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  2. Gulf War - Wikipedia

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    The coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: Operation Desert Shield, which marked the military buildup from August 1990 to January 1991; and Operation Desert Storm, which began with the aerial bombing campaign against Iraq on 17 January 1991 and came to a close with the American-led liberation of Kuwait on 28 ...

  3. Timeline of the Gulf War (1990–1991) - Wikipedia

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    16 January: Coalition forces led by the U.S. start deploying to Kuwait via the Persian Gulf and the Saudi Arabian border, triggering the first official infantry combat. 16 January: President George H. W. Bush addresses the nation from the Oval Office on the beginning of US-Led Coalition forces strikes at the beginning of Operation Desert Storm. [7]

  4. Gulf War air campaign - Wikipedia

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    On the eve of Operation Desert Storm, the Coalition of the Gulf War numbered 2,430 fixed-wing aircraft in the Kuwaiti Theater of Operations (KTO), almost three-fourths of which belonged to the United States Armed Forces. When the ground assault began on 24 February, that number had increased to over 2,780.

  5. 'Most Successful War of the 20th Century:' What the US Did ...

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    In a briefing held ahead of Desert Storm's 30th anniversary, analysts revisited the elements that made it successful.

  6. Iraqi invasion of Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    Iraq had a history of irredentist claims to Kuwait. After gaining independence in 1932, the Kingdom of Iraq immediately declared that the Sheikhdom of Kuwait was rightfully a territory of Iraq, claiming it had been part of an Iraqi territory until being created by the British. [ 28 ]

  7. Coalition of the Gulf War - Wikipedia

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    On 23 February 1991, the aerial bombardment campaign came to an end and the coalition began a large-scale ground offensive into Iraqi-occupied Kuwait and parts of Iraq. The Iraqi military was devastated in the fighting, and Kuwait was declared completely free of Iraqi troops on 28 February 1991.

  8. California mountain and desert towns dig out of the mud from ...

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    The annual Burning Man counterculture festival in the desert 110 miles (177 km) north of Reno remains on schedule to begin on Saturday, but rain from the remnants of the tropic storm has disrupted ...

  9. Operation Senior Surprise - Wikipedia

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    Operation Senior Surprise, also known as Secret Squirrel, [1] was a long range B-52G Stratofortress cruise missile strike against Iraqi targets that initiated the bombing campaign during Desert Storm. [2] (It was given the unofficial nickname 'Operation Secret Squirrel' by the B-52 crews.)