This is a list of wars involving South Yemen.
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Head of Government |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aden Emergency (1963–1967) |
NLF FLOSY |
United Kingdom | Victory
|
None
|
Al-Wadiah War (1969) |
South Yemen | Saudi Arabia | Defeat | |
Yemenite War of 1972 (1972) |
South Yemen | North Yemen | Ceasefire
|
|
Lebanese Civil War (1976–1977) |
ADF | LF | Withdrawal
| |
Ogaden War (1977–1978) |
Ethiopia Cuba Soviet Union South Yemen |
Somalia WSLF |
Victory
| |
Eritrean War of Independence (1977–1990) |
Ethiopia Cuba South Yemen |
ELF EPLF |
Defeat
| |
Yemenite War of 1979 (1979) |
South Yemen NDF |
North Yemen | Ceasefire
| |
South Yemen Civil War (1986) |
Muhammad's faction | Ismail's faction | Regime change
|
|
Yemeni Civil War (1994) |
South Yemen | Yemen | Defeat
|
References
edit- ^ Halliday, Fred (2002). Revolution and Foreign Policy: The Case of South Yemen, 1967-1987. Cambridge University Press. p. 160. ISBN 9780521891646.
- ^ Gause, Gregory, Saudi-Yemeni relations: domestic structures and foreign influence, Columbia University Press, 1990, page 98