Curated category
Revolution-based civil wars
- Spanish Civil WarThe Spanish Civil War was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalist rebels, and it ended with a dictatorship that ruled Spain…
- Cuban RevolutionThe Cuban Revolution began not with a gunshot but with a lawsuit. In the months following the 10th of March 1952 coup, Fidel Castro, then a young lawyer…
- Russian Civil WarThe Russian Civil War consumed the former Russian Empire from 1917 to 1922, leaving an estimated seven to twelve million people dead, the vast majority of…
- Vietnam WarThe Vietnam War began on the 1st of November 1955 and did not end until the 30th of April 1975 - nearly two decades of armed conflict across Vietnam, Laos…
- French RevolutionThe French Revolution lasted ten years, from the Estates General of 1789 to the Coup of 18 Brumaire on the 9th of November 1799.
- Chinese Civil WarThe Chinese Civil War began on the 1st of August 1927 with a Communist uprising in the city of Nanchang and did not end until the 10th of December 1949, when…
- Korean WarAt 4:40 in the morning on the 25th of June 1950, the Korean People's Army crossed the 38th parallel behind a wall of artillery fire.
- Greek Civil WarThe Greek Civil War began not with a declaration or a battle line, but with a demonstration. On the 3rd of December 1944, at least 200,000 people marched…
- Guatemalan Civil WarThe Guatemalan Civil War began not with an ideological declaration but with a mutiny. On the 13th of November 1960, a group of junior military officers at…
- Nicaraguan RevolutionThe Nicaraguan Revolution lasted nearly three decades, from 1961 to 1990, and cost tens of thousands of lives before it was over.
- German revolution of 1918–1919The German revolution of 1918-1919 brought down an empire in a matter of days, yet almost no one died in the doing of it. Sailors refused to sail.
- Afghan conflictThe Afghan conflict is the name given to a series of wars that have kept Afghanistan in a near-continuous state of armed conflict since the 1970s.