how many wars have there been in the last 50 years and how many are going on now?

Question

I am conducting a rememberance service on sunday and I need an idea of how many wars for my sermon

Answer 1

Current: (40)
Algeria Insurgency 1992 -->
Angola Cabinda 1975 -->
Burma Insurgency 1950 -->
China Senkaku Islands 1968 -->
China Spratly Islands 1988 -->
Colombia Insurgencies 1970s-->
Congo (Zaire) Congo War 1998-->
Georgia Civil War 1991-->
India Assam 1985 -->
India Kashmir 1970s-->
India Naxalite Uprising 1967 -->
Indonesia Aceh 1986 -->
Indonesia Kalimantan 1983 -->
Indonesia Maluku 1999 -
Indonesia Papua / West Irian 1963 -->
Israel Al-Aqsa Intifada 2000 -->
Israel Lebanon 2006 -->
Ivory Coast Civil War 2002 -->
Korea Korean War 1953 -->
Laos Hmong Insurgency 2000 -->
Moldova Transdniester 1991-->
Namibia Caprivi Strip 1966-->
Nepal Maoists 1996 -->
Nigeria Civil Disturbances 1997 -
Pakistan Baluchistan 2004 -
Peru Shining Path 1970s-->
Philippines Moro Uprising 1970s-->
Russia Chechen Uprising 1992 -->
Somalia Civil War 1991-->
Spain Basque Uprising 1970s-->
Sudan Darfur 1983 -->
Thailand Islamic Rebels 2001 -->
Turkey Kurdistan 1984 -->
Uganda Civil Conflict 1980 -->
United States Afghanistan 1980 -->
United States Djibouti 2001 -->
United States Iraq 1990 -->
United States Philippines 1898 -->
Uzbekistan Civil Disturbances 2005 -->
Yemen Sheik al-Houti 2004 -->

Past 50 years:
Afghanistan 1970s Coups 1973-1978
Afghanistan Soviet Invasion 1979-1989
Afghanistan Civil War 1989-2001
Albania Civil War 1997
Algeria National Liberation 1954-1962
Angola National Liberation 1961-1974
Angola First War with UNITA 1975-1992
Angola Second War with UNITA 1992-2002
Argentina Dirty War 1976-1983
Argentina Falklands/Malvinas War 1982
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Crisis 1947-1948
Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh 1990s
Bolivia Revolution 1952
Bolivia 1971 Coup 1971
Bolivia Transition to Democracy 1978-1982
Bosnia Civil War 1992-1995
Bougainville Independence 1990s
Brazil Generals' Coup 1964
Burkina Faso Sankara Coup 1980s
Burundi Ethnic Strife 1970-1974
Burundi Ethnic Strife 1984-1989
Burundi Ethnic Strife 1990-1994
Burundi Civil Conflict 1993-2005
Cambodia U.S. Invasion 1970
Cambodia Civil War 1970s
Cambodia Intra Party and Vietnam Conflicts 1970s
Canada Quebec Separatism 1960s-1970s
Central African Republic Coup and Civil War 1980s-1990s
Chad Civil Wars 1965-1979
Chile Coup Against Allende 1973
China Civil War 1940s
China Invasion of Tibet 1950
China Quemoy and Matsu 1954-1958
China Sino-India Border War 1962
China Sino-Soviet Clashes 1969-1978
China Invasion of Vietnam 1979
China Tiananmen Violence 1989
Comoros Independence 1975
Comoros Coups 1980s
Congo (Brazzaville) Civil Conflict 1997-1999
Congo (Zaire) Post-Independence War 1963-1965
Congo (Zaire) Kabila Uprising 1996-1997
Croatia War with Serbia 1991-1995
Cuba Communist Revolution 1950s
Cuba Bay Of Pigs 1961
Cuba Missile Crisis 1962
Cyprus Turkish Conflicts 1960s
Cyprus Turkish Invasion 1970s
Czechoslovakia Coup 1948
Czechoslovakia Soviet Invasion 1968
Dominican Republic Coup and U.S. Invasion 1965
Ecuador Peru Border Dispute 1947-1999
Egypt War with Britain 1951
Egypt War of 1956 1956
Egypt Syrian, Yemen Tensions 1958-62
Egypt War of Attrition 1967-70
Egypt 1973 War 1973
El Salvador Soccer War 1969
El Salvador Civil War 1970s-1980s
Eritrea War for Independence 1958-1991
Eritrea Hanish Islands 1995
Ethiopia Attempted Coup 1960
Ethiopia Revolution 1974-1978
Ethiopia 1st War with Somalia 1977-1978
Ethiopia Civil War 1978-1991
Ethiopia 2nd War with Somalia 1998-1999
Ethiopia Eritrea War 1998-2000
Fiji Ethnic Conflict / Coup 1980s
Georgia Civil Conflict 1990-1994
Germany Berlin Crises 1948 & 1958-62
Germany East German Uprising 1953
Ghana Rawlings Coups 1979 and 1981
Greece Civil War 1944-1949
Grenada U.S. Invasion 1982
Guatemala Coup Against Arbenz 1954
Guatemala Civil War 1965-1969
Guatemala Civil War 1970-1974
Guatemala Civil War 1975-1979
Guinea Mano River War 2000-2001
Guinea-Bissau Independence 1960s-1974
Guyana Ethnic Conflict 1970s-1980s
Haiti 1980s Unrest 1980s
Haiti Civil War 1990s
Hungary Soviet Invasion 1956
India Post-Independence 1940s
India Nagaland Rebellion 1947-1997
India Invasion Of Goa 1961
India India China Tensions 1962-1994
India War with Pakistan 1965
India Bangladesh 1971
India Sikh Uprising 1980s
Indonesia Independence 1940s
Indonesia Suharto Coup 1965
Indonesia East Timor 1974-1999

Indonesia South Moluccas 1950
Iran Civil Strife 1970-1974
Iran Islamic Revolution 1979
Iran Iran-Iraq War 1980-1989
Iraq Revolution and Coups 1958-1968
Iraq Kurdistan 1960s-2003
Iraq Iran-Iraq War 1980-1989
Iraq Gulf War 1990-1991
Ireland (Britain) Religious Conflict 1969-1999
Israel War of Independence 1948-1949
Israel The Intifada 1987-1993
Israel Sinai War 1956
Israel Six-Day War 1967
Israel Yom Kippur War 1973
Israel Iraq Nuclear Reactor 1981
Israel Terrorist Attacks 1960s-1980s
Israel Invasion of Lebanon 1978, 1982-2000
Italy Anti-Mafia 1980s-1990s
Jordan British Intervention 1958
Jordan Civil War 1970
Kenya Mau Mau Uprising 1952-1956
Korea Korean War 1950-1953
Laos Pathet Lao Uprising 1960s-1970s
Lebanon Civil Conflict 1958
Lebanon Civil War 1975-1990
Liberia Civil War 1999-2003
Liberia Doe Coup 1980
Liberia Civil War 1989-1997
Libya Qaddafi Coup 1969
Libya U.S. Air Attacks 1980s
Libya War with Chad 1980-1987
Macedonia Ethnic Conflict 1990s
Madagascar Independence Struggle 1950s-1960s
Madagascar Violence in the Second Republic 1975-1992
Malaysia Communist Uprising 1940s
Mexico Student Massacre 1968
Mexico Zapatista Uprising 1996 - 1999
Morocco Polisario-Western Sahara War 1975-1979
Mozambique War of Independence 1964-1974
Mozambique Renamo War 1970s-1992
Myanmar/Burma Military Coups 1958-1962
Myanmar SLORC Coup 1980s
Namibia National Liberation 1966-1990
New Caledonia Conflict 1980s-1990s
Nicaragua Revolution 1970s
Nicaragua Contra War 1980s
Niger Coups
Nigeria 1964-1965 Elections 1964-1965
Nigeria Biafra Civil War 1966-1969
Nigeria 1983 Coup 1983
North Korea Korean War 1949-1953
North Korea Seizure of the Pueblo 1968
North Korea North Korea-South Korea Tensions 1960s, 70s, 80s
North Korea Northern Limit Line 1999-2002
Pakistan 1965 War with India 1965
Pakistan 1971 War with India 1971
Pakistan Domestic Instability 1960s-1980s
Pakistan Baluchistan Insurgency 1973-1977
Palestine Intifada 1987-1992
Panama Anti-U.S. Riots 1950s
Panama 1964 Riots 1964
Panama U.S. Invasion 1989
Peru Rural Uprisings 1950s-1960s
Peru Shining Path and the Drug War 1980s
Philippines Huk Rebellion 1948-1953
Philippines Battle of Mendiola and Martial Law 1970-1972
Romania Uprising and Coup 1989
Russia Ethnic Conflicts 1980s-1990s
Russia 1991 Coup 1991
Russia Chechen Uprising 1994-1996
Russia Moldova 1994 -->
Rwanda Conflict 1960-1964

Rwanda Civil War and Genocide 1991-1996
Senegal Casamance 1982-2004
Serbia Kosovo Secession 1990-1999
Sierra Leone Civil War 1990-2002
Solomon Islands Civil Disturbance 1999-2003
Somalia Somalia-Ethiopia, Kenya Conflict 1960-1964
Somalia 1969 Coup 1969
Somalia Ogaden War 1977-78
Somalia 1980s Ethiopia Conflicts 1980s
Somalia Red Beret Reign of Terror 1986-1990
South Africa Anti-Apartheid Struggle 1948-1994
Soviet Union Cold War 1946-1991
Soviet Union Iran /r Azerbaijan 1945-1946
Soviet Union Conflict with Turkey 1945-1953
Soviet Union Invasion of Afghanistan (see Afghanistan) 1979-1989
Sri Lanka 1970s Violence 1970s
Sri Lanka 1980s Riots 1980-1984
Sri Lanka Tamil Uprising 1983-2002
Sudan First Civil War 1955-1972
Sudan Second Civil War 1983-2004
Tajikistan Civil War 1992-1997
Thailand 1947 Coup 1947
Thailand 1951 Coup 1951
Thailand 1970s Unrest 1970s
Thailand War on Drugs 2003
Togo Coups 1963-1990
Uganda Uganda Independence 1960s
Uganda Anti-Amin Struggle 1971-1979
Uganda The War in the Bush 1980-1985
Uruguay Tupamaros Uprising 1960s-1970s
Vietnam First Indochina War 1946-1954
Vietnam Second Indochina War 1964-1973
Vietnam Third Indochina War 1978-1981
Western Sahara Polisario-Moroccan War 1975-1991
Yemen Conflicts and Union 1960s-1980s
Yemen Civil War 1990-1994
Yemen Hanish Islands 1995
Yugoslavia Disintegration 1990s
Zimbabwe Majority Rule 1965-1980

Answer 2

while Argentina invaded the Falkland islands -- and the previous British guy regarded on television ever night exhibiting the place the British ships have been as they approached the area That replaced right into a basically conflict --- and the Argentinians have stayed off the dam issues because of the fact different than that it relatively is been synthetic wars for earnings and greed

Answer 3

all the wars? or just US involved? be more specific

even just US wars, you'll need a long sermon b/c you'll have to go over everything from Vietnam to Grenada to all the Gulf wars and Afghanistan... don't forget about all the regional wars too - our troops have died in South America and Asia as well as Kosovo during that time

Answer 4

I am presuming you are addressing a British audience.

Have a look at:

http://www.britains-smallwars.com/

This might help. You must also remember that the British Special Forces have also been involved in Secret Conflicts that have not yet been published.

Good luck.

Answer 5

Dont quote me, but I read a few years ago, that there was at least 25 conflicts going on around the world at any given time.

Answer 6

Hundreds in Africa alone.

Scale down your sermon.

Answer 7

the major ones were
Korea
Vietnam
Gulf War I & II
Afghanistan (russian invasion and then american invasion)

then there are smaller conflicts, such as Darfur, the Falkland Islands War, the recent war between Israel and Lebanon..ect...

Answer 8

i agree with efw but i think more will have taken place.