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The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq
and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.
The coalition's efforts were in two phases: Operation Desert Shield, which marked the military buildup from August 1990 to January 1991;
and Operation Desert Storm,
from the bombing campaign against Iraq on 17 January
until the American-led liberation of Kuwait on 28 February.
On 2 August 1990, Iraq,
governed by Saddam Hussein,
invaded neighboring Kuwait and occupied the country within two days.
The invasion was primarily over Kuwait's alleged slant drilling
in Iraq's
Rumaila oil field,
and Iraq's large debt
To Kuwait
from the recently ended Iran–Iraq War.
After a brief rump puppet government known as the Republic of Kuwait,
Iraq
Split Kuwait’s territory,
absorbing the north into Basra Governorate,
and establishing Kuwait Governorate in the south.
The invasion of Kuwait was met with immediate international condemnation.
The UN Security Council
demanded Iraq's immediate withdrawal
and imposed a total embargo
on products from Iraq
and Kuwait.
The coalition began a military buildup in the Persian Gulf region.
The broadest military alliance since World War II,
its largest contributors were the United States,
Saudi Arabia,
the United Kingdom,
and Egypt.
The Security Council issued an ultimatum
to Iraq on 29 November 1990, expiring on 15 January 1991,
to withdraw from Kuwait, with member-states thereafter empowered to use "all necessary means" to force withdrawal.
On 17 January, the coalition began aerial and naval bombardment
of Iraq
and Kuwait, which continued for five weeks.
Iraq fired missiles
at Israel
and Saudi Arabia
but failed to provoke the Israeli military response
it hoped would split Muslim-majority countries from the coalition.
On 24 February 1991, the coalition launched a decisive ground assault
liberating Kuwait
and promptly advancing into Iraqi territory.
The coalition halted its ground advance after one hundred hours, and declared a ceasefire.
In the war's aftermath, the Iraqi government
suppressed a series of uprisings until 5 April 1991.
Coalition countries responded by establishing two no-fly zones
over Iraq's north and south.
The United Nations Special Commission sought to end Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs.
In 2003, another US-led coalition
invaded and occupied Iraq, beginning the Iraq War.
The conflict's environmental impact included Iraqi forces
causing over six hundred oil well fires and the largest oil spill in history until that point.
US bombing and demolition
of Iraqi chemical weapons facilities
were concluded to be the primary cause of Gulf War syndrome, experienced by over 40% of US veterans.
The conflict introduced live news broadcasts from the front lines of the battle,
principally by American network CNN.
It earned the nickname Video Game War,
after the daily broadcast of images from cameras onboard American military aircraft.
Considered the "first space war",
the US adopted satellite-based reconnaissance, communications, and GPS navigation.
Precision-guided munitions and a stealth aircraft,
the F-117 Nighthawk, were novel features of the air war.
The largest tank battles in American military history were fought,
surpassed only by the Battle of the Bulge: the Battle of Medina Ridge, the Battle of Norfolk, and the Battle of 73 Easting.
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overtired
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May 1, 2026
Nice quiz but it needs a good chunk more time.
LordHydro
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May 1, 2026
🤦 I forgot to change it…
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