Colin Powell, though it is worth noting that he did not direct Operation Desert Shield while being Secretary of State. He became Secretary of State during the George W. Bush presidency, ten years later.
Iraq.
it was Iraq
Desert Storm (1991) was a military campaign to remove Iraq from the nation of Kuwait. Operation Overlord (1944) was a military campaign to land allied forces on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.
Example: Operation Desert Storm (Jan/Feb 1991) was a military campaign to eject Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Mission was accomplished. Operation=Campaign
Operation Desert Fox was the military name for the bombing of Iraq in 1998. This campaign lasted four days and was performed by the U.S. and Great Britain.
"No fly zone" operations were conducted post Desert Storm (in Iraq). Operation Restore Hope in Somolia was the next operation in 1993 (see film: Black Hawk Down).
On or about 15 January to 26 or 28 February 1991; about a 45 day campaign.
Bush Sr. Operation Desert Storm; a US Postal Stamp commemorates that campaign. Bush Jr. Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The Africa Campaign Battles were: The Northern Africa Campaign Western Desert Campaign (Desert War Brits vs. German Afrika Corp) Eastern Africa Campaign In Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch) and Tunisia (Tunisia Campaign) and Battle of Dakar. The two big battles of El Alamein and the Ethiopian offensive involved both land and sea battles.
Western Desert Campaign happened on 1940-06-11.
Cyrenaican desert campaign happened on 12-04-03.
Operation Desert Thrust happened in 2007.