Gulf War | |||||||
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Clockwise from top: USAF F-15Es, F-16s, and a F-15C flying over burning Kuwaiti oil wells; British troops from the Staffordshire Regiment in Operation Granby; camera view from a Lockheed AC-130; Highway of Death; M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle. |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Iraq | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad |
Saddam Hussein |
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Strength | |||||||
956,600, including 700,000 US troops | 650,000 soldiers | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Coalition: Hundreds tanks destroyed/captured about 1000 IFVs and APCs dozens aircraft dozens ships |
Iraqi: 20,000–35,000 killed 75,000+ wounded 3,700 tanks destroyed 2,400 APCs destroyed 2,600 Artillery Pieces destroyed 110 Aircraft destroyed 137 Aircraft escaped to Iran 19 naval ships sunk, 6 damaged |
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Kuwaiti civilian losses: 300 civilians killed, more injured |
Coalition victory
Kuwait
United States
United Kingdom
France
Saudi Arabia
Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad
Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah
George H. W. Bush
Colin Powell
Norman Schwarzkopf
John J. Yeosock
Walter E. Boomer
Charles Horner
Stanley Arthur
King Fahd
Saleh Al-Muhaya
Khalid bin Sultan
John Major
Peter de la Billière
Brian Mulroney
Hussain Muhammad Ershad
François Mitterrand