◆ GLOBAL SITUATION · ACTIVE CONFLICT REGISTERWEEK OF 01 JAN 1979

CONFLICTS · THE WORLD AT WAR

Conflicts of 1962

Every shooting war is a front in one larger one. Select a flashpoint on the map or a card below — the Cold War itself sits over all of them.

ACTIVE

conflicts

READINESS

DEFCON 3

2 critical

THEATER MAP · FLASHPOINTS & PROXY WARS

WEST-BACKEDCONTESTEDEAST-BACKEDlarger = more intense

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The Cold WarOVERARCHING

Global superpower confrontation · 1947 – present

WESTERN BLOC

USA · NATO

EASTERN BLOC

USSR · Warsaw Pact

READINESS

DEFCON 3

REGIONAL CONFLICTS · FRONTS OF THE GREATER STRUGGLE

Soviet–Afghan WarINVASION

Afghanistan · 1979–

CRITICAL

Mujahideen (US, Pakistan)⚔DRA + Soviet 40th Army

Soviet columns enter Kabul~1M projected

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Iranian RevolutionREVOLUTION

Iran · 1978–79

CRITICAL

Imperial state (collapsed)⚔Tudeh agitation

US embassy seized · hostages heldcontested

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Nicaraguan RevolutionCIVIL WAR

Nicaragua · 1978–79

MAJOR

Somoza junta⚔Sandinista FSLN

Sandinistas take Managua~35,000

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Angolan Civil WarPROXY WAR

Angola · 1975–

MAJOR

UNITA / FNLA (US, SA)⚔MPLA (Cuba, USSR)

Cuban brigades hold Luanda~50,000+

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Ogaden AftermathINTERSTATE

Horn of Africa · 1977–

ACTIVE

Somalia (switched)⚔Ethiopia (Cuba, USSR)

Soviet airlift props up Addis~40,000

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Sino-Vietnamese WarINTERSTATE

Vietnam border · Feb–Mar 1979

MAJOR

China (tilting West)⚔Vietnam (USSR pact)

PLA withdraws after 4 weeks~50,000

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Cambodian–Vietnamese WarINTERSTATE

Cambodia · 1978–

ACTIVE

Khmer Rouge (China)⚔Vietnam / PRK

Vietnam installs Phnom Penh govt~mass casualties

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Rhodesian Bush WarINSURGENCY

Rhodesia · 1964–79

WINDING DOWN

Rhodesia / South Africa⚔ZANU / ZAPU

Lancaster House talks underway~20,000

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