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The Korean War
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United States vs. Korea,1950-1953
3 million killed Cold War Territorial Dispute: N. Korea invaded S. Korea, S. asked for US military aid,U.N. supported, Chinese countered, stalemate led to peace settlement. |
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Bangladesh War of Independence
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Pakistan vs. Bangladesh 1971-1974
>1 million killed after partition of Indian sub-continent into two nations also created 2 provinces in Pakistan, East (soon to become Bangladesh) and West (1947), internal struggle for power, incited involvement from India. |
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The first Sudan Civil War
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N. and S. Sudan, 1963-1972,
>1 million killed N. primarily Arabic and Muslim, S. primarily black African animists. N.'s repressive missionary activities caused S. resistance aka Anya-Nya terrorists. Uganda helped N., ceasefire, but racial/religious conflict continued, causing another civil war in 1983 onward. |
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Iran-Iraq War
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1980-1989 > 1 million killed
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Mozambique
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1975-1992
>1 million killed |
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Genocidal ethnic conflict in Rwanda
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1994
>1/2 million killed |
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Angolan Civil War
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1975-1995
>1/2 million killed |
