How many wars have there been in Europe since WW2?

Question

As far as I know, there has been:

• Yugoslavian War
• War between Albanians and Serbs about Kosovo
• NATO bombing of Serbia and Montenegro (which could be included above)
• And currently Russian-Ukrainian war

Beside those, has there been more on European soil?

Note : Some say that war between Russia and Ukraine started back in 2014, whatever the case, I'd count that as one, combined with the ongoing situation.

War = A state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country.

Answer 1

Twenty six

According to this wikipedia article there have been twenty six wars in Europe during the period of Pax Europaea. Below is a list of them.

• Greek Civil War (Greece, 1946–1949)
• Northern Ireland Conflict, (1960s–1998)
• Basque conflict (1959–2011)
• Cyprus Emergency, (Greek Cypriots (EOKA) vs. United Kingdom, 1955–1959)
• Soviet invasion of Hungary (Soviet Union vs. Hungary, 1956)
• Invasion of Czechoslovakia (Soviet Union vs. Czechoslovakia, 1968)
• Turkish invasion of Cyprus (Cyprus vs. Turkey, 1974)
• Yugoslav Wars, 1991–2001
  • Ten-Day War (Slovenia vs. Yugoslavia, 1991)
  • Croatian War of Independence (Croatia vs. Yugoslavia, 1991–1995)
  • Bosnian War (Bosnia vs. Yugoslavia, 1992–1995)
  • Kosovo War (Kosovo vs. Yugoslavia, 1998–1999)
  • Insurgency in the Preševo Valley (UÇPMB vs. Yugoslavia, 1999–2001)
  • 2001 insurgency in the Republic of North Macedonia (National Liberation Army vs. North Macedonia, 2001)
• Georgian Civil War (Georgia, 1991–1993)
• East Prigorodny Conflict (Ingush militia vs. Russia, 1992)
• War of Transnistria (Transnistria vs. Moldova, 1992)
• Chechen–Russian conflict
  • First Chechen War (1994–1996)
  • War of Dagestan (1999)
  • Second Chechen War (1999–2000)
• Albanian Rebellion of 1997 (Albania, 1997)
• Russo-Georgian War (Georgia vs. Russia, 2008)
• 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine
  • 2014 Crimean crisis
  • War in Donbass
  • 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine
• Kumanovo clashes (National Liberation Army vs. North Macedonia, 2015)
• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Answer 2

Here is a timeline I recently made of conflicts after the WWII in Europe including Russian involvement. Size is according to deaths. Color, according to nature of the conflict. The Bosnian War was harsh (95k deaths), but much so the Greek Civil War (190k deaths). Also worth mentioning the 2nd Chechen war (75k deaths). The Czechoslovakia Invasion (300 deaths) pales in comparizon to the little known Baltic Resistance (35k deaths) to soviets, and also to the Spanish Maquis (6,5k deaths) is neglected often.

The majority of these conflicts are on the periphery of Europe. In fact, Western Europe only has had some minor conflicts. In addition, many of the conflicts were part of the Cold War.

We could debate the frontiers of Europe and add colonial conflicts and international interventions, but I think this is not the point. The Russo-Georgian war was very much an European war, but decolonization wars were not. In fact, what you see is that Russia is involved in many, many of the conflicts in Europe. What's more important, Russia seems to be involved in European conflicts non-stop, excluding the latter Soviet years when they were unable to do much except for Afghanistan.