Korean–Soviet invasion of South Korea repelled Korean Armistice Agreement Korean Demilitarized Zone established North Korea gains city of Kaesong but loses a net total of 1,500 sq mi (3,900 km2) to South Korea
Vietnam War	1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975	United States Republic of Vietnam	North Vietnam China---- Supported by: Soviet Union	North Vietnamese victory Withdrawal of American-led forces from Indochina Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia South Vietnam is annexed by North Vietnam
Hungarian Revolution of 1956	23 June - 11 November 1956	Hungarian People's Republic Soviet Union	Hungarian Revolutionaries	Soviet victory Revolution crushed
Soviet War in Afghanistan	24 December 1979 – 15 February 1989	Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan	Afghan Mujahideen---- Supported by: United States United Kingdom Pakistan Saudi-Arabia China Template:Country data Germany West Germany	Indecisive Geneva Accords of 1988 Withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan Afghan Civil War continues
Iran-Iraq War	22 September 1980 – 20 August 1988	Iraq	Iran	Stalemate Iraqi failure to annex territories on the east bank of the Shatt al-Arab and bolster Arab separatism in the region of Khuzestan Iranian failure to invade and capture Iraqi territory and to topple Saddam Hussein UNSC Resolution 598
Polish Revolution of 1981	13 December 1981 – 22 July 1983	Polish People's Republic Soviet Union (1983)	Solidarity Movement: Protestors Anti-Communist Groups Supported by: United States (Financial support)	Soviet victory Polish People's Republic fail to contain civil unrest; Soviet intervention in 1983 Continued resistance until 1989
Falklands War		United Kingdom	Argentina	British victory Status quo ante bellum in South Georgia and the Falklands Argentine occupation of Southern Thule ended Relations severed until 1989 Argentinian military government replaced with democratic government in October 1983
Invasion of Grenada		United States Caribbean Peace Force: Barbados Jamaica Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States	PRG of Grenada Cuba Military advisors: Soviet Union North Korea East Germany Bulgaria Libya	U.S.-CPF victory Grenadian dictatorship deposed Cuban military presence defeated Restoration of former government
Invasion of Panama	20 December 1989 – 31 January 1990	United States	Panama	U.S. victory Dictator Manuel Noriega deposed
Afghan civil war
First Gulf War	2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991	UN Coalition: United States United Kingdom Kuwait Saudi Arabia	Iraq	Decisive coalition victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait Kuwaiti monarchy restored Sanctions against Iraq Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure Establishment of Iraqi no-fly zones
First Soviet-Georgian War		Soviet Union South Ossetia Abkhazia	Georgia	Soviet victory Expulsion of ethnic Georgians from South Ossetia and the Kodori Gorge Annexation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia by the Soviet Union Soviet military bases established in Abkhazia and South Ossetia
War in Chechnya	26 August 1999 – 15 April 2009	Soviet Union	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1995–2001) Caucasian Emirate (2001–present)	Soviet victory Establishment of a pro-Soviet Chechen government Territorial integrity of the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics is preserved Ongoing low-level insurgency
War in Afghanistan	29 September 2001 – 28 December 2008	Afghanistan ISAF:* United States United Kingdom Australia Canada France Norway Template:Country data Germany Germany Poland Czechoslovakia	Taliban	Coalition victory Destruction of al-Qaeda training camps Fall of the Taliban government Death of Osama bin Laden Death of Mullah Muhammed Omar Restoration of the Kingdom of Afghanistan under Mohammed Zahir Shah High-level Taliban insurgency (2002–2008) Ongoing low-level insurgency (since 2008)
Second Soviet-Georgian War	15 August – 28 August 2009	Soviet Union	Georgia---- Supported by: United States	Soviet victory President Mikheil Saakashvili deposed Pro-Soviet interim government under Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili assumes office
Libyan Civil War	15 February – 23 July 2011			Overthrow of Gaddafi government UNSC Resolution 1973 results in NATO intervention Assumption of interim control by National Transitional Council (NTC) Restoration of the Kingdom of Libya and the Senussi dynasty, with King Mohammed I as head of state Deployment of UN peacekeepers (UNLFOR)
Syrian Civil War	15 March 2011 – present	Syrian government---- Supported by: Soviet Union Iran	Syrian National Coalition	Ongoing

See also

• War in a Far Away Country