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This is a list of proxy wars. Countries are listed in alphabetical order. Their order is not an indication of their importance to the conflict.

Proxy wars are wars where one or more countries use other countries or organizations to oppose each other. The supporting country may support the proxy by providing money, supplies, advisers, or intelligence, or put some kind of pressure on the proxy's opponents, but does not commit notable levels of troops.

This list is intended to be a brief look at conflicts. Some countries may not have been involved in the war for the full duration; these are not marked to avoid cluttering the tables. You may need to look more closely into a conflict to get a more accurate grasp of it.

The term aggressor does not imply that party acted without provocation. It is used to organize the various sides of a conflict based on which side fired the first shots of the conflict, as opposed to something meaningless (e.g. always putting communist forces in the first column and the anti-communist forces in the second).

In another effort to reduce table cluttering, some references which were checked but didn't include any information that wasn't provided by other resources are listed at the end, instead of using inline citations in the tables.

Before the Cold War[edit]

War Date Aggressor Defender Result
French intervention in Mexico 1862–1867[1]  France[1]
 Second Mexican Empire[1]
 Spain[1]
Supported by:
 Austria[1]
 United Kingdom[1] 		 Mexico[1]
Supported by:
 United States[1] 		Defender won[1]
Venezuelan crisis of 1902–03 1902–1903[2]  Germany[2]
 Italy[2]
 United Kingdom[2] 		Venezuela Venezuela[2]
Supported by:
 United States[2] 		Defender won[2]
Somaliland Campaign 1900–1920  Ethiopian Empire[3]
 United Kingdom[3]
Supported by:
 Italy[3]
Sultanate of Hobyo[3] 		Dervish State[3] Aggressor won
Finnish Civil War 1918[4] Red Guards[4]
Supported by:
 Russian SFSR[4] 		 Finland[4]
 Germany[4] 		Defender won[4]
Revolutions and interventions in Hungary (1918–1920) 1918–1920[5]  Czechoslovakia[5]
 Romania[5]
Supported by:
 France[5] 		Hungary First Hungarian Republic[5]
Hungarian Soviet Republic[5]
Supported by:
 Russian SFSR[5] 		Aggressor won[5]
Turkish War of Independence 1919–1922[6] Ottoman Empire Ankara Government[6]  Armenia[6]
 Greece[6]
Supported by:
 Ottoman Empire[6]
 France[6]
 United Kingdom[6]
 United States[6] 		Aggressor won[6]
Chinese Civil War 1929–1949[7] KMT[7]
Supported by:
Germany Wiemar Republic[7]
 United States[7] 		CPC[7]
Supported by:
 Soviet Union[7] 		Defender won[7]
Spanish Civil War 1936–1939 Spain Nationalists[8]
Supported by:
 Germany[8]
 Italy[8]
 Portugal[8]
 Vatican City[9] 		Second Spanish Republic Republicans[8]
Supported by:
 France[8]
International Brigades[8]
 Mexico[8]
 Soviet Union[8] 		Aggressor won[8]

Cold War era[edit]

War Date Aggressor Defender Result
Chinese Civil War 1929–1949[7] KMT[7]
Supported by:
Germany Wiemar Republic[7]
 United States[7] 		CPC[7]
Supported by:
 Soviet Union[7] 		Defender won[7]
Greek Civil War 1944–1949[10] EAM[10]
KKE[10]
Supported by:
People's Socialist Republic of Albania Albania[10]
 Bulgaria[10]
 Yugoslavia[10] 		 Greece[10]
Supported by:
 United Kingdom[10]
 United States[10] 		Defender won[10]
Iran crisis of 1946 1946[11] Azerbaijan People's Government[11]
 Republic of Mahabad[11]
Supported by:
 Soviet Union[11] 		 Iran[11]
Supported by:
 United Kingdom[11]
 United States[11] 		Defender won[11]
Indonesian National Revolution 1945–1950[12]  Indonesia[12]
Supported by:
 India[12]
 United Nations[12]
 United States[12] 		 Netherlands[12]
Supported by:
 United Kingdom[12] 		Aggressor won[12]
First Indochina War 1946–1954[13] North Vietnam Viet Minh[13]
Supported by:
 China[13]
 Soviet Union[13] 		 France[13]
South Vietnam State of Vietnam[13]
Supported by:
 United States[13] 		Aggressor won[13]
Korean War 1950–1953[14][15][16]  North Korea[14][15][16]
 China[14][15][16]
Supported by:
 Romania[15]
 Soviet Union[14][15] 		 Australia[14][16][17]
 Belgium[14][16][17]
 Bolivia[16]
 Canada[14][16][17]
 Colombia[14][17]
Cuba Cuba[16]
 Ethiopia[14][16][17]
 France[14][16][17]
 Greece[14][17]
 Luxembourg[14][17]
 Netherlands[14][17]
 New Zealand[14][17]
 Philippines[14][17]
 South Africa[14][16][17]
 South Korea[14][16][17][18]
 Thailand[14][16][17]
 Turkey[14][16][17]
 United Kingdom[14][16][17]
 United States[14][16]
Supported by:
Commonwealth of Nations[17]
 Denmark[17]
 India[17]
 Israel[18]
 Italy[17]
 Norway[17]
 Sweden[17]
  Switzerland[17]
 United Nations[14][16][17] 		Stalemate[14][16]
Vietnam War 1953–1975[7][19]  North Vietnam[7][19][20]
North Vietnam Viet Cong[7][19][20]
Supported by:
 China[19][20]
 Soviet Union[19][20] 		 Australia[19][20]
 Philippines[20]
 South Korea[19][20]
 South Vietnam[7][19][20]
 Thailand[19][20]
 United States[7][19][20]
Supported by:
 Argentina[20]
 Belgium[20]
 Brazil[20]
 Canada[20]
 Costa Rica[20]
 Denmark[20]
 Ecuador[20]
 France[20]
 Greece[20]
 Guatemala[20]
 Honduras[20]
 Iran[20]
 Ireland[20]
 Italy[20]
 Japan[20]
 Laos[20]
 Liberia[20]
 Luxembourg[20]
 Malaysia[20]
 Morocco[20]
 Netherlands[20]
 New Zealand[19][20]
 Norway[20]
 Pakistan[20]
Spain Spain[20]
 South Africa[20]
  Switzerland[20]
 Taiwan[20]
 Tunisia[20]
 Turkey[20]
 United Kingdom[20]
 Uruguay[20]
 Venezuela[20]
 West Germany[20] 		Aggressor won[19]
First Taiwan Strait Crisis 1954–1955[21]  China[21]  Taiwan[21]
Supported by:
 United States[21] 		Stalemate[21]
Suez Crisis 1956–1957[22]  France[22]
 Israel[22]
 United Kingdom[22] 		Egypt Egypt[22]
Supported by:
 Soviet Union[22]
 United States[22] 		Defender won[22]
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis 1958[21]  China[21]  Taiwan[21]
Supported by:
 United States[21] 		Defender won[21]
Portuguese Colonial War 1960–1974[23] FLEC[23]
FNLA[23]
File:Mz frelimo.png FRELIMO[23][24]
MPLA[23]
PAIGC[23]
UNITA[23]
Supported by:
 China[23]
 Cuba[23]
 France[23]
 Soviet Union[23]
 United States[23] 		 Portugal[23][24]
Supported by:
 Malawi[24] 		Aggressor won[23]
Guatemalan Civil War 1960–1996[25] EGP[25]
FAR[25]
ORPA[25]
PGT[25]
URNG[25] 		ESA[25]
 Guatemala[25]
White Hand[25]
Supported by:
 United States[25] 		Aggressor won[25]
South Thailand insurgency 1960–present BBMP[26]
Bersatu[26]
BIPP[26]
Black December 1902[26]
BRN[26][27]
GMIP[26][27]
GMP[26]
Hikmat Allah Abadan[26]
Jeemah Islamiyah[27]
KMM[27]
PULO[26][27]
Saibillillah[26]
Tantra Jihad Islam[26]
Supported by:
al-Qaeda[27]
GAM[27]
 Malaysia[26]
PAS[26]
PLO[26] 		 Thailand[26][27]
Supported by:
 Indonesia[27]
 Malaysia[27]
 United States[26] 		Ongoing
Eritrean War of Independence 1961–1991[28][29] Eritrea ELF[28][30]
EPLF[29][30]
Supported by:
 China[28]
 Iraq[28][29]
 Sudan[28]
 Syria[28][29]
 United States[30] 		 Ethiopia[29][29][30]
Supported by:
 Israel[28]
 United States[28]
 Soviet Union[29] 		Aggressor won[29]
North Yemen Civil War 1962–1970[31]  Yemen Arab Republic[31]
 Egypt[31]
Supported by:
 Soviet Union[31] 		[[File:|23x15px|border |alt=Yemen|link=Yemen]] Kingdom of Yemen[31]
Supported by:
 Jordan[31]
 Saudi Arabia[31]
 United Kingdom[31] 		Aggressor won[31]
Dhofar Rebellion 1962–1976 DLF[32]
PFLOAG[32]
Supported by:
 China[32]
 South Yemen[32]
 Soviet Union[32] 		 Iran[32]
 Oman[32]
Supported by:
 Abu Dhabi[32]
 Egypt[32]
 Jordan[32]
 Pakistan[32]
 Saudi Arabia[32]
 United Arab Emirates[32]
 United Kingdom[32] 		Defender won[32]
Sarawak Communist Insurgency 1962–1990[33] NKCP[33]
Supported by:
 China[33] 		 Malaya[33]
 Malaysia[33]
 Thailand[33] 		Defender won[33]
Aden Emergency 1963–1967[34] FLOSY[34]
NLF[34]
Supported by:
 Czechoslovakia[34]
 Egypt[34]
 Soviet Union[34]
 Yemen[34] 		Federation of South Arabia[34]
 United Kingdom[34]
Supported by:
 Saudi Arabia[34] 		Aggressor won[34]
Colombian conflict 1964–present[35] ELN[35]
FARC[35] 		AUC[35]
 Colombia[35]
Supported by:
 United States[35] 		Ongoing[35]
Rhodesian Bush War 1965–1979[36] ZANU[36]
ZAPU[36]
Supported by:
 China[36]
 Mozambique[36]
 Soviet Union[36]
 United Kingdom[36]
 Zambia[36] 		 Rhodesia[36]
Supported by:
 South Africa[36] 		Aggressor won[36]

References[edit]

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