Operation EARNEST WILL
Tanker War
tanker wars
The body of water off the Kuwaiti coast is the Persian Gulf. It is bordered by Kuwait to the south and east.
The Kuwaiti "side" won the Persian Gulf War, but the Kuwaiti Armed forces had little impact in the war, being swiftly pushed aside by the Iraqi Armed forces in August of 1990.
Operation Earnest Will
Operation EARNEST WILL
That was Operation Earnest Will, -to protect Kuwaiti and US tankers from attack.
It was to ostensibly defend Kuwaiti sovereignty.
It was to ostensibly defend Kuwaiti sovereignty.
Europe
The conflict led to ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia's takeover of the Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire and the eastern Greek city-states.