List of wars involving the Soviet Union
This is a list of wars involving the Soviet Union (30 December 1922 – 26 December 1991).
Date | Conflict | Location | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1916–1934 | Central Asian Revolt | Central Asia | Russian Empire (until 1917)
Soviet Union (from 1922) | Basmachi Khiva | Victory
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1924 | August Uprising[citation needed] | Soviet Union | Damkom | Victory
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1925–1926 | Urtatagai conflict | Soviet Union | Emirate of Afghanistan | Defeat
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1929 | Sino-Soviet conflict | Soviet Union | China | Victory
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1929 | Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929) Part of the Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) | Soviet Union |
| Defeat
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1930 | Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1930) | Soviet Union | Basmachi | Victory | |
1932 | Chechen uprising of 1932 [ru][citation needed] | Soviet Union | Chechen rebels | Victory
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1932–1941 | Soviet–Japanese border conflicts | Soviet Union | Japan | Victory | |
1934 | Soviet invasion of Xinjiang | Soviet Union Xinjiang clique White Movement Torgut Mongols | China | Stalemate
| |
(1936–39) | Spanish Civil War | Spain | Spain
Supported by: Volunteers | Nationalist faction
| Defeat
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1937 | Islamic Rebellion in Xinjiang[citation needed] | Xinjiang | China | Victory
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1939 | Soviet invasion of Poland (Part of World War II) | Germany Soviet Union | Poland | Victory
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1939–1940 | Winter War (Part of World War II) | Soviet Union | Finland | Inconclusive
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1940 | Occupation and annexation of the Baltic states (Part of World War II) | Soviet Union | Estonia Latvia Lithuania | Victory
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1940 | Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina (part of World War II) | Soviet Union | Romania | Victory
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1941–1945 | World War II | Allied Powers: Soviet Union | Axis Powers: Germany | Victory
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1944–1960s | Anti-communist insurgencies in Central and Eastern Europe[citation needed]
| Soviet Union East Germany Polish People's Republic Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Hungarian People's Republic Socialist Republic of Romania People's Republic of Bulgaria Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | Ukrainian Insurgents Polish Insurgents Estonian Insurgents Latvian Insurgents Lithuanian Insurgents Bulgarian Insurgents Serbian Insurgents Croatian Insurgents Romanian Insurgents German Insurgents Hungarian Insurgents | Victory
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1945 | Soviet–Japanese War (Part of World War II) | Soviet Union | Japan | Victory
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1946-1954 | First Indochina War | France | Viet Minh Japan Japanese holdout Supported by: | Victory
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1950–1953 | Korean War | North Korea | United Nations South Korea | Ceasefire
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1955–1975 | Vietnam War | North Vietnam Viet Cong and PRG | South Vietnam United States | Victory
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1953 | East German Uprising[citation needed] | Soviet Union East Germany | East German demonstrators | Victory
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1956 | Hungarian Revolution[citation needed] | Soviet Union | Revolutionaries | Victory
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1961 | Vlora Incident[citation needed] | Soviet Union Warsaw Pact:[1][2] Bulgaria Czechoslovakia East Germany Hungary Poland | Albania | Soviet-Warsaw Pact defeat
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1968 | Invasion of Czechoslovakia[citation needed] | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Victory
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1969 | Sino-Soviet border conflict | Soviet Union | China | Victory (status quo ante bellum)[5]
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1969–1970 | War of Attrition | Egypt | Israel | Inconclusive
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1975–1991 | Angolan Civil War | MPLA | South Africa | Victory
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1977–1978 | Ethio-Somali War | Ethiopia | Somalia | Victory
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1979–1989 | Soviet–Afghan War | Soviet Union | Afghan Mujahideen | Defeat
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Notes
- ^ The only party under Francisco Franco from 1937 onward, a merger of the other factions on the Nationalist side.
- ^ a b c d 1936–1937, then merged into FET y de las JONS
References
- ^ ""Shqiptarët tentuan t'i merrnin të 12 nëndetëset!"- Zbardhet dokumenti sekret i arkivave sovjetike: Si dështoi plani që baza t'i kalonte Traktatit të Varshavës" (in Albanian). Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "ГОТОВИЛСЯ ЛИ ПЕРЕВОРОТ В АЛБАНИИ? "ДЕЛО Т. СЕЙКО": ВЕРСИИ". libmonster.ru. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Low, Alfred D. (1976). The Sino-Soviet dispute : an analysis of the polemics. Rutherford [N.J.]: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 0-8386-1479-5. OCLC 2225938.
- ^ says, yp Xhixh (14 February 2022). ""Shqiptarët tentuan t'i merrnin të 12 nëndetëset!" Zbardhet dokumenti sekret i arkivave sovjetike: Si dështoi plani që baza t'i kalonte Traktatit të Varshavës". Gazeta Tema. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ a b c "Exploring Chinese History :: Politics :: Conflict and War :: Soviet Aggression". Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ Kuisong p.29
- ^ Borer, Douglas A. (1999). Superpowers defeated: Vietnam and Afghanistan compared. London: Cass. p. 216. ISBN 978-0-7146-4851-4.
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