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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 .

United States

Name of War   Years   Fatalities Type Mem. Note
Afghanistan war 2001 - 2017 130,807 1 [5] U
al-Qaida vs USA and allies 2001 - 2017 8,593 1 [12] U
Caco Revolt 1918 - 1920 2,102 1
Congo Crisis 1960 - 1965 7,175 1 [2]
Cuba vs Partido Independiente de Color 1911 - 1911 1,050 1
Dominican Republic Coup 1965 - 1965 4,027 1
First Gulf War 1990 - 1991 23,946 1 [4] U
Indonesia vs PRRI, Permesta and Darul Islam 1953 - 1961 33,965 1
Iraq vs US led coalition 2003 - 2003 7,927 1 [10] U
Iraqi Insurgency 2004 - 2017 17,198 1 [9] U
Korean War 1949 - 1953 995,025 1 [11]
Laos Civil War 1959 - 1973 21,500 1
Lebanese Civil War 1975 - 1990 132,518 1 [8] U
Moro Rebellion 1913 - 1913 15,050 1
Panama Coup and US Invasion 1989 - 1989 920 1
Philippine insurrection 1899 - 1902 20,500 1
Russian Revolution and Civil War 1917 - 1922 802,225 1 [1]
Taiwan Strait Crisis 1949 - 1954 10,025 1
The Boxer Rebellion 1900 - 1900 3,003 1
Vietnam Civil War 1955 - 1964 164,923 1
Vietnam War 1965 - 1975 2,048,050 1 [7]
World War I 1914 - 1918 10,670,868 1 [12]
World War II 1939 - 1945 50,000,000 1 [36]
Yemeni Civil War 2009 - 2017 19,406 1 U

 

Note about search on a specific nation: results produced by this feature are incomplete and inconsistent and should be seen as a means to narrow down the list rather than anything else. Work is being done to correct mistakes and standardize the parameters. At the bottom of the list of countries are some nations that do not exist in a similar form today.

Note about search on a specific year: "ongoing armed conflict" does not imply that all of the conflicts presented for a specific year should be classified as war.

Note about search on a specific time period: finds all wars that started after a specific year (1st search parameter) and ended before a specific year (2nd param).

Note about categories: this new feature is currently being tested and the content of these categories may be incomplete or inconsistent. More categories will be added in the future.