Modern armies

Armies of the second half of the XX century and XXI century.

The post-war world order was reduced to a confrontation between two overthrowing powers – the Soviet Union and the United States. Numerous local conflicts, national liberation wars, civil wars, anti-terror wars continue to shake the world. Major military conflicts: Korean War, War in Indochina, War in Vietnam (also included in a separate section), War in the Middle East, War in Iraq.