Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Hondo Yemashoko (1947<unk>1991) yakapa sangano renyika yose rekutsigirwa kwezvinhu uye mafungiro izvo zvinowanzobatsira kuchengetedza hondo dzevagari vemo, dzainyanya kurwisana munyika dzisina simba dzekare dzekoloni pane nyika dzakasimba dzaive dzakabatana neWarsaw Pact neNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization. Mune zvimwe zviitiko, masimba makuru aizoisa pfungwa dzeHondo Yemashoko pamusoro pekunetsana kwemunharaunda, nepo mune vamwe vatambi vemunharaunda vachishandisa pfungwa dzeHondo Yemashoko vaizokwezva kutarisisa kwesimba guru kuti vawane rutsigiro. Kushandisa kuongororwa kwakasiyana kwehuwandu pane kushandiswa pamusoro pekupindira, hondo dzevagari vemo dzaisanganisira pro- kana anti-communist masimba dzakatora 141% kwenguva yakareba kupfuura yepakati isiri Hondo yeCold War, nepo Hondo yeCold War yehondo yevagari vemo yakakwezva kupindira kwesimba rakakura yakaguma nehondo dzinowanzoenderera kanopfuura katatu kwenguva yakareba semamwe hondo dzevagari vemo. Mukupesana, mugumo weHondo Yemashoko wakaratidzirwa nokuwa kweRusvingo rweBerlin muna 1989 wakaguma nokuderedzwa kwenguva yehondo dzomukati meHondo Yemashoko dze92% kana, kutaura neimwe nzira, kuwedzera kunenge gumi mumwero wekugadziriswa kweHondo Yemashoko dzeHondo dzeHondo. Kurwisana kwenguva refu kwakabatana neHondo Yemashoko kwakaguma nehondo dzeGuatemala (1960<unk>1996), El Salvador
(1979-1991) uye Nicaragua (1970-1990).