Significant1978 – 1990 · 12 years

Nicaraguan Revolution and Contra War

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Estimated casualties

50Ksingle estimate · no range published

Sandinista revolution against Somoza regime, followed by US-backed Contra War.

Belligerents2

Nicaragua
United States

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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