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The war is also known under other names, such as the Second Gulf War (not to be confused with the 2003 Iraq War, also referred to as such [27]), Persian Gulf War, Kuwait War, First Iraq War, or Iraq War [28] [29] [30] [b] before the term "Iraq War" became identified with the 2003 Iraq War (also known in the US as "Operation Iraqi Freedom"). [31]
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Plate 11 of the engravings, detail of centre image. William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job primarily refers to a series of twenty-two engraved prints (published 1826) by Blake illustrating the biblical Book of Job.
The timeline of the Gulf War details the dates of the major events of the 1990–1991 war. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990 and ended with the Liberation of Kuwait by Coalition forces. Iraq subsequently agreed to the United Nations' demands on 28 February 1991.
The monument was not destroyed during the Gulf War, though General Norman Schwarzkopf wanted to remove it. [9] The arches remain standing in what is now the International Zone of Baghdad. [10] An American soldier poses with the Iranian helmets at the base of the Victory Arch
The Battle of Ad-Dawrah was a naval engagement fought on the night of 18 January and into 19 January in 1991 during the Gulf War. In the battle, Coalition forces captured an Iraqi offshore oil field forty miles from the Kuwaiti shore. The 29 Iraqi servicemen captured were the first prisoners of the conflict.
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One of these designers, Mark Herman, was looking for a region that would present possibilities for a confrontation of the world's superpowers, and settled on the volatile Persian Gulf region and the ongoing Iran-Iraq War as inspiration. [1] The result was Gulf Strike, the first wargame published by Victory in 1983, featuring cover art by Ted ...