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Gulf War

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This article is about the war in 1990–91. For other wars of that name, see Gulf War (disambiguation).

"Desert Storm" and "Operation Desert Storm" redirect here. For other uses, see Desert Storm (disambiguation).

Gulf War
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) (Operation Desert Storm officially ended on 30 November 1995)[2] Location Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Persian Gulf Result Coalition victory Iraq expelled from Kuwait Kuwaiti monarchy restored Destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure Failed Shia/Kurdish uprisings against the Iraqi government Iraqi Kurdistan obtains autonomy, establishment of the northern Iraq no fly zone by the U.S. Saddam Hussein retains power U.N. sanctions against Iraq maintained until 2003 United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 establishes cease-fire terms, beginning of the Iraq disarmament controversies
Belligerents
Kuwait  United States  United Kingdom  France  Saudi Arabia Coalition forces  Egypt  Syria  Morocco  Oman  Pakistan  Canada  United Arab Emirates  Qatar  Bangladesh  Italy  Australia  Netherlands  Niger  Philippines  Sweden  Argentina  Senegal  Spain  Bahrain  Belgium  Poland  South Korea  Singapore  Norway Czechoslovakia  Greece  Denmark[1]  New Zealand  Hungary	Iraq
Commanders and leaders
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah 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[3][4] Margaret Thatcher John Major Peter de la Billière Brian Mulroney François Mitterrand Michel Roquejeoffre	Saddam Hussein Ali Hassan al-Majid Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Salah Aboud Mahmoud Hussein Kamel al-Majid Abid Hamid Mahmud
Strength
956,600, including 700,000 US troops[5][6]	650,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
Coalition: 147 killed by enemy action, 145 non-hostile deaths 467 wounded in action Total: 292 killed 776 wounded[7] 31 Tanks destroyed/disabled[8][9][10][11][12][13] [14][15] 32 Bradley IFVs destroyed/damaged [16][17] 1 M113 APC destroyed 2 British Warrior APCs destroyed 1 Artillery Piece destroyed 75 Aircraft destroyed[18] Kuwait: 200 killed[19] Hundreds tanks destroyed/captured about 1000 IFVs and APCs dozens aircraft dozens ships	Iraqi: 20,000–35,000 killed 75,000+ wounded[7] 3,700 tanks destroyed[20] 2,400 APCs destroyed[20] 2,600 Artillery Pieces destroyed[20] 110 Aircraft destroyed[18] 137 Aircraft escaped to Iran[18] 19 naval ships sunk, 6 damaged[18]
Kuwaiti civilian losses: Over 1,000 killed[21] 600 missing people[22] Iraqi civilian losses: About 3,664 killed[23] Other civilian losses: 300 civilians killed, more injured[24]

v t e Persian Gulf wars
Iranian Revolution (1978-79) Iran–Iraq War (1980–88) (Tanker War) Invasion of Kuwait (1990) Gulf War (1990–91) (Timeline) Iraqi Kurdish/Shi'a uprisings (1991) Iraq no-fly zones conflict (1991–2003) Iraq missile strikes (1993) Iraq missile strikes (1996) Iraq bombing (1998) 1999 Shia uprising in Iraq Iraq War (2003–11) Iraqi insurgency (2011–13) Iraqi Civil War (2014–present)

v t e Gulf War
Invasion of Kuwait Kuwaiti Bridges Dasman Palace Failaka British Airways Flight 149 Coalition intervention Ad-Dawrah Qurah Maradim Khafji Bubiyan Wadi Al-Batin Air campaign Air to Air combat "Package Q" Air Strike Ras Tanura Samurra Amiriyah Liberation of Kuwait Order of battle 67 Easting 73 Easting Al Busayyah Phase Line Bullet Medina Ridge Highway of Death Jalibah Norfolk