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Operation Desert Shield (Gulf War)

Gulf War
Gulf War Photobox.jpg
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.
Date Invasion of Kuwait
2–4 August 1990
Operation Desert Storm
17 January – 28 February 1991
(1 month, 1 week and 4 days)
Location Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Persian Gulf
Result

Coalition victory

Belligerents

 Kuwait
 United States
 United Kingdom
 France
 Saudi Arabia

Iraq
Commanders and leaders

United States George H. W. Bush
United States Colin Powell
United States Norman Schwarzkopf
United States John J. Yeosock
United States Walter E. Boomer
United States Charles Horner
United States Stanley Arthur
Saudi Arabia King Fahd
Saudi Arabia Saleh Al-Muhaya
Saudi Arabia Khalid bin Sultan
United Kingdom John Major
United Kingdom Peter de la Billière
Canada Brian Mulroney
BangladeshHussain Muhammad Ershad
France François Mitterrand

France Michel Roquejeoffre

Iraq Saddam Hussein
Iraq Ali Hassan al-Majid
Iraq Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
Iraq Salah Aboud Mahmoud
Iraq Hussein Kamel al-Majid

Iraq Abid Hamid Mahmud
Strength
956,600, including 700,000 US troops 650,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses

Coalition:
292 killed (147 killed by enemy action, 145 non-hostile deaths)
467 wounded in action
776 wounded
31 Tanks destroyed/disabled
32 Bradley IFVs destroyed/damaged

1 M113 APC destroyed
2 British Warrior APCs destroyed
1 Artillery Piece destroyed
75 Aircraft destroyed
Kuwait:
57 aircraft lost, At least 8 aircraft captured (Mirage F1s) 4,200 killed, 12,000 captured ≈200 tanks destroyed/captured 850+ other armored vehicles destroyed/captured

17 ships sunk, 6 captured
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

Kuwaiti civilian losses:
Over 1,000 killed
600 missing people
Iraqi civilian losses:
About 3,664 killed

Other civilian losses:
300 civilians killed, more injured

Coalition victory

 Kuwait
 United States
 United Kingdom
 France
 Saudi Arabia

United States George H. W. Bush
United States Colin Powell
United States Norman Schwarzkopf
United States John J. Yeosock
United States Walter E. Boomer
United States Charles Horner
United States Stanley Arthur
Saudi Arabia King Fahd
Saudi Arabia Saleh Al-Muhaya
Saudi Arabia Khalid bin Sultan
United Kingdom John Major
United Kingdom Peter de la Billière
Canada Brian Mulroney
BangladeshHussain Muhammad Ershad
France François Mitterrand


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