Originally posted by maslo
can you post years and war sides ??
1st South Korea .. there is only truce not a peace
South Korea
1951-1953
Doesnt matter that there is only a truce, it was a war that kept communism out of South Korea. Without the war, South Korea would have met the same gruesly fate as South Vietnam.
Communists attacking and ended up being beaten back.
Finland
1939-1944
Communist Soviet union attacked Finland in 1939. Finland managed to beat off the attacker, and eventually managed to stay independent by giving up some land.
Chile
1973
Was not a "real" war, so maybe I should not include that one... Anyway, Allende, communist president was removed in a coup.
Nicaragua
1982-1988 (or something like that)
Was not a "real" war either, but rather a civil war, perhaps it should not be included either on second thought.
Anyway, the communist Sandinistas was removed after a rather long civil war against the Contras. Hmm, now that I think about it, I think they were defeated in an election after all those years of civil war. I withdraw Nicaragua from my list, since technically the communists lost power in an election.
Afghanistan
1979-1989
Communist Soviet union invades Afghanistan in 1979 and is defeated.