Editing 1950s (section)

===Internal conflicts===
[[File:CheyFidel.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.9|[[Che Guevara]] and [[Fidel Castro]]. Castro becomes the leader of Cuba as a result of the [[Cuban Revolution]]]]

* [[Malayan Emergency]] (1948–1960) – a guerrilla war in [[British Malaya]] that led to the independence of the [[Federation of Malaya]]. 
* [[Cuban Revolution]] (1953–1959) – The 1959 overthrow of [[Fulgencio Batista]] by [[Fidel Castro]], [[Che Guevara]], and other forces resulted in the creation of the first [[Communism|communist]] government in the Western hemisphere.
* The [[Mau Mau rebellion|Mau Mau began retaliating]] against the British in Kenya. This led to [[concentration camps]] in Kenya, a British military victory, and the election of moderate nationalist [[Jomo Kenyatta]] as leader of Kenya.
* [[First Sudanese Civil War]] (1955–1972)
* The [[Rwandan Revolution|Wind of Destruction]] began in Rwanda in 1959 following the assault of [[Hutu]] politician [[Dominique Mbonyumutwa]] by [[Tutsi]] forces. This was the beginning of decades of ethnic violence in the country, which culminated in the 1994 [[Rwandan genocide]].
* [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956]] – A massive, spontaneous popular uprising in the Soviet [[satellite state]] of [[Hungarian People's Republic|Hungary]] against that country's Soviet-backed [[Marxist-Leninist]] regime, inspired by political changes in Poland and the Soviet Union.  The uprising, fought primarily by students and workers, managed to fight the invading Soviet Army to a standstill, and a new, pro-reform government took power.  While the top Soviet leaders even considered withdrawing from Hungary entirely, they soon crushed the Revolution with a massive second invasion, killing thousands of Hungarians and sending hundreds of thousands more into exile.  This was the largest act of internal dissent in the history of the [[Soviet Bloc]], and its violent suppression served to further discredit the Soviet Union even among its erstwhile supporters.
* [[1951 Nepalese revolution]] – The overthrow of the autocratic [[Rana dynasty|Rana regime]] in Nepal and the establishment of democracy in [[Nepal]].