The Gulf War

The war is also known under other names, such as the Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Gulf War I, Iraq war, United States of America war, United Kingdom war, Egypt war, France war, Saudi Arabia war, before the term "Iraq War" became identified instead with the 2003 Iraq War (also referred to in the US as "Operation Iraqi Freedom"). The Iraqi Army's occupation of Kuwait that began 2 August 1990 was met with international condemnation and brought immediate economic sanctions against Iraq by members of the UN Security Council. Together with the UK's prime minister Margaret Thatcher — who had resisted the invasion by Argentina of the Falkland Islands a decade earlier — George Bush deployed US forces into Saudi Arabia, and urged other countries to send their own forces to the scene. An array of nations joined the coalition, forming the largest military alliance since World War II. The great majority of the coalition's military forces were from the US, with Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and Egypt as leading contributors, in that order. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia paid around US$32 billion of the US$60 billion cost. The war was marked by the introduction of live news broadcasts from the front lines of the battle, principally by the US network CNN. The war has also earned the nickname Video Game War after the daily broadcast of images from cameras on board US bombers during Operation Desert Storm.

Introduction

TERMINOLOGY

BACKGROUND

INVASION OF KUWAIT

RUN-UP TO THE WAR

EARLY BATTLES

COUNTER RECONNAISSANCE

BREACH

GROUND CAMPAIGN

THE END OF ACTIVE HOSTILITIES

COALITION INVOLVEMENT

CASUALTIES

CONTROVERSIES

COST

MEDIA COVERAGE

TECHNOLOGY

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