LIST OF WARS

Wars since 1900

A list of all wars in the 20th and 21st centuries, based on data by COW, Prio and UCDP. See the source page or the FAQ for more information. See the new stats page for a summary of casualty data and nation-based stats. And get a preview of the experimental timeline of all wars since 1900. What's new? Check the update logs for 2018, 2017 and 2016 .

Name of War   ∨ ∧	Years   ∨ ∧	Fatalities	Type	Mem.	Note
1959 Mosul uprising in Iraq	1959 - 1959	2,000	1	[1]
Cameroon War of Independence	1957 - 1959	11,700	1
Tibetan Uprising	1956 - 1959	16,000	1
First Lebanese War	1958 - 1958	1,400	1	[1]
La Violencia	1948 - 1958	29,800	1
Malayan Civil War	1948 - 1957	10,845	1	[2]
Sinai War	1956 - 1956	2,142	1	[2]
Soviet Invasion of Hungary	1956 - 1956	3,171	1	[2]
Kenya, Mau-Mau vs UK	1954 - 1956	12,955	1	[3]
Tunisian war of Independence	1953 - 1956	2,000	1
Moroccan War of Independence	1953 - 1956	1,000	1
Taiwan Strait Crisis	1949 - 1954	10,025	1
Philippines, Huk rebels vs Govt	1946 - 1954	9,695	1
First Indochina War Comm. vs France	1946 - 1954	377,523	1	[2]
Korean War	1949 - 1953	995,025	1	[11]
Bolivian Revolution	1952 - 1952	1,000	1
Indian Govt vs Communist Rebels CPI	1948 - 1951	4,000	1		U
Soviet Union vs Baltic Partisans (’’Forest Brethren’’)	1945 - 1951	32,400	1
Indonesian Govt vs Republic of South Moluccas	1950 - 1950	1,000	1
Third Sino-Tibetan War	1950 - 1950	4,000	1
Cheju Rebellion in South Korea	1948 - 1949	17,000	1	[1]
Arab-Israeli War	1948 - 1949	21,111	1	[1]
Greece Civil War	1946 - 1949	154,000	1
Chinese Civil War	1946 - 1949	1,200,000	1	[1]
Costa Rican Civil War	1948 - 1948	2,000	1
First Kashmir War	1948 - 1948	7,500	1		U
Yemeni Imamate War	1948 - 1948	4,000	1
Telangana Rebellion and Indo-Hyderabad War	1947 - 1948	4,360	1		U
Civil War in Mandatory Palestine	1947 - 1948	4,009	1	[2]
Indian Partition Communal Violence	1947 - 1948	200,000	1		U
Taiwanese revolt	1947 - 1947	1,000	1	[1]
Madagascar Rebellion	1947 - 1947	6,952	1	[1]
Paraguayan Gvt vs Rebels	1947 - 1947	4,000	1
Poland and Soviet Union vs Ukrainian Partisans	1945 - 1947	59,700	1
Indonesian Independence	1945 - 1946	5,400	1
World War II	1939 - 1945	50,000,000	1	[36]
Franco-Thai War	1940 - 1941	1,400	1	[1]
Third Sino-Japanese War	1937 - 1941	1,000,000	1	[6]
The Winter War in Finland	1939 - 1940	151,798	1	[1]
The battle of Khalkhin Gol	1939 - 1939	28,000	1
Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine	1936 - 1939	2,576	1
Spanish Civil War	1936 - 1939	466,300	1	[1]
Second British-Waziristan	1936 - 1939	10,200	1
Changkufeng Incident	1938 - 1938	1,726	1
Italo-Ethiopian War	1935 - 1936	20,000	1
Chaco War	1932 - 1935	92,661	1
Communists vs Koumintang	1930 - 1935	500,000	1
Spanish Socialists vs Govt	1934 - 1934	1,335	1
Saudi-Yemeni War	1934 - 1934	2,100	1
Xinjiang Muslim Revolt	1931 - 1934	21,000	1
Manchurian War	1931 - 1933	60,000	1	[2]
El Salvador, La Matanza	1932 - 1932	2,600	1
Aprista Revolt in Peru	1932 - 1932	1,100	1
Brazilian Revolt	1932 - 1932	1,000	1
Saya San Rebellion	1930 - 1932	1,140	1
Senussi Orden vs Italy	1920 - 1932	40,000	1
The Yên Bái Uprising	1930 - 1931	1,000	1
Ikhwan Revolt	1929 - 1930	5,500	1
Kuomintang vs warlords	1929 - 1930	75,000	1
Sino-Soviet war	1929 - 1929	3,200	1
Escobar Rebellion	1929 - 1929	2,000	1
Second Afghan Anti-Reform War	1928 - 1929	15,000	1
The Cristero War	1926 - 1929	10,000	1
Kuomintang vs Gansu Rebels	1928 - 1928	200,000	1
Northern Expedition	1926 - 1928	126,500	1
Druze revolt	1925 - 1927	6,000	1
Third Chinese Warlord War	1925 - 1926	1,000	1
Third Rif War	1920 - 1926	70,000	1
Afghan rebels vs govt	1924 - 1925	2,000	1
Nejd-Hejaz Wars	1919 - 1925	4,000	1
Honduras Coup	1924 - 1924	1,000	1
Soviet-Turkestan War	1921 - 1923	3,500	1
Second Chinese Warlord War	1922 - 1922	20,000	1
Ireland freestaters vs Irregulars	1921 - 1922	4,000	1
Moplah Riots in Kerala	1921 - 1922	2,450	1
Blackshirts vs Leftists	1920 - 1922	3,300	1
Second Greco Turkish War	1919 - 1922	50,000	1
Russian Revolution and Civil War	1917 - 1922	802,225	1	[1]
Kronstadt Rebellion	1921 - 1921	2,600	1
Conquest of Mongolia	1920 - 1921	4,000	1
Iraq vs UK	1920 - 1921	9,540	1
Green Rebellion	1920 - 1921	6,700	1
Turkish War of Independence	1919 - 1921	40,000	1
Franco-Syrian war	1920 - 1920	3,500	1	[1]
First Chinese Warlord War	1920 - 1920	35,000	1
Lithuanian-Polish War	1920 - 1920	1,000	1
First British-Waziristan War	1919 - 1920	2,000	1		U
Polish-Soviet War	1919 - 1920	100,000	1
Hungary Civil War	1919 - 1920	1,500	1
Caco Revolt	1918 - 1920	2,102	1
Estonian Liberation War	1918 - 1920	11,750	1	[2]
Latvian Liberation	1918 - 1920	13,246	1
Mexican Revolution	1910 - 1920	125,000	1	[1]
Hungarian–Romanian War of 1919	1919 - 1919	11,000	1
Sparticist Rising	1919 - 1919	2,170	1
Third Anglo-Afghan War	1919 - 1919	2,136	1
Finnish Civil War	1918 - 1918	15,150	1	[1]
Second Sino-Tibetan	1918 - 1918	1,500	1
Southern China Revolt	1915 - 1918	1,000	1
World War I	1914 - 1918	10,670,868	1	[12]
Russia-Turkestan	1916 - 1917	1,350	1
Chinese Govt vs Bai Lang (White Wolf) Rebels	1914 - 1914	5,000	1
Moro Rebellion	1913 - 1913	15,050	1
2nd Balkan War	1913 - 1913	60,500	1
Kuomintang vs Chinese Army	1913 - 1913	5,000	1
1st Balkan War	1912 - 1913	82,000	1	[1]
First Sino-Tibetan War	1911 - 1912	2,000	1
Paraguay Coups	1911 - 1912	5,000	1
Italo-Turkish War	1911 - 1912	20,000	1
Chinese Revolution	1911 - 1911	1,000	1	[2]
Cuba vs Partido Independiente de Color	1911 - 1911	1,050	1
Asir-Yemen Revolt	1910 - 1911	9,000	1
French Conquest of Wadai Sultanate	1909 - 1911	12,000	1
The second Rif War	1909 - 1910	10,000	1
Korean guerilla war against Japanese occupation	1907 - 1910	17,736	1
Portugese war against Dembos	1907 - 1910	5,100	1
Ma al-’Aynayn’s Anti-Colonial Insurgency	1907 - 1910	3,150	1
Iranian Constitution War	1908 - 1909	1,100	1
Morocco unrest	1907 - 1908	1,400	1
4th Central American war	1907 - 1907	1,000	1
Romanian Peasant Revolt	1907 - 1907	2,000	1
Dutch-Achinese War	1904 - 1907	24,200	1
Third Central American war	1906 - 1906	1,000	1
Sokoto and UK vs Mahdist Revolt	1906 - 1906	2,080	1
Zulu Rebellion	1906 - 1906	2,356	1
Russian Revolution 1905	1905 - 1906	1,500	1
Maji Maji revolt	1905 - 1906	8,840	1
Russo-Japanese war	1904 - 1905	151,831	1	[1]
Southwest African Revolt	1904 - 1905	12,800	1	[1]
Second Yemen Rebellion	1904 - 1904	30,000	1
Uruguay Civil War	1904 - 1904	1,000	1
Uprisings in Colonial Angola	1902 - 1904	2,000	1
Ilinden Uprising	1903 - 1903	6,330	1
The Boxer Rebellion	1900 - 1900	3,003	1
Sino-Russian War	1900 - 1900	4,000	1

 

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