List of Proxy wars since 1918

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This is a list of proxy wars.

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Contents

• 1 Pre-Cold War-Era Wars
• 2 Cold War and aftermath
• 3 Second Cold War
• 4 Middle Eastern conflicts
• 5 References

Pre-Cold War-Era Wars

War	Date	Combatant 1	Combatant 2
Finnish Civil War	1918[1][2]	Finland[1][2] White Guard[1][2] Supported by:  Germany[1][2]	Red Guards[1][2] Supported by:  Russian SFSR[1][2]
Chinese Civil War	1929-1949[3][4]	KMT[3][4] Supported by:  Germany[3][4]  United States[3][4]	CPC[3][4] PLA[3][4] Supported by:  Soviet Union[3][4]
Spanish Civil War	1936-1939[5][6][7][8][9]	Nationalists[5][6][7][10] Falange[6][7] Supported by:  Germany[5][6][7][10]  Italy[5][6][7][10]  Portugal[10]	Republicans[5][6][7][10] PCE[8] Popular Front[7] POUM[11] PSOE[9] Supported by:  France[6][10] International Brigades[5][6][7][10]  Mexico[6][7][10]  Soviet Union[5][6][7][10]

Cold War and aftermath

War	Years	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Iran Crisis of 1946	1945–1946	Imperial State of Iran Supported by:  United States	Azerbaijan People's Republic Republic of Mahabad Supported by:  Soviet Union	Combatant 1 Wins
Greek Civil War	1944-1949[12][13]	DSE[12] EAM[12][13] ELAS[12][13] KKE[12] Supported by: Albania[12]  Bulgaria[12]  Yugoslavia[12]	Greece[12][13] Supported by:  United Kingdom[12][13]  United States[12][13]	Combatant 2 Wins[12][13]
First Indochina War	1946–1954[14][15]	France[14][15] State of Vietnam[14][15] Supported by:  United States[14]	Khmer Issarak[16] Pathet Lao[17] Viet Minh[14][15] Supported by:  China[14]  Soviet Union[14]	Combatant 1 Wins[14][15]
Korean War	1950-1953[18][19][20][21][22][23]	North Korea[18][19][20][21][22][23] NKPA[23]  China[18][19][20][22][23] Supported by:  Bulgaria[24]  Czechoslovakia[24]  Hungary[24]  Poland[24]  Romania[24][22]  Soviet Union[18][22][24]	South Korea[18][19][20][23]  United Nations[19][20][23]  United States[18][19][20][21][23] Supported by:  Australia[19][20][21]  Belgium[19][20]  Bolivia[20]  Canada[19][20][21]  Colombia[19]  Commonwealth[25] Cuba[20]  Denmark[26]  Ethiopia[19][20]  France[19][20][21]  Greece[19]  India[21]  Israel[27]  Italy[28]  Luxembourg[19]  Netherlands[19]  New Zealand[19][21]  Norway[29]  Philippines[19]  South Africa[19][20]  Spain[30]  Sweden[31]  Switzerland[32]  Thailand[19][20]  Turkey[19][20][21]  United Kingdom[19][21]	Stalemate[18][19][23]
Suez Crisis	1956–1957[33]	France[33]  Israel[33]  United Kingdom[33]	Egypt[33] Supported by:  Soviet Union[33]  United States[33]	Combatant 2 Wins[33]
Laotian Civil War	1953–1975	Kingdom of Laos Republic of Vietnam Thailand  United States  Taiwan	Pathet Lao Democratic Republic of Vietnam Supported by: Soviet Union China
Vietnam War	1957–1975	Anti-communist forces:  South Vietnam United States  South Korea  Australia  Thailand  New Zealand  Khmer Republic  Kingdom of Laos Supported by:  Philippines[34]  Taiwan[34] Canada[34]  West Germany[34]  United Kingdom[34] Iran[34] Spain[34]	Communist forces:  North Vietnam Viet Cong Khmer Rouge Pathet Lao Supported by:  China  Soviet Union  Cuba  North Korea  Czechoslovakia Bulgaria  East Germany
Guatemalan Civil War	1960–1996	URNG (from 1982) PGT MR-13 (1960–1971) FAR (1960–1971) EGP (1971–1996) ORPA (1979–1996) Supported by Soviet Union (Until 1991) Cuba[35] Nicaragua (1979–1990) FMLN	Guatemalan military Various government-led paramilitary organizations Supported by United States (1962–1996) Israel Taiwan Chile Argentina South Africa
Portuguese Colonial War	1961–974	Portugal  South Africa  NATO	Soviet Union  People's Republic of China  United States
Nigerian Civil War	1967–1970	United Kingdom  Soviet Union  United States	South Africa Portugal  France
Angolan Civil War	1974–2002	United States  People's Republic of China  South Africa	Soviet Union  Cuba
Ogaden War	1977–1978	Somalia WSLF Supported by:  China Egypt	Ethiopia  Soviet Union  Cuba  South Yemen
Cambodian-Vietnamese War	1977-1991	Vietnam (VPA) KUFNS People's Republic of Kampuchea (KPRAF) (after 10 January 1979) State of Cambodia (CPAF) (1989) Supported by:  Soviet Union  Laos	Democratic Kampuchea (RAK) Supported by:  China Post invasion: CGDK: NADK KPNLF FUNCINPEC FULRO Supported by:  China  United States(non-combat support)  United Kingdom(non-combat support) Spillover conflict:  Thailand (border clashes)
Afghan-Soviet War	1979–1989	Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan	Sunni Mujahideen: Jamiat-e Islami Shura-e Nazar Gulbuddin faction Maktab al-Khadamat Khalis faction[36] Ittehad i-Islami IRM NLF NIFA Supported by:  Pakistan  United States  United Kingdom  China  Saudi Arabia Shia Mujahedeen: Harakat i-Islami[36] Afghan Hezbollah Nasr Party (IVOA)[36] COIRGA Shura Party IRM UOIF Raad Party Supported by:  Iran Small Maoist groups: ALO SAMA AMFFF
Nicaraguan Civil War	1979–1990	Somoza government National Guard Contras (1981–90) Supported by:  United States  Saudi Arabia  Honduras  Chile  Argentina (1961–83)  Panama	FSLN EPS Supported by:  Soviet Union  Cuba  Libya  Bulgaria  Romania (until 1989)  Greece  Sweden  Costa Rica
Sino-Vietnamese War	1979	People's Republic of China	Soviet Union

Second Cold War

Conflict	Dates
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict[37]	1988–present	Azerbaijan  United States  Turkey  European Union	Armenia  Greece  Russia
Georgian-Ossetian conflict[37]	1989–present	Georgia  NATO	Russia
Abkhaz–Georgian conflict[37]	1989–present	Georgia  NATO	Russia
Syrian civil war[38]	2011–present	Saudi Arabia  Qatar[39]  United States[39]  Turkey  Libya  European Union	Iran[39]  Russia  Iraq
2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine	2014–present	Ukraine  United States  European Union	Russia  Novorossiya

Middle Eastern conflicts

Conflict	Dates
Arab-Israeli Conflict	after 1991	Israel  United Kingdom  United States  Saudi Arabia	Iran  Syria  Qatar
North Yemen Civil War	1962–1970	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Republic
Western Sahara War	1975–1991	United States  France	Algeria Libya
War in Afghanistan	2001–present	United States  United Kingdom  India	Pakistan[citation needed]
Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War)[40]	2003-2011	United States	Iran
Shia insurgency in Yemen	2004–2015	United States  Saudi Arabia  Jordan  Morocco	Iran
Israel-Iran proxy conflict	2006–present	Israel	Iran
2006 Lebanon War	2006 (part of Israel-Iran proxy conflict)	Israel	Iran
Gaza War	2008–2009 (part of Israel-Iran proxy conflict)	Israel	Iran
Syrian civil war[38]	2011–present	Saudi Arabia[citation needed]  Qatar[39]  United States[39]  Turkey[citation needed]  Libya  United Kingdom  France	Iran[39]  Russia[citation needed]  Iraq
Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)	2011–present	Iraq  Iran  Syria  Russia  United States	Saudi Arabia  Qatar  Turkey
2014 Libyan Civil War	2014–present	Turkey  Qatar  Sudan	Egypt  United Arab Emirates
Operation Protective Edge	2014	Israel  Egypt  United States[41]	Iran  Qatar  Turkey
Second Saudi-Yemeni War	2015-present	Saudi Arabia  United States	Iran

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