This Day in History: The Persian Gulf War Begins
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This Day in History:
The Persian Gulf War Begins January 16, 1991 The UN midnight deadline for the
Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait expired,
leading to the commencement of
Operation Desert Storm. Beginning at 4:30 p.m. EST,
aircraft from the U.S.-led
military coalition pounded
targets in and around Baghdad. During the next six weeks,
the allied force engaged in a
massive air war against Iraq’s
military and civil infrastructure. On February 24, a massive
coalition ground offensive began,
quickly overwhelming Iraq’s outdated
and poorly supplied armed forces. On February 28,
President George H.W.
Bush declared a cease-fire. 125 American and an
estimated 20,000 Iraqi soldiers
were killed in the Persian Gulf War.
The Persian Gulf War Begins January 16, 1991 The UN midnight deadline for the
Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait expired,
leading to the commencement of
Operation Desert Storm. Beginning at 4:30 p.m. EST,
aircraft from the U.S.-led
military coalition pounded
targets in and around Baghdad. During the next six weeks,
the allied force engaged in a
massive air war against Iraq’s
military and civil infrastructure. On February 24, a massive
coalition ground offensive began,
quickly overwhelming Iraq’s outdated
and poorly supplied armed forces. On February 28,
President George H.W.
Bush declared a cease-fire. 125 American and an
estimated 20,000 Iraqi soldiers
were killed in the Persian Gulf War.