Wars of national liberation
The Dhofar Rebellion in Muscat and Oman.
The Dervish War in Somalia.
The Brunei Revolt.
The Estonian War of Independence.
The Latvian War of Independence.
The Lithuanian Wars of Independence.
The Ukrainian War of Independence.
The Turkish War of Independence.
The National Liberation War and Socialist Revolution of Yugoslavia within World War II, by the Yugoslav Partisans (National Liberation Army) against Axis occupators and their collaborators.
The Italian Civil War in which forces of the Kingdom of Italy and the Italian resistance movement fought against occupying forces of Nazi Germany and forces of the Italian Social Republic during the Italian campaign of World War II.
In China, the Chinese Civil War (1945–1949).
In North Korea, the Korean War against South Korea.
The Vietnam War, with South Vietnam and the United States against North Vietnam, China, Soviet Union and communist bloc.
The Eritrean War of Independence against Ethiopia.
The Bangladesh Liberation War against West Pakistan.
The Soviet-Afghan War against the occupying Soviet Army.
In Ireland, the Anglo-Irish War and The Troubles in Northern Ireland; also, the Provisional IRA insurgency against the United Kingdom, aimed at creating a socialist republic within a united Ireland, from 1969 until 1998.
In Cambodia, against the occupying Vietnamese Army and People's Republic of Kampuchea during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.
The Ogaden War of 1977 with Somalia against Ethiopia
In Nicaragua, by Augusto Sandino's forces against the occupying U.S. Marines.
In Chad, by FROLINAT against the Tombalbaye dictatorship
In South Africa, against the apartheid regime by Umkhonto we Sizwe and Azanian People's Liberation Army.
The First and Second Chechen Wars, by the Chechen peoples against Russia
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
In Bougainville, by the Bougainville Revolutionary Army against Papua New Guinea
The Chiapas conflict by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation against Mexico has been considered a national liberation movement.
The Croatian War of Independence
The Ten-Day War
The Bosnian War
The Western Sahara War

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External links: 
Edre U. Olalia, Vice President of International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL) THE STATUS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW OF NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENTS AND THEIR USE OF ARMED FORCE
Edre U. Olalia, Vice President of International Association of People’s Lawyers - The status in International Law of National Liberation Movements
A reversal of International Law