Gulf War

Gulf War
Date	2 August 1990 – 17 January 1991 (Operation Desert Shield) 17 January 1991 - 28 February 1991 (Operation Desert Storm) (6 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Location	Iraqball Kuwaitball Saudi Arabiaball Persian Gulf Israelcube
Causes	Invasion of Kuwait
Result	Coalition victory
Territorial changes	State of Kuwaitball resumes self-governance over all Kuwaiti sovereign territory Establishment of a demilitarized zone and construction of a separation barrier along the Iraqball– Kuwaitball border
Belligerents
United Statesball United Kingdomball Franceball Saudi Arabiaball Egyptball Kuwaitball Coalition: Argentinaball Australiaball Bahrainball Bangladeshball Belgiumball Canadaball Czechoslovakiaball Denmarkball Germanyball Greeceball Hondurasball Hungaryball Italyball Japanball South Koreaball Luxembourgball Moroccoball Netherlandsball New Zealandball Nigerball Norwayball Omanball Pakistanball Philippinesball Polandball Portugalball Qatarball Romaniaball Senegalball Sierra Leoneball Tringapore Spainball Swedenball Syriaball Turkeyball United Arab Emiratesball Diplomatic support: Soviet Unionball Afghanistanball Iranball Israelcube
Iraqball Diplomatic support: Algeriaball Cubaball Jordanball Libyaball North Koreaball Palestineball Sudanball Tunisiaball Yemenball
Commanders
George H. W. Bush Dan Quayle Dick Cheney Colin Powell Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. John J. Yeosock Walter E. Boomer Chuck Horner Stan Arthur Robert B. Johnston Margaret Thatcher (Until 1990) John Major (From 1990) Peter de la Billière François Mitterrand Michel Roquejeoffre Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (Until 1990, From 1991) Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah (Until 1990, From 1991) King Fahd Prince Abdullah Prince Sultan Saleh Al-Muhaya Khalid bin Sultan Prince Nayef Prince Badr Prince Turki bin Faisal Hosni Mubarak Youssef Sabri Abu Taleb Salah Halabi Muhammad Tantawi
Saddam Hussein Tariq Aziz Ali Hassan al-Majid Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Iyad Futayyih Hussein Kamel al-Majid Abid Hamid Mahmud Muzahim Saab Hassan Salah Aboud Mahmoud
Strength
Over 950,000 soldiers, 3,113 tanks, 2,200 artillery pieces, 1,800 aircraft
1,000,000+ soldiers (~600,000 in Kuwaitball), 5,500 tanks, 700+ aircraft, 3,000 artillery systems
Casualties
Total: 13,488 Coalition: 292 killed (147 killed by enemy action, 145 non-hostile deaths), 776 wounded (467 wounded in action), 31 tanks destroyed/disabled, 28 Bradley IFVs destroyed/damaged, 1 M113 APC destroyed, 2 British Warrior APCs destroyed, 1 artillery piece destroyed, 75 aircraft destroyed Kuwaitball: 420 killed, 12,000 captured, ≈200 tanks destroyed/captured, 850+ other armored vehicles destroyed/captured, 57 aircraft lost, 8 aircraft captured (Mirage F1s) 17 ships sunk, 6 captured
Total: 175,000–300,000+ Iraqball: 20,000–50,000 killed, 75,000+ wounded, 80,000–175,000 captured, 3,300 tanks destroyed, 2,100 APCs destroyed, 2,200 artillery pieces destroyed, 110 aircraft destroyed, 137 aircraft flown to Iranball to escape destruction, 19 ships sunk, 6 damaged
Notes
Kuwaiti civilian losses: Over 1,000 killed, 600 missing people Iraqi civilian losses: 3,664 killed Other civilian losses: 75 killed in Israel and Saudi Arabiaball, 309 injured

The Gulf War was a war waged by the coalition forces lead by  United Statesball against  Iraqball in response to Iraqball annexing  Kuwaitball.

History

Iraqball wanted a better access to the Persian Gulf, so he decided to invade  Kuwaitball.  United Statesball and all the Western World decided to help  Kuwaitball to remove the invader from his clay.  Iraqball lost this war, with no territorial changes occurring.