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Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War took place from August 2, 1990 to February 28, 1991 and is often referred to as the Gulf War or Desert Storm.
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What are the similarities between the Vietnam war and the Persian gulf war?
There aren't many similarities between the Vietnam War and the Persian Gulf War but what I can say is that they both started in a different country and that country asked for the United States help. The United States plays a huge part in both wars. See in the Vietnam War the United States gets involved because our president didn't want Communism to spread across the world which would soon also end up in the United States. In the Persian Gulf War Kuwait was invaded by Iraqi and Kuwait called for help and the Unites States stepped in to help Kuwait drive out Iraqi from their country.
How many veterans died after the Persian Gulf War?
by Persian gulf war you mean Iran-Iraq war? if its that war Iraq got help from 44 other country at the end Iran won and there was around 1milion death in both side
What was the year of gulf war?
1. A Gulf War occurred in 1980 and lasted until 1988 (Iran-Iraq War). 2. A Gulf War occurred in January and lasted until the next month in 1991; called Operation Desert Storm. The whole military campaign was over within 45 days. 3. A Gulf War occurred in the year 2003 in Iraq...and is currently undergoing law, order, and stability operations; this military campaign was code named Operation Iraqi Freedom.
How many Canadian solidiers died in desert storm?
To date, research indicates no Canadian fatalities occurred to hostile fire during DS.
What was the major political consequence of the Cold War?
Basically its just a "contest" between America and Soviet Union.... they started a race to see who made the most weapons... but its crazy because a war never actually broke out!! Funny, huh?
^^That didn't really answer the question... war DID break out, in Vietnam, Korea, and Afghanistan, all "proxy wars" of the cold war between the USSR and the USA. But the political impact was that it lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union, which was communist, and became democratic post-cold war.
Did the US and a coalition of nations join to fight the gulf war?
There were three gulf wars in the 20th and 21st centuries:
1. Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988
2. Operation Desert Storm Jan/Feb '91
3. Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003-
Assuming that you are talking about #2, the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991, the US led the UN coalition in order to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation.
Are there any statistics on Friendly Fire in Iraq War?
This site --->
http://members.aol.com/amerwar/ff/ff.htm
lists American ff casualties at 18%
If 406,000 Americans were killed, that places the friendly fire death toll at roughly 78,000.
And sixty years later the problem still happens with a lack of proper fire control by US troops.
Example the 4 dead and 8 wounded Canadian soldiers who were bombed by the USAF in 2001, in Afghanistan. Two F16 pilots attacked the Canadians as they were conducting a live fire range exercise. The pilots claimed that they were "under fire" from the ground. The aircraft were flying at 20,000 feet, and the ground fire was at ground targets, with small arms weapons, not anti-aircraft missiles. No infantry weapon can reach 20,000 feet of altitude.
The AWACS controller told the F16's to "hold your fire" but they didn't listen, and four young Canadians died as a result.
Just one modern example of how dangerous it is to be near U.S. army troops when you are a "friendly force".
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There was a saying in WW2
When the Germans shoot, The British duck
When the British shoot, the Germans duck
When the Americans shoot, everybody ducks.
How many died in the Scud attacks on Israel in 1991?
Answer 1
The figures seem to indicate that 50 Scuds were fired at Israel. Patriot missiles engaged 47 of them, and 45 of those were intercepted. That means that two got through, plus the three that were not engaged for various reason for a total of five actual hits on Israel.
Answer 2
158 patriots were launched at Saudi Arabia and Israel.... It is currently thought that no Patriots intercepted any Scud...The success of the Patriot missile defence system was greatly exaggerated. G W bush senior was aware of this and blatantly lied to the U.S public and the world in general.... For more information see below.
Who helped the US in the gulf war?
The US, Israel, and North Korea supported Iran during the Iran-Iraq War in 1980-1988, in the Persian Gulf.
How many people were injured in the gulf war?
Which golf war? 1. Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988 2. Operation Desert Storm that lasted from January of 1991 thru parts of February of the same year...1991. 3. Operation Iraqi Freedom which started in 2003...
Why did the US give Saddam Hussein WMDs?
At the time, Iran was a bigger threat to the US, and giving Iran another strong enemy to worry about would help US in it's machinations against Iran.
Why didn't the US take Saddam out of power at desert storm?
First, that wasn't the mission. The UN only sanctioned a mission to dislodge Iraqi forces from Kuwait, not charging onto Baghdad and overthrow Saddam Hussein from power. The mission was a success and once the routed Iraqi forces crossed back to the Iraqi border from Kuwait after being expelled by U.S. and UN forces in February 1991, the mission was declared complete and a ceasefire agreement was signed between UN forces and Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Since the 1991 Gulf War ceasefire agreement, the U.S. maintained presence in the Persian Gulf since to keep an eye out of Saddam Hussein's aggression. This include the Iraqi no-fly zones enforced by U.S. and British(along with France until they withdrew from the no-fly zone patrol in 1998) aircraft patrols to protect the Kurds in northern Iraq and Shia Muslims in the south from attacks by the Iraqi Air Force, the continuing UN economic sanctions against Iraq, ongoing UN inspections of Saddam's WMDs program, and so on.
Second, most of the U.S.-led Coalition agreed to a UN mission to rid Iraqi forces from Kuwait, not going onto Baghdad and remove Saddam from power. If George Bush Senior unilaterally exceeding the UN mandate to spread the war onto Baghdad and topple Saddam Hussein's regime, the coalition that he put up would have collapsed and the U.S. can be seen in the eyes of the international community as the aggressors. I don't think Bush Senior want to with that.
Third, George Bush Senior also said the reason why he didn't charge onto Baghdad and take out Saddam Hussein in 1991 because of geopolitical interests in Turkey, Syria, and Iran. As he mentioned in his 1998 book, "The Worlds Transformed", if he actually take Saddam Hussein out of power in Baghdad, Iraq would have plunged into a never ending tribal civil war between warring factions, destablized the region, stregetening Iran's influence, possibly leading to a pro-Iranian Shiite government, possibly cause Iraqi Kurdistan to be destabilized, make the Kurds in Turkey demand independence and start a war there with the help of Iraqi Kurdistan, and U.S. forces would be stuck in Iraq for years in an unwinnable guerrilla warfare with thousands of lives lost and trillions were sucked out from the U.S. of rebuilding the whole country of Iraq. So Bush Senior decide to let Saddam stay in power and keep in eyes of check of factions as well as watching out of Iran. Which i think it was the best political decision ever made by the first Bush administration.
Unlike George Bush Junior, he pretty much did in 2003 that meaning no coalition and went onto Iraq desipte the consequences Bush Senior made and cause the world to turn against the USA.
What was the reaction of the citizens of Kuwait to US involvement during the Persian gulf war?
they were happy to get some help in the conflict to fight of iraw. but there were alot of causlites both sides so they were also kind of sad about that. but i mean Iraq illigellay started a war and the international community (including Kuwait) assumed the UN/US would get involved in the conflict.
Who was British prime minister during gulf war?
John Major- although Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister at the time Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, and oversaw the build-up of British troops in Saudi Arabia as part of the international coalition to drive Hussein out, Thatcher was forced to resign on 28th November 1990 after returning from an EU summit meeting in Brussels.
She was replaced by her Chancellor, who was John Major, and it was he who actually oversaw Britain's role in the Gulf War of late January '91.
When did the Persian gulf war begin?
The Iran-Iraq war lasted approximately ten years ending in about 1989. One of our US warships was struck by a missile and nearly sunk, in the Persian Gulf. Sometime later, one of our US warships shot down an Iran/Iraq civilian airliner that appeared to pose a threat on the warships radar. In January 1991, Operation Desert Storm commenced. In February 1991 it ended. The Iraqi's had pulled out of Kuwate. Mission accomplished. In 2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom commenced. The operation's title probably still applies (officially), if so...operation on-going.
What were United States goals in the Gulf War?
Operation Desert Storm was a 45 day military campaign to remove Iraqi forces from the country of Kuwait; which was done, at minimal cost to the US/Coalition forces.
What key accusation did Saddam Hussein make against Kuwait?
The United States has leveled numerous accusations at Saddam Hussein, so just choosing one is rather odd. However, if you are looking for the accusation which was supposed to justify the Iraq War of 2003-2011, this was the accusation that Saddam had stockpiles of "weapons of mass destruction", generally chemical and biological weapons.
Is Osama bin Laden actually Saddam Hussein?
No he is not. Saddam Hussien was killed in 2006, but there have been sightings of bin Laden since then.
What are the causes of the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991?
Answer 1
Saddam Hussein ordered Iraqi troops to invade the sovereign nation of Kuwait to plunder its wealth, oil was involved in an indirect way in that most of the Kuwaiti wealth was due to oil production. But the world stepped in when an aggressive dictatorship invaded an established nation with the purpose of seizing its land and resources.
Answer 2
Well, the first reason was because Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. Kuwait is a tiny but wealthy neighbor of Iraq in the gulf. Iraq invaded them in order to plunder its wealth and because of its westernized culture, and the fact that they had no real way of defending themselves against such a powerful adversary.
Answer 3
Operation Desert Storm, also known as the "100 Hour War" was to eject Iraqi forces from the nation of Kuwait. Which was done between (approximately) 15 January to February 26 of 1991. The dictionary defines a military campaign as a military operation with a specific objective and lasting normally only one season in the field. This definition applies to Operation Desert Storm; which also had a US Postage Stamp designating Operation Desert Storm in about 1992. Military service personnel were awarded campaign ribbons for service in SOUTHWEST ASIA for this particular military campaign.
Answer 4
Iraq invaded Kuwait. As Kuwait is a big oil supplier to the West, the powers that be in the West decided to do something about it.
Answer 5
Saddam Hussein the dictator of Iraq ordered his military into Kuwait because he wanted to make the Kuwaitis pay for the Iran-Iraq War.
Answer 6
This was to protect the Kuwait people from the Iraqis when they tried to steal their oil. Saddam Hussein was greedy.
Answer 7
Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, attacked Kuwait. Kuwait was (still is) an oil-rich nation, and of great interest to the United States. At the time, the United States was actually justified in intervening in this event, because one of our major national interests was at stake. This was a clear-cut aggressive act by Iraq that warranted action.
Answer 8
In 1991, the United States led the coalition in a war against Iraq.
Iraq was told to leave the country of Kuwait. They refused. The US/Coalition removed them by force, during Operation Desert Storm (Jan-Feb 1991).
Answer 9
In 1990 Iraq moved into the country of Kuwait. The US told them to leave Kuwait. In 1990 the US commenced the buildup of military forces to remove Irag from Kuwait, under In Feb 1991, Iraq retreated from Kuwait; Desert Storm was successfully completed.
Answer 10
Iraq, without justification or excuse, invaded and conquered Kuwait in order to gain control of its oil wealth and, quite possibly, as a prelude to doing the same thing to Saudi Arabia. The United States, with modest help from allies and other Arab states assembled a large army and forced Iraq out.
- The gulf war was caused in the most part by Saddam Hussein's need for oil. He had amassed a huge debt with western Europe during the Iran-Iraq war and needed some way of re-paying that money. Hussein had also caught Kuwait exceeding quota's set out by OPEC which drove the price of oil down and making Iraq lose money. Iraq did also not have direct access to the Persian Gulf which would help in the exporting and importing of goods.
- Saddam considered Kuwait as being a rogue providence. He also disliked Kuwait due to the fact it is mainly Shi'ite. From everything I have read, Saddam apparently brought it up to one of his closest allies, the French, and received little to no resistance on the thought of an invasion. During this period, the Iraq government was the top buyer of French military goods and the French had the majority of oil contracts in the country. Saddam was on the verge of canceling the Russian contracts and awarding them to the French. Saddam also accused the Kuwait government of stealing oil from the oil rich Basra area. Apparently their rigs were very close to the borders and Saddam felt that the oil was coming from Iraq's reserves.
- America's involvement in the war was started by Kuwait asking for help getting invaders out of their country. The Gulf War, aka Desert Storm, was the result of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
Answer 11
There were no innocent parties in that war. The whole thing started when Kuwait used a "slant drill"--a machine that can drill an oil well at an angle--to tap the al-Rumaila oilfield. There was historical enmity as well--Iraq had borrowed $14 billion from Kuwait to pay for the Iran-Iraq War. They were going to attempt to pay the debt by forcing the price of oil up, but Kuwait dumped a LOT of oil on the market, causing the price to go down. On July 25, 1990, US Ambassador to Iraq April Glaspie told Saddam Hussein, "we have no opinion on Arab-Arab issues, such as your border disagreement with Kuwait." Saddam translated that to mean, "we don't care what you do" and, on August 2, annexed Kuwait into Iraq.
Minor Correction Desert Storm is often thought to be another name for the Gulf War, but it is not. It was the second phase of the Coalition strategy to oust Iraq from Kuwait. The first phase was to defend Saudi Arabia, and it was called Operation Desert Shield which lasted for months. Desert Storm began when the first bombs were dropped on Baghdad, and bombings continued daily for more months. After Coalition forces crossed the Saudi-Iraqi border, Basra was quickly captured and Operation Desert Storm was concluded after a few days.
And another thing..... The causes of the Gulf War can be traced back to World War 1, and the betrayal of the Arabs by the British and French. For siding with the Allies against the Ottoman Empire, Prince Faisal was allowed to have Iraq, but Kuwait which had previously been part of this land was not included.
Yes, the US military cuts back after it's wars, however the end of WWII was different. When WWII ended in 1945, the cold war immediately began...in fact it began while the Soviets (Russians) and US/British were racing for Berlin in 1944. The Soviets were an enemy before WWII commenced; WWII was just a temporary truce until the axis were defeated.
Therefore, when WWII ended, the cold war commenced hot and heavy. Consequently, there was some downsizing from 16 million men to 3 million men...but the military stabilized at that figure. When the cold war ended in 1990 (Berlin Wall came down in 1989), the US military stabilized at around the 2 million man mark, but shut down an incredible number of bases.
What is the conflict between Iraq and Kuwait called?
When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the resulting conflict was known as the Gulf War. The initial coalition military operation was called "Operation Desert Shield" and had the job of protecting Saudi Arabia from attack. The offensive, called "Operation Desert Storm", began on Jan 15, 1991 when the coalition forces launched their attack on Iraq.
What were the effects of the US intervention in the first gulf war?
1. Most historians believe that Iraq got the better of Iran during the Iran-Iraq War from 1980-1988. 2. Iraq was ejected from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm in Jan & Feb 1991. 3. Saddam was removed from power in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Current operations consist of restoring law, order and stability to that nation.
How many Iraqi navy ships were destroyed in the Persian gulf war?
Go to the website "Iran-Iraq War" which lasted about 8 years.
Did the United States regard Saddam Hussein as an ally?
No. Although Iraq began a war with Iran while the Hostage Crisis was ongoing, it was seen by the US government as a war between two brutal dictatorships; both of them unfriendly to the United States, and a war in which the United States wanted neither side to win. Sadaam Hussein in Iraq was never seen as a US ally, any more than the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran was seen as a US ally.
