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
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 10, 1967 | Israel |
Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq Saudi Arabia |
Western Asia |
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 |