Gulf War
The Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 Februar 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (2 August 1990 – 17 Januar 1991) for operations leadin tae the bigup o truips an defense o Saudi Arabie an Operation Desert Storm (17 Januar 1991 – 28 Februar 1991) in its combat phase, wis a war in the Persie Gulf region waged bi Unitit States-led coaleetion forces frae 34 naitions against Ba'athist Iraq in response tae Iraq's invasion an annexation o Kuwait.
| Gulf War | |||||||
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 Clockwise frae tap: USAF F-15Es, F-16s, an an F-15C flyin ower burnin Kuwaiti ile wells; Breetish truips frae the Staffordshire Regiment in Operation Granby; camera view frae a Lockheed AC-130; Highway o Daith; M728 Combat Ingineer Vehicle. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Coaleetion forces: |  Iraq | ||||||
| Commanders an leaders | |||||||
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 Prince Khalid bin Sultan |
 Abid Hamid Mahmud | ||||||
| Strenth | |||||||
| 956,600, includin 700,000 US Truips | 650,000 frontline troops. 1,000,000 reserve troops 4,280 tanks 700 aircraft 2,870 APCs/IFVs 3,110 artillery pieces | ||||||
| Casualties an losses | |||||||
| Coaleetion: 148 US soldiers killed in action, 145 non-hostile daiths 467 woondit in action Tot: 293 killed 776 woondit Equipment losses: Tanks destroyed: 28 Artillery destroyed: 1 IFVs destroyed: 9 Helicopters destroyed: 23 Aircraft destroyed: 52 Kuwait: 200 killed | 20,000–35,000 killed Equipment losses: Tanks destroyed: 3,700–4,000 Airtillery destroyed: 2,140 IFVs destroyed: 1,856 Helicopters destroyed: 7 Aircraft destroyed: 240 Naval Ships sunk: 19 Naval Ships damaged: 6 | ||||||
| Kuwaiti ceevilian losses: 300 ceevilians killed, mair injured | |||||||
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