<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Nicaraguan Revolution </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Central American crisis and the Cold War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 1962 -- 1990 ( 28 years ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Nicaragua </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> FSLN military victory in 1979 </P> <Ul> <Li> Overthrow of Somoza government </Li> <Li> Insurgency of the Contras </Li> <Li> Electoral victory of the National Opposition Union in 1990 </Li> <Li> FSLN retained most of their executive apparatus </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Somoza government </P> <Ul> <Li> National Guard </Li> </Ul> Contras ( 1981 -- 90 ) Supported by : United States Israel Saudi Arabia Honduras Chile Brazil Paraguay Argentina ( 1961 -- 83 ) Panama West Germany Pakistan Philippines Iran ( Indirectly ) </Td> <Td> <P> FSLN </P> <Ul> <Li> EPS </Li> </Ul> Supported by : Libya Soviet Union Cuba East Germany ( until 1989 ) Bulgaria Greece ( 1982 - 1989 ) Romania ( until 1989 ) Czechoslovakia Poland Mexico </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anastasio Somoza Debayle Enrique Bermúdez </Td> <Td> Daniel Ortega Carlos Fonseca ( 1959 -- 1976 ) † Humberto Ortega Joaquin Cuadra Tomás Borge Eden Pastora ( 1961 -- 81 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <P> ( 1978 -- 79 ) 10,000 total killed </P> ( 1981 -- 89 ) 10,000 -- 43,000 total killed , best estimate using most detailed battle information is 30,000 killed . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Nicaraguan Revolution </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Central American crisis and the Cold War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 1962 -- 1990 ( 28 years ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Nicaragua </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> FSLN military victory in 1979 </P> <Ul> <Li> Overthrow of Somoza government </Li> <Li> Insurgency of the Contras </Li> <Li> Electoral victory of the National Opposition Union in 1990 </Li> <Li> FSLN retained most of their executive apparatus </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Somoza government </P> <Ul> <Li> National Guard </Li> </Ul> Contras ( 1981 -- 90 ) Supported by : United States Israel Saudi Arabia Honduras Chile Brazil Paraguay Argentina ( 1961 -- 83 ) Panama West Germany Pakistan Philippines Iran ( Indirectly ) </Td> <Td> <P> FSLN </P> <Ul> <Li> EPS </Li> </Ul> Supported by : Libya Soviet Union Cuba East Germany ( until 1989 ) Bulgaria Greece ( 1982 - 1989 ) Romania ( until 1989 ) Czechoslovakia Poland Mexico </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anastasio Somoza Debayle Enrique Bermúdez </Td> <Td> Daniel Ortega Carlos Fonseca ( 1959 -- 1976 ) † Humberto Ortega Joaquin Cuadra Tomás Borge Eden Pastora ( 1961 -- 81 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <P> ( 1978 -- 79 ) 10,000 total killed </P> ( 1981 -- 89 ) 10,000 -- 43,000 total killed , best estimate using most detailed battle information is 30,000 killed . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when did the civil war in nicaragua start
when did the civil war in nicaragua start
1962
1962