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: |
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Commanders an leaders | |||||||
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956,600, includin 700,000 US Truips [6][7] |
650,000 frontline troops. 1,000,000 reserve troops 4,280 tanks 700 aircraft 2,870 APCs/IFVs 3,110 artillery pieces[8] | ||||||
Casualties an losses | |||||||
Coaleetion: 148 US soldiers killed in action,[9] 145 non-hostile daiths 467 woondit in action Tot: 293 killed 776 woondit[10] Equipment losses: Tanks destroyed: 28[11][12] Artillery destroyed: 1[13] IFVs destroyed: 9[13] Helicopters destroyed: 23 [8] Aircraft destroyed: 52[8] Kuwait: 200 killed[14] |
20,000–35,000 killed Equipment losses: Tanks destroyed: 3,700[8]–4,000[13] Airtillery destroyed: 2,140[13] IFVs destroyed: 1,856[13] Helicopters destroyed: 7[13] Aircraft destroyed: 240[13] Naval Ships sunk: 19[8] Naval Ships damaged: 6[8] | ||||||
Kuwaiti ceevilian losses: 300 ceevilians killed, mair injured[19] |
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.