WARS SINCE 1900
A list of all wars in the 20th century and up to today. What constitutes a war? See the sources page for more information about the definitions used on this site.
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| War | Years: start/end | Deaths | Info | Memorials |
| The Boxer Revolt | 1900 - 1900 | 13,000 |
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| Philippine insurrection | 1899 - 1902 | 70,000 |
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| Boer war | 1899 - 1902 | 50,500 |
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| The War of a Thousand Days | 1899 - 1903 | 100,000 |
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| Ilinden Uprising | 1903 - 1903 | 4,000 |
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| Russian Revolution 1905 | 1905 - 1906 | 1,000 |
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| Uruguay | 1904 - 1904 | 1,000 |
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| Somali rebellion | 1899 - 1905 | 6,000 |
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| Russo-Japanese war | 1904 - 1905 | 130,000 |
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| Southwest African Revolt | 1904 - 1905 | 78,000 |
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| Maji Maji revolt | 1905 - 1906 | 140,000 |
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| Zulu Rebellion | 1906 - 1906 | 2,500 |
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| 3d Central American war | 1906 - 1906 | 1,000 |
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| 4th Central American war | 1907 - 1907 | 1,000 |
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| Romania | 1907 - 1907 | 2,000 |
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| Morocco unrest | 1907 - 1908 | 1,000 |
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| Iran | 1908 - 1909 | 1,100 |
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| The second Rif War | 1909 - 1910 | 12,000 |
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| Chinese Revolution | 1911 - 1911 | 2,000 |
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| Paraguay Coups | 1911 - 1912 | 2,000 |
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| Italo-Turkish War | 1911 - 1912 | 20,000 |
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| Tibetan war | 1911 - 1912 | 2,000 |
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| 1st Balkan War | 1912 - 1913 | 82,000 |
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| 2nd Balkan War | 1913 - 1913 | 61,000 |
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| Kuomintang vs Chinese Army | 1913 - 1913 | 10,000 |
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| Bandits vs Chinas Govt | 1914 - 1914 | 5,000 |
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| Canton vs Beijing | 1917 - 1918 | 1,000 |
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| Spanish Army vs Rebels Morocco | 1916 - 1917 | 2,000 |
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| Armenian Genocide | 1915 - 1918 | 1,000,000 |
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| World War I | 1914 - 1918 | 14,000,000 |
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| Amritsar massacre | 1918 - 1919 | 700 |
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| Finnish Civil War | 1918 - 1918 | 20,000 |
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| Hungarian–Romanian War of 1919 | 1919 - 1919 | 11,000 |
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| Third Anglo-Afghan War | 1919 - 1919 | 3,000 |
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| Polish–Soviet War | 1919 - 1920 | 1,000 |
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| Mexican Revolution | 1910 - 1920 | 250,000 |
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| Hungary Civil War | 1919 - 1920 | 4,000 |
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| Polish-Soviet War | 1919 - 1920 | 50,000 |
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| Franco-Syrian war | 1920 - 1920 | 5,000 |
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| Easter rising | 1916 - 1921 | 600 |
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| Armenian Massacre Aftermath | 1919 - 1923 | 432,500 |
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| Turkish War of Independence | 1919 - 1921 | 40,000 |
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| Iraq vs UK | 1920 - 1921 | 1,000 |
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| Russian Revolution | 1917 - 1922 | 2,000,000 |
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| India vs UK rebellion | 1921 - 1922 | 11,000 |
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| Greco Turkish War | 1919 - 1922 | 70,000 |
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| Ireland freestaters vs Irregulars | 1921 - 1922 | 4,000 |
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| Honduras Coup | 1924 - 1924 | 1,000 |
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| Afghan rebels vs govt | 1924 - 1925 | 2,000 |
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| Third Rif War | 1920 - 1926 | 40,000 |
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| Druze revolt | 1925 - 1927 | 8,000 |
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| Northern Expedition | 1926 - 1928 | 10,500 |
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| Kuomintang vs islamic rebels | 1928 - 1928 | 200,000 |
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| Afghanistan | 1928 - 1929 | 7,500 |
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| Sino-Soviet war | 1929 - 1929 | 3,200 |
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| The Cristero War | 1926 - 1930 | 10,000 |
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| Kuomintang vs warlords | 1929 - 1930 | 75,000 |
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| French Equatorial Africa | 1927 - 1931 | 55,000 |
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| Uprisings in French Indochine | 1930 - 1931 | 1,000 |
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| Sansui (Senussi), Lybia vs Italy | 1920 - 1932 | 96,000 |
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| El Salvador, La Mataza | 1932 - 1932 | 20,000 |
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| Brazilian Revolt | 1932 - 1932 | 1,000 |
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| Manchurian War | 1931 - 1933 | 60,000 |
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| Soviet vs Turkestan | 1931 - 1934 | 20,000 |
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| Spanish socialists vs Govt | 1934 - 1934 | 2,000 |
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| Austrian Putsch | 1934 - 1934 | 1,000 |
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| Communists vs Koumintang | 1930 - 1935 | 350,000 |
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| Chaco War | 1931 - 1935 | 130,000 |
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| Italo-Ethiopian War | 1935 - 1936 | 175,000 |
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| Changkufeng Incident | 1938 - 1938 | 1,700 |
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| India vs UK rebellion | 1936 - 1938 | 11,000 |
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| Spanish Civil War | 1936 - 1939 | 780,000 |
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| The battle of Khalkhin Gol | 1939 - 1939 | 28,000 |
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| The Winter War in Finland | 1939 - 1940 | 90,000 |
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| Sino-Japanese War | 1937 - 1941 | 1,000,000 |
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| Franco-Thai War | 1940 - 1941 | 3,400 |
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| World War II | 1939 - 1945 | 49,800,000 |
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| Indonesian Independence | 1945 - 1946 | 15,000 |
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| Paraguayan Gvt.,vs Rebels | 1947 - 1947 | 1,000 |
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| Taiwanese revolt | 1947 - 1947 | 10,000 |
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| Costa Rican Coup | 1948 - 1948 | 2,000 |
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| La Violencia | 1946 - 1962 | 250,000 |
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| North Yemen, Rebels vs Govt. | 1948 - 1948 | 4,000 |
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| Indian civil war | 1947 - 1948 | 500,000 |
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| Arab-Israeli War | 1948 - 1949 | 8,000 |
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| Greece Civil War | 1944 - 1949 | 66,000 |
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| Madagascar Rebellion | 1947 - 1948 | 11,000 |
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| 1st Kashmir War | 1947 - 1949 | 2,000 |
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| Chinese Civil War | 1945 - 1950 | 1,000,000 |
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| Burman Rebellion | 1948 - 1951 | 8,000 |
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| 2nd Sinotibetan War | 1950 - 1951 | 2,000 |
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| Bolivian Civil War | 1952 - 1952 | 1,500 |
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| Philippines, Huk rebels vs Govt | 1946 - 1954 | 10,000 |
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| Indonesian Govt vs Darul islam | 1953 - 1953 | 1,000 |
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| Korean War | 1950 - 1953 | 2,690,000 |
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| First Indochina War Comm. vs France | 1945 - 1954 | 606,000 |
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| Guatemalan rebels vs Govt | 1954 - 1954 | 1,000 |
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| Tunisian war of Independence | 1952 - 1954 | 2,500 |
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| Costa rica vs Nicaragua | 1955 - 1955 | 1,000 |
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| Argentina, Army vs Peron | 1955 - 1955 | 5,000 |
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| Moroccan War of Independence | 1953 - 1956 | 3,000 |
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| Kenya, Mau-Mau vs UK | 1952 - 1956 | 13,000 |
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| Hungarian Revolt | 1956 - 1956 | 10,000 |
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| Sinai War | 1956 - 1956 | 3,000 |
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| Malayan Civil War | 1948 - 1957 | 13,000 |
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| lebanon | 1958 - 1958 | 2,000 |
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| Cuban revolution | 1958 - 1959 | 5,000 |
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| Iraq civil war | 1959 - 1959 | 2,000 |
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| Tibetan Rebellion | 1956 - 1959 | 100,000 |
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| Cameroon War of Independence | 1955 - 1960 | 32,000 |
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| Indonesian dissidents vs Govt | 1956 - 1960 | 30,000 |
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| Algerian War of Independece | 1954 - 1962 | 223,744 |
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| Laos Civil War | 1960 - 1962 | 5,000 |
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| Sino-Indian War | 1962 - 1962 | 2,000 |
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| Iraq vs Kurdistan | 1960 - 1963 | 105,000 |
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| Algerian Civil War | 1962 - 1963 | 1,500 |
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| Rwanda Civil War | 1963 - 1964 | 30,000 |
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| Congo Govt vs Katanga Rebels | 1960 - 1965 | 100,000 |
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| Vietnam civil war | 1960 - 1965 | 300,000 |
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| Dominican Rep. Coup | 1965 - 1965 | 2,500 |
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| 2 nd Kashmir War | 1965 - 1965 | 7,000 |
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| Uganda Gvt. vs secessionists | 1966 - 1966 | 2,500 |
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| The Six Day War | 1967 - 1967 | 19,000 |
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| China Culture Revolution | 1967 - 1968 | 50,000 |
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| North Yemen Civil War | 1962 - 1969 | 100,000 |
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| Football War Honduras vs Salvador | 1969 - 1969 | 1,900 |
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| Nigerian Civil War | 1967 - 1970 | 1,500,000 |
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| Israel vs Egypt | 1969 - 1970 | 5,400 |
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| Jordan vs Palestine Guerrilas | 1970 - 1970 | 2,000 |
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| Sri Lanka, Nationalists vs Govt | 1971 - 1971 | 1,600 |
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| Bangladesh War | 1971 - 1971 | 1,500,000 |
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| Sudan Govt vs Guerilla | 1963 - 1972 | 500,000 |
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| Guatemala military coup | 1966 - 1972 | 58,000 |
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| Burundi, Hutu Revolt | 1972 - 1972 | 150,000 |
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| Laos Govt vs Vietnamese Guerilla | 1963 - 1973 | 15,000 |
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| Yom Kippur War | 1973 - 1973 | 16,100 |
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| Guinea Bissau War of Independence | 1962 - 1974 | 15,000 |
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| Turko Cypriot War | 1974 - 1974 | 2,000 |
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| Angolan War of Independence | 1961 - 1975 | 81,500 |
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| Mozambique War of Independence | 1964 - 1975 | 45,000 |
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| Vietnam War | 1961 - 1975 | 1,400,000 |
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| Cambodian Civil War | 1970 - 1975 | 450,000 |
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| Iraq vs Kurdistan PUK Guerilla | 1974 - 1976 | 5,000 |
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| Pakistani Govt vs Guerilla | 1973 - 1977 | 9,000 |
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| Ethiopia vs Somalia | 1977 - 1978 | 15,000 |
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| Rhodesia Guerillas vs Govt | 1972 - 1979 | 21,000 |
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| Cambodian holocaust | 1975 - 1979 | 1,600,000 |
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| Vietnam vs Cambodia | 1975 - 1979 | 9,000 |
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| Nicaraguan Gvt vs Sandinistas | 1978 - 1979 | 30,000 |
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| Uganda vs Tanzania | 1978 - 1979 | 3,000 |
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| Iranian Revolution | 1978 - 1979 | 7,500 |
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| Sinovietnamese War | 1979 - 1979 | 31,000 |
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| MIlitary Govt vs Communist Guerilla | 1968 - 1980 | 25,000 |
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| Philippine Gvt. vs Mindanao Guerilla | 1972 - 1980 | 40,000 |
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| Nigerian rebellion | 1980 - 1981 | 5,000 |
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| Syrian Govt vs Sunni Fundamentalists | 1982 - 1982 | 10,000 |
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| Iran vs Muhajedin e-Khalq | 1981 - 1982 | 14,000 |
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| Falklands War | 1982 - 1982 | 1,000 |
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| Argentina's Dirty War | 1976 - 1983 | 20,000 |
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| Ethiopia vs Somali Rebels | 1976 - 1983 | 36,000 |
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| The Maitatsine Risings in Nigeria | 1980 - 1984 | 10,000 |
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| Guatemalan Govt vs Guerilla | 1978 - 1984 | 73,000 |
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| S Yemen Coup | 1986 - 1986 | 12,000 |
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| Sinovietnamese War | 1985 - 1987 | 4,000 |
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| Namibia vs South Africa | 1966 - 1988 | 12,800 |
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| Uganda Civil War | 1980 - 1988 | 105,000 |
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| Iran vs Iraq | 1980 - 1988 | 1,000,000 |
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| Burundi, Tutsi Gvt vs Hutu | 1988 - 1988 | 20,000 |
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| Sri Lanka Govt vs S Nationalists | 1987 - 1989 | 30,000 |
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| Chile: Coup d etat and dirty war | 1973 - 1990 | 4,000 |
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| Lebanese Civil War | 1975 - 1990 | 170,000 |
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| Chad Civil War | 1982 - 2002 | 37,500 |
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| Nicaragua Govt vs Contras | 1982 - 1990 | 43,000 |
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| Ethiopia vs Eritrea | 1974 - 1991 | 373,000 |
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| Tigray rebels TPLF vs Ethiopian Gvt | 1978 - 1991 | 15,000 |
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| First Gulf War | 1990 - 1991 | 57,000 |
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| Western Sahara War | 1975 - 1991 | 10,000 |
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| El Salvador Gvt vs FMLN Guerrillas | 1979 - 1992 | 75,000 |
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| Mozambique Govt vs Guerilla | 1979 - 1992 | 200,000 |
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| Yugoslav Gvt vs Croatia | 1991 - 1992 | 7,500 |
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| South Africa, Political Violence | 1989 - 1993 | 20,000 |
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| Iraq vs Kurds | 1985 - 1996 | 10,000 |
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| Georgian Civil War | 1991 - 1993 | 2,500 |
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| Northern Ireland, The Troubles | 1969 - 1994 | 3,300 |
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| Rwanda, Hutus vs Tutsis | 1990 - 1994 | 800,000 |
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| Azerbajan vs Soviet Union | 1990 - 1994 | 20,000 |
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| Yemen Gvt vs Secessionists | 1994 - 1994 | 7,000 |
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| Guatemalan Govt vs Guerilla | 1982 - 1995 | 46,300 |
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| Bosnian Govt vs Serbian Insurgents | 1992 - 1995 | 175,000 |
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| Liberia Civil War | 1989 - 1997 | 150,000 |
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| Cambodian Govt vs Khmer Rouge | 1979 - 1998 | 125,000 |
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| Tajikistan Govt vs Opposition | 1992 - 1998 | 30,000 |
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| East Timorese Guerilla vs Indonesioan Govt | 1976 - 1999 | 210,000 |
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| Senegal Civil War | 1982 - 2003 | 1,200 |
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| Congo Brazzaville Civil War | 1997 - 1999 | 7,000 |
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| Guinea Bissau Coup | 1998 - 1999 | 1,000 |
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| Yugoslavia vs UN and UCK Guerilla | 1997 - 1999 | 5,000 |
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| Israel vs Palestine | 1948 - 2009 | 14,500 |
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| Philippines Govt vs Mindanao Guerilla | 1972 - 2003 | 40,000 |
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| Angolan Gvt vs UNITA Guerilla | 1975 - 2000 | 120,000 |
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| Afghanistan Civil War | 1978 - 2000 | 1,400,000 |
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| Peruvian Gvt vs Sendero Luminoso and MRTA | 1980 - 1999 | 50,000 |
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| Sudan Govt vs Rebels | 1983 - 2003 | 600,000 |
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| Somali Civil War | 1982 - 2009 | 85,000 |
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| Sri Lankan Civil War | 1983 - 2009 | 45,000 |
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| Burma Govt vs Guerillas | 1983 - 2003 | 7,000 |
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| Colombia Govt vs Guerillas Farc and ELN | 1984 - 2000 | 22,000 |
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| Turkey Gvt vs Kurdistan Guerilla PPK | 1984 - 2004 | 30,000 |
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| India vs Pakistan, Kashmir Dispute | 1989 - 2009 | 25,000 |
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| Indian Govt vs Punjab | 1985 - 2000 | 19,000 |
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| Indonesia Gvt vs Aceh Liberation movement | 1989 - 2003 | 1,000 |
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| Algeria Govt vs Islamic rebels, GIA | 1990 - 2005 | 100,000 |
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| Iraq vs Iran based rebels | 1991 - 2000 | 180,000 |
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| Iran vs Muhajedin | 1991 - 2000 | 17,000 |
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| Sierra Leone Govt vs Rebels | 1994 - 2000 | 75,000 |
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| Russia vs Chechnyan Secessionists | 1994 - 2006 | 65,000 |
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| Philippines Guerrilla CPP vs Govt | 1969 - 2003 | 35,000 |
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| Ugandan Civil War | 1987 - 2005 | 100,000 |
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| Dem Rep of Congo vs Rebels | 1998 - 2009 | 3,000,000 |
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| Burundi Tutsi Govt vs Hutu Rebels | 1991 - 2005 | 150,000 |
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| Eritrea vs Ethiopia | 1998 - 2000 | 80,000 |
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| Chittagong uprising India | 1975 - 1975 | 3,000 |
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| Iraq vs US led coalition | 2003 - 2009 | 40,000 |
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| Al Quaeda vs USA and allies | 2001 - 2009 | 30,000 |
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| Darfur Conflict in Sudan | 2003 - 2009 | 100,000 |
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| Civil War in Côte d Ivoire | 2001 - 2005 | 2,000 |
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| Nagorno-Karabakh War | 1988 - 1994 | 10,000 |
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| Nepal Civil War | 1996 - 2005 | 12,700 |
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| 2006 Lebanon War | 2006 - 2006 | 1,900 |
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| Afghanistan war | 2001 - 2009 | 35,000 |
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| Waziristan conflict | 2004 - 2009 | 16,000 |
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| Somalia Civil War | 1990 - 2010 | 30,000 |
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