Gulf War

Gulf War
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.
Date 2 August 1990 – 28 Februar 1991 (6 months, 3 weeks and 5 days) (Operation Desert Storm offeecially endit on 30 November 1995) Location Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabie, Israel Result Decisive Coaleetion victory Iraqi widrawal frae Kuwait Kuwaiti monarchy restored Sanctions against Iraq Hivy casualties an destruction o Iraqi an Kuwaiti infrastructur Establishment o Iraqi no-flee zones
Belligerents
Coaleetion forces: Unitit States Kuwait Unitit Kinrick Saudi Arabie Fraunce Italy Canadae Egyp Sirie Morocco Unitit Arab Emirates Pakistan Oman Qatar Non-combat support: Australie Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Czechoslovakie Spain Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Niger Norawa Poland Greece Hungary Senegal Sooth Korea Swaden Soviet Union	Iraq
Commanders an leaders
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah George H.W. Bush Colin Powell Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. Dick Cheney Chuck Horner John Major Margaret Thatcher Peter de la Billière Keeng Fahd Prince Khalid bin Sultan	Saddam Hussein Ali Hassan al-Majid Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Salah Aboud Mahmoud Hussein Kamel al-Majid 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 75,000+ woondit 300,000 desertit or capturt 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: Ower 1,000 killed 600 missin fowk Iraqi ceevilian losses: Aboot 3,664 killed Ither ceevilian losses: 300 ceevilians killed, mair injured

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.