You can avoid confusing people by using the offical titles:
1. Operation Urgent Fury 1983 (Grenada)
2. Operation Just Cause 1989 (Panama)
3. Operation Desert Storm Jan/Feb 1991 (Iraq)
4. Operation Restore Hope 1992/1993 (Somolia)
5. Operation Enduring Freedom 2001 to present (Afghanistan)
6. Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003 to present (Iraq)
Prior to 1991, the Iran-Iraq War which lasted about 8 years and cost the lives of many US servicemen (the USS Stark was struck by an Iraqi missile) was called the Gulf War.
The Iraqi dictator fought in 3 Golf Wars; which one are you referring to?
The disagreement that eventually turned into the Persian gulf war was the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. When the Iraqi troops would not leave Kuwait, the Persian gulf war began with military force under the Reagan administration.
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THE PERSIAN GULF WAR OF 1990-1991 began after Saddam Hussein led an Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
The retreating Iraqi soldiers famously set fire to a number of major Kuwaiti Oil Fields at the close of the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991.
The First and the Second Gulf War. The third Iraqi conflict involving the USA is the war against the IS.
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The Iran-Iraq War began in 1980 and ended in 1988. Operation Desert Storm began in January 1991 and ended in February 1991; lasting about 40 days. Operation Iraqi Freedom began in 2003 and is on-going.
The Gulf War, aka the Persian Gulf War.
The Gulf War was officially ended on 28 February 1991.
The short war usually called the Gulf War, which involved a US-led coalition forcing Iraqi forces out of Kuwait, took place between August 1990 and February 1991. The war was divided into two main phases:Operation Desert Shield - Aug 1990 to Jan 1991: After Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait at the beginning of August 1990, the coalition set up a defensive force to prevent Iraq from invading Saudi Arabia.Operation Desert Storm - Jan 1991 to Feb 1991: the coalition invaded Kuwait and southern Iraq, quickly and decisively defeating the Iraqi forces.
Kuwait was free of Iraqi occupation. tax cuts