Gulf War
The Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 Februar 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (2 August 1990 – 17 Januar 1991) for operations leadin tae the bigup o truips an defense o Saudi Arabie an Operation Desert Storm (17 Januar 1991 – 28 Februar 1991) in its combat phase, wis a war in the Persie Gulf region waged bi Unitit States-led coaleetion forces frae 34 naitions against Ba'athist Iraq in response tae Iraq's invasion an annexation o Kuwait.
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 Clockwise frae tap: USAF F-15Es, F-16s, an an F-15C flyin ower burnin Kuwaiti ile wells; Breetish truips frae the Staffordshire Regiment in Operation Granby; camera view frae a Lockheed AC-130; Highway o Daith; M728 Combat Ingineer Vehicle. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Coaleetion forces: |
 Iraq | ||||||
| Commanders an leaders | |||||||
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 Prince Khalid bin Sultan[4][5] |
 Abid Hamid Mahmud | ||||||
| Strenth | |||||||
| 956,600, includin 700,000 US Truips [6][7] |
650,000 frontline troops. 1,000,000 reserve troops 4,280 tanks 700 aircraft 2,870 APCs/IFVs 3,110 artillery pieces[8] | ||||||
| Casualties an losses | |||||||
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Coaleetion: 148 US soldiers killed in action,[9] 145 non-hostile daiths 467 woondit in action Tot: 293 killed 776 woondit[10] Equipment losses: Tanks destroyed: 28[11][12] Artillery destroyed: 1[13] IFVs destroyed: 9[13] Helicopters destroyed: 23 [8] Aircraft destroyed: 52[8] Kuwait: 200 killed[14] |
20,000–35,000 killed Equipment losses: Tanks destroyed: 3,700[8]–4,000[13] Airtillery destroyed: 2,140[13] IFVs destroyed: 1,856[13] Helicopters destroyed: 7[13] Aircraft destroyed: 240[13] Naval Ships sunk: 19[8] Naval Ships damaged: 6[8] | ||||||
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Kuwaiti ceevilian losses: 300 ceevilians killed, mair injured[19] | |||||||
References
eedit- ↑ "Bangladesh and the Gulf War: Response of a Small State". Jstor Home. 24 September 1997. Retrieved 1 Februar 2015.
- ↑ "Persian Gulf War". Jstor Home. 3 November 1991. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ↑ "Historical Events on 30th November". Historyorb.com. Retrieved 18 Mairch 2010.
- ↑ Persian Gulf War, the Sandhurst-trained Prince
Khaled bin Sultan al-Saud was co-commander with General Norman Schwarzkopf www.casi.org.uk/discuss Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine - ↑ General Khaled was Co-Commander, with U.S. General Norman Schwarzkopf, of the allied coalition that liberated Kuwait www.thefreelibrary.com Archived 2011-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Gulf War Coaleetion Forces (Latest available) bi kintra www.nationmaster.com at nationmaster.com [Error: unknown archive URL] (archived [Date missing])
- ↑ Hersh, Seymour (2005). Chain of Command. Penguin Books. p. 181.
- ↑ a b c d e f "Fast Facts about Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm". osd.mil. Archived frae the original on 6 Mey 2020. Retrieved 2 Apryle 2016.
- ↑ International Law Norms, Actors, Process, 3rd Edition
- ↑ a b "Persian Gulf War". MSN Encarta. Archived frae the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 2 Apryle 2016.
- ↑ "Tanks During the First Gulf War". Archived frae the original on 3 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 2 Apryle 2016.
- ↑ Nordeen&Isby P.66
- ↑ a b c d e f g "1991 Gulf War Information". cryan.com.
- ↑ Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait; 1990 (Air War). Acig.org. Retrieved on 12 June 2011
- ↑ Kenneth Michael Pollack-- Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948–1991. 2002. Page 573.
- ↑ "The Use of Terror during Iraq's invasion of Kuwait". The Jewish Agency for Israel. Archived frae the original on 24 Januar 2005. Retrieved 22 Juin 2010.
- ↑ "Kuwait: missing people: a step in the right direction". Red Cross. Archived frae the original on 7 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 2 Apryle 2016.
- ↑ "The Wages of War: Iraqi Combatant and Noncombatant Fatalities in the 2003 Conflict". Project on Defense Alternatives. Archived frae the original on 4 Januar 2016. Retrieved 9 Mey 2009.
- ↑ Fetter, Steve; Lewis, George N.; Gronlund, Lisbeth (28 Januar 1993). "Why were Casualties so low?" (PDF). Nature. London. 361 (6410): 293–296. doi:10.1038/361293a0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)