The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.

Mar 13, 2025 · The Persian Gulf War, also called Gulf War (1990–91), was an international conflict triggered by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990. Iraq’s leader, Saddam Hussein, ordered the invasion and occupation of Kuwait to acquire the nation’s large oil reserves, cancel a large debt Iraq owed Kuwait, and expand Iraqi power in the region.

On 23 February 1991, the aerial bombardment campaign came to an end and the coalition began a large-scale ground offensive into Iraqi-occupied Kuwait and parts of Iraq. The Iraqi military was devastated in the fighting, and Kuwait was declared completely free of …

Nov 9, 2009 · The Persian Gulf War, or Operation Desert Storm, began in 1991 after President Saddam Hussein of Iraq ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait.

When Iraq began to threaten Kuwait early in July 1990, the United States staged maneuvers in the Gulf to warn Iraq against taking military action against the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.

Apr 1, 2025 · Iraq - Persian Gulf War, Saddam Hussein, Invasion: Iraq characterized its war with Iran as a defensive action against the spread of the Islamic revolution not only to Iraq but to other gulf countries and to the wider Arab world and portrayed …

Mar 31, 2025 · In the four-day ground war that began on February 24, Saudi troops, including the National Guard, helped defeat the Iraqis and drive them out of Kuwait. Despite the clear military victory, the full implications of the war for Saudi Arabia were not immediately known.

On August 2, 1990, Iraqi armed forces invaded Kuwait, a very small, oil-rich country bordering southern Iraq, sparking the Gulf War. The conflict split the Arab community into anti- and pro-Iraq camps, involved the military commitment of a U.S.-led coalition of twenty-eight countries, and brought tremendous devastation to both Iraq and Kuwait.

The Gulf War: Australia's contribution 1990-91. Some 1,800 Australian Defence Force personnel served during the Gulf War between August 1990 and September 1991.

Many in the international community saw the first Gulf War as the true end to the Cold War (1945–91; a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union for control over international politics based on economic and military superiority).