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| 1967 |
| | | A pre-emptive air strike by Israel destroys almost all Egypt's aircraft and launches the Six-Day War | |
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| 1967 |
| | | Israel captures the Gaza Strip and Sinai peninsula from Egypt | |
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| 1967 |
| | | Israel captures East Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan | |
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| 1967 |
| | | Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria in the Six-Day War | |
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| 1968 |
| | | The Vietcong launch widespread attacks on South Vietnamese cities during the Tet (lunar new year) holiday | |
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| 1968 |
| | | US soldiers massacre hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Vietnamese village of My Lai | |
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| 1970 |
| | | The breakaway province of Biafra surrenders after three years of devastating civil war in Nigeria | |
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| 1970 |
| | | President Nixon sends US troops into Cambodia to destroy Vietminh bases | |
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| 1970 |
| | | The outgoing Pakistan government, led by Yahya Khan, rejects the election result and sends troops to East Pakistan | |
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| 1971 |
| | | US and South Vietnamese troops cross the border to invade Laos | |
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