Saddam Hussein called this the mother of
all battles welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be learning more about the
Persian Gulf War should military action
be required this will not be another
Vietnam this will not be a protracted
drawn-out war relations between the
United States and Iraq were strained for
years due to Iraq’s alliance with the
Soviet Union during the Cold War and
their stance on other world conflicts
despite this the US helped Iraq in the
war against Iran during the 1980s while
this battle helped build Iraq into an
important power it also left the country
broke in addition Iraq’s economy
suffered because of low oil prices they
blamed on over production by Kuwait in
July 1990 Saddam Hussein’s regime
threatened military action should they
continue Saddam also hoped to erase the
debt his country owed Kuwait after the
iran-iraq war he wished to expand Iraq’s
presence in the Middle East by
controlling Kuwait’s huge oil reserves
and by annexing the whole country due to
the region’s history he already
considered Kuwait as part of Iraq the
neighboring countries failed to find a
compromise so Iraq launched a surprise
invasion of Kuwait on august 2nd 1990
Saddam claimed victory within a couple
of days meanwhile the United Nations
hoped for a quick and diplomatic end to
this occupation Iraq refused a UN
request to withdraw so the country was
put under a total trade embargo at this
point the United States under George HW
Bush worried that by invading Kuwait
Iraq had gained easier access to
neighboring Saudi Arabia and its vast
oil reserves the u.s. hoped to contain
Iraqi influence and prevent Saddam’s
regime from controlling the majority of
the world’s oil on August 7th the US and
a coalition of Western allies deployed
troops to Saudi Arabia in a mission
called Operation Desert Shield this
military action was based on an earlier
plan created by the commander-in-chief
of the US Central Command general Norman
Schwarzkopf otherwise known
Stormin Norman in November the UN gave
Iraq a deadline of January 15th to
withdraw from Kuwait otherwise the
coalition would be permitted to respond
with force until January the us-led
coalition presence in the region grew to
include soldiers from 34 countries
including Saudi Arabia the United
Kingdom and Egypt this group was led by
Schwarzkopf On January 16 1991 when
Saddam’s military remained in Kuwait
Operation Desert Storm began five months
ago
Saddam insane started this cruel war
against Kuwait tonight the battle has
been joined coalition forces had a
significant technological lead over
their opponents
so this aerial offensive saw the
demolition of Iraq’s air support as well
as much of its infrastructure and
important buildings Iraq responded
tactically by attacking Israel with Scud
missiles Saddam assumed he could cripple
the coalition with this move because
Israel had a policy of retaliation
he knew that Arab nations in the
coalition would never fight alongside
Israel and so if he was able to bring
them into the fray he would also be
forcing those various Arab countries to
leave the coalition however President
Bush convinced Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak Shamir not to respond Iraq
continued its missile attack while the
coalition initiated the wars ground
phase in an attempt to liberate Kuwait
Operation Desert saber saw coalition
forces move from Saudi Arabia to Kuwait
and finally to Iraq though the ground
forces of both sides were seen as
relatively equal the Iraqi stronghold
collapsed within a few days On February
28 1991 President Bush announced the end
of hostilities Kuwait is liberated
Iraq’s army is defeated our military
objectives are met
Iraq agreed to acknowledge Kuwait as a
distinct nation and to rid itself of
weapons of mass destruction
however Iraq failed to fully cooperate
with those directives this eventually
led to the invasion of Iraq by the
United States under george w bush in
2003 and the ensuing Iraq war 1991’s
relatively
Gulf War resulted in significant Iraqi
civilian and military deaths and fewer
than 400 coalition military casualties
however as many as 250,000 of the almost
700,000 coalition soldiers who served
developed an illness called Gulf War
Syndrome purportedly due to the use of
chemical weapons this was one of the
first Wars to be covered live by
television media because of this and its
impact on world history the significance
of the Gulf War resonated well into the
21st century
all battles welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be learning more about the
Persian Gulf War should military action
be required this will not be another
Vietnam this will not be a protracted
drawn-out war relations between the
United States and Iraq were strained for
years due to Iraq’s alliance with the
Soviet Union during the Cold War and
their stance on other world conflicts
despite this the US helped Iraq in the
war against Iran during the 1980s while
this battle helped build Iraq into an
important power it also left the country
broke in addition Iraq’s economy
suffered because of low oil prices they
blamed on over production by Kuwait in
July 1990 Saddam Hussein’s regime
threatened military action should they
continue Saddam also hoped to erase the
debt his country owed Kuwait after the
iran-iraq war he wished to expand Iraq’s
presence in the Middle East by
controlling Kuwait’s huge oil reserves
and by annexing the whole country due to
the region’s history he already
considered Kuwait as part of Iraq the
neighboring countries failed to find a
compromise so Iraq launched a surprise
invasion of Kuwait on august 2nd 1990
Saddam claimed victory within a couple
of days meanwhile the United Nations
hoped for a quick and diplomatic end to
this occupation Iraq refused a UN
request to withdraw so the country was
put under a total trade embargo at this
point the United States under George HW
Bush worried that by invading Kuwait
Iraq had gained easier access to
neighboring Saudi Arabia and its vast
oil reserves the u.s. hoped to contain
Iraqi influence and prevent Saddam’s
regime from controlling the majority of
the world’s oil on August 7th the US and
a coalition of Western allies deployed
troops to Saudi Arabia in a mission
called Operation Desert Shield this
military action was based on an earlier
plan created by the commander-in-chief
of the US Central Command general Norman
Schwarzkopf otherwise known
Stormin Norman in November the UN gave
Iraq a deadline of January 15th to
withdraw from Kuwait otherwise the
coalition would be permitted to respond
with force until January the us-led
coalition presence in the region grew to
include soldiers from 34 countries
including Saudi Arabia the United
Kingdom and Egypt this group was led by
Schwarzkopf On January 16 1991 when
Saddam’s military remained in Kuwait
Operation Desert Storm began five months
ago
Saddam insane started this cruel war
against Kuwait tonight the battle has
been joined coalition forces had a
significant technological lead over
their opponents
so this aerial offensive saw the
demolition of Iraq’s air support as well
as much of its infrastructure and
important buildings Iraq responded
tactically by attacking Israel with Scud
missiles Saddam assumed he could cripple
the coalition with this move because
Israel had a policy of retaliation
he knew that Arab nations in the
coalition would never fight alongside
Israel and so if he was able to bring
them into the fray he would also be
forcing those various Arab countries to
leave the coalition however President
Bush convinced Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak Shamir not to respond Iraq
continued its missile attack while the
coalition initiated the wars ground
phase in an attempt to liberate Kuwait
Operation Desert saber saw coalition
forces move from Saudi Arabia to Kuwait
and finally to Iraq though the ground
forces of both sides were seen as
relatively equal the Iraqi stronghold
collapsed within a few days On February
28 1991 President Bush announced the end
of hostilities Kuwait is liberated
Iraq’s army is defeated our military
objectives are met
Iraq agreed to acknowledge Kuwait as a
distinct nation and to rid itself of
weapons of mass destruction
however Iraq failed to fully cooperate
with those directives this eventually
led to the invasion of Iraq by the
United States under george w bush in
2003 and the ensuing Iraq war 1991’s
relatively
Gulf War resulted in significant Iraqi
civilian and military deaths and fewer
than 400 coalition military casualties
however as many as 250,000 of the almost
700,000 coalition soldiers who served
developed an illness called Gulf War
Syndrome purportedly due to the use of
chemical weapons this was one of the
first Wars to be covered live by
television media because of this and its
impact on world history the significance
of the Gulf War resonated well into the
21st century
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