Conflicts in 1953

war between North and South Korea, 1950–1953

On 19 August 1953, Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown in a coup d'état that strengthened the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. In the months preceding the coup, Mosaddegh had consolidated power by orchestrating an unconstitutional referendum to dissolve parliament that was widely described as fraudulent, and he later refused to step down after the Shah exercised his constitutional authority to dismiss him as prime minister. It was instigated by the United Kingdom (MI6), under the name Operation Boot and the United States (CIA), under the name TP-AJAX Project or Operation Ajax. A key motive was to protect British oil interests in Iran after Mosaddegh nationalized the country's oil industry.

uprising against the German Democratic Republic

1948–49 uprising in Jeju Island, South Korea

Attack against Palestinian civillians

1953 uprising and massacre in São Tomé

1942–1954 communist rebellion in the Philippines

1953 strike by Gulag inmates

Demonstrations in Plzeň against curreny reform

1953 battle between PRC and ROC

1953 operation in the First Indochina War

deadly police conflict in Paris, France

1953 French military operation of the First Indochina War