Conflict | Start date | End date | Western Bloc related | Eastern Bloc related | Region |
The attack on the Soviet naval presence | 1961 | 1968 | Albania | Soviet Union Supported by:
Warsaw Pact:
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Hungary
Poland | Southeast Europe |
1960 U-2 incident | May 1, 1960 | May 1, 1960 | United States | Soviet Union | Eastern Europe |
Congo Crisis | June 30, 1960 | November 25, 1965 | 1960–63: Katanga
South Kasai Supported by: Belgium
France
South Africa September 1960–63: Republic of the Congo Belgium Supported by: ONUC 1963–65: Democratic Republic of the Congo
United States
Belgium Supported by: ONUC | July–September 1960: Republic of the Congo Supported by: Soviet Union
ONUC December 1960–62: Free Republic of the Congo Supported by: Soviet Union 1963–65: Kwilu and Simba rebels Supported by: Soviet Union
China
Cuba | Central Africa |
Guatemalan Civil War | November 13, 1960 | December 19, 1996 | Government of Guatemala Mano Blanca
United States | PGT FAR URNG | Central America |
Portuguese Colonial War | February 4, 1961 | April 25, 1974 | Portugal | MPLA
FNLA
UNITA
FLEC
PAIGC
FRELIMO | Western/Southern Africa |
Angolan War of Independence | February 4, 1961 | January 15, 1975 | Portugal South Africa | MPLA
FNLA
UNITA
FLEC RDL | Southern Africa |
Bay of Pigs Invasion | April 17, 1961 | April 19, 1961 | United States
Cuban DRF | Cuba | Caribbean |
Berlin Crisis of 1961 | June 4, 1961 | November 9, 1961 | West Germany
United States
United Kingdom
France | East Germany
Soviet Union | Western Europe |
Nicaraguan Revolution | July 23, 1961 | April 25, 1990 | Somoza regime Contras
United States | FSLN Panama (1978–1979) | Central America |
Eritrean War of Independence | September 1, 1961 | May 29, 1991 | Before 1974:
Ethiopian Empire After 1974: ELF EPLF TPLF | Before 1974: ELF EPLF
After 1974: PDR Ethiopia
Soviet Union
Cuba | Eastern Africa |
Operation Trikora | December 19, 1961 | August 15, 1962 | Netherlands
Dutch New Guinea | Indonesia
Soviet Union | Southeast Asia |
North Yemen Civil War | September 26, 1962 | December 1, 1970 | Kingdom of Yemen
Saudi Arabia Supported by:
Jordan (until 1963)
United Kingdom
Israel (alleged)
Iran
Pakistan | Yemen Arab Republic
Egypt Supported by:
Soviet Union | Western Asia |
Cuban Missile Crisis | October 14, 1962 | October 28, 1962 | United States
Italy
Turkey | Soviet Union
Cuba | Caribbean |
Sino-Indian War | October 20, 1962 | November 21, 1962 | China | India | Southern Asia |
Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation | January 20, 1963 | August 11, 1966 | Malaysia
Singapore
United Kingdom
Brunei
Australia
New Zealand | Indonesia
North Kalimantan Communist Party Brunei People's Party | Southeast Asia |
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence | January 23, 1963 | September 11, 1974 | Portugal | PAIGC
Guinea (1970 only)
Cuba | Western Africa |
Ar-Rashid revolt | July 3, 1963 | July 3, 1963 | Iraqi Republic | Iraqi Army
Iraqi Communist Party | Western Asia |
1964 Brazilian coup d'état | March 31, 1964 | April 1, 1964 | Brazilian Armed Forces Supported by: United States | Fourth Brazilian Republic | South America |
Rhodesian Bush War | March 31, 1964 | December 12, 1979 | Southern Rhodesia (1964–1965)
Rhodesia (1965–1979)
Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979)
South Africa | ZANU (ZANLA)
FRELIMO ZAPU (ZIPRA)
ANC (MK) | Southern Africa |
Mexican Dirty War | December 1, 1964 | December 1, 1982 | Mexico Supported by: United States | Left-wing groups | North America |
Mozambican War of Independence | September 25, 1964 | September 8, 1974 | Portugal | FRELIMO | Eastern Africa |
Colombian conflict | May 27, 1964 | Present | Colombia | Far-Left Guerrillas
FARC
ELN
EPL
M-19 MOEC MAQL AUC Medellín Cartel | South America |
Communist insurgency in Thailand | January 1, 1965 | April 26, 1983 | Thailand
Republic of China (until 1967)
Malaysia
United States | Communist Party of Thailand Pathet Lao
Khmer Rouge (until 1978)
Malayan Communist Party | Southeast Asia |
Dominican Civil War | April 24, 1965 | September 3, 1965 | Dominican Republic (Loyalist military government)
United States
IAPF | Dominican Republic (Constitutionalist) | Caribbean |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 | August 15, 1965 | September 23, 1965 | Pakistan | India | India Indian subcontinent |
30 September Movement | September 30, 1965 | October 1, 1965 | Suharto-backed Armed Forces Supported by: United States | Sukarno government Communist Party of Indonesia
China | Southeast Asia |
Indonesian killings of 1965–66 | October 1, 1965 | March 1966 | Indonesia | PKI Gerwani Abangan atheists and Kafir ethnic Chinese | Southeast Asia |
Cultural Revolution | May 16, 1966 | October 6, 1976 | Liu Shaoqi government | Mao Zedong government Red Guards | Eastern Asia |
South African Border War | August 26, 1966 | March 21, 1990 | South Africa Portugal (until 1975)
UNITA (from 1975)
FNLA | SWAPO (PLAN)
MPLA (FAPLA)
Cuba
SWANU
ANC (MK)
Zambia | Southern Africa |
Bolivian Campaign | November 3, 1966 | October 9, 1967 | Bolivia
United States | National Liberation Army of Bolivia | South America |
Araguaia Guerrilla War | 1966 | 1975 | Brazil | Communist Party of Brazil | South America |
Cambodian Civil War | March 11, 1967 | April 17, 1975 | Kingdom of Cambodia (1968–1970)
Khmer Republic (1970–1975)
United States
South Vietnam | Khmer Rouge
GRUNK (1970–1975)
FUNK
Khmer Rumdo
North Vietnam
Viet Cong | Southeast Asia |
Six-Day War | June 5, 1967 | June 11, 1967 | Israel United States | Egypt
Syria
Jordan Iraq
Saudi Arabia | Western Asia |
Nigerian Civil War | July 5, 1967 | January 13, 1970[3] | Nigeria | Biafra | West Africa |
War of Attrition | July 1, 1967 | August 7, 1970 | Israel | Egypt
Soviet Union
PLO
Jordan
Syria
Cuba
Kuwait | Western Asia |
Communist Insurgency in Malaysia | June 17, 1968 | December 2, 1989 | Malaysia
Singapore
Thailand | Malayan Communist Party
North Kalimantan Communist Party
Communist Party of Thailand (until 1983) | Southeast Asia |
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia | August 20, 1968 | August 21, 1968 | Czechoslovakia | Warsaw Pact: | Eastern Europe |
Sino-Soviet border conflict | March 2, 1969 | September 11, 1969 | China | Soviet Union | Eastern Asia |
1969 Sudanese coup d'état | May 25, 1969 | May 25, 1969 | Sudan | SAF Free Officers Movement | North Africa |
Football War | July 14, 1969 | July 18, 1969 | El Salvador | Honduras | Central America |
1969 Libyan coup d'état | September 1, 1969 | September 1, 1969 | Kingdom of Libya Cyrenaican Defence Force | Free Officers Movement | North Africa |
1969 Somali coup d'état | October 21, 1969 | October 21, 1969 | Somali Republic | Supreme Revolutionary Council | Eastern Africa |