The Gulf War Even though most people would not consider the Gulf War as a major war, and would not even know much of its existence. Hundreds of thousands of people, civilians, soldiers, and even children died because of it. Just by reading it from a textbook, most people will have a completely different perspective that the soldiers and witnesses of the war. The Gulf War, the fighter planes used, the U.S allies, the many unfortunate casualties of both sides, and how it change the world significantly.
“The Persian Gulf War, also known as Desert Storm”, happened in response to Iraq invading Kuwait on August 1990 “Gulf War Fast Facts”. “Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s leader”, fought against U.S and Coalition forces “Persian Gulf War”. The war took place …show more content…
The United States Department of Defense has estimated the “cost of the Persian Gulf War at over 61 billion dollars”, Germany and Japan covered 16 billion , and Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and other Gulf states covered 36 billion “Gulf War Fast Facts”. People considered it as a multilateral affair, with “dozens of countries contributing in various ways” (Engel 79). While on Iraq’s end, Iraq started with 35 billion, and after the gulf war ended with “eighty to a hundred billion dollars in debt” (Yetiv 6). Later on, Iraqi officials estimated war damage to the civilian infrastructure at 200 billion (Engel …show more content…
It also showed that “command, control, and communications, represented a key reason of military success” (Allison 179), and gave the ability to employ military and tactical operation proved vital during the war” (Allison 124). A lesson learned on both sides shows that “maneuver warfare can slice inflexible enemies to pieces easily” (Yetiv 153). To “maintain amphibious assault capabilities, and sufficient expeditionary forces” (Allison 178). The most important lesson out of all, explains that “logistics win wars”, that it gives forces incredible advantages in terms of time and time available to deploy (Allison
“The Persian Gulf War, also known as Desert Storm”, happened in response to Iraq invading Kuwait on August 1990 “Gulf War Fast Facts”. “Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s leader”, fought against U.S and Coalition forces “Persian Gulf War”. The war took place …show more content…
The United States Department of Defense has estimated the “cost of the Persian Gulf War at over 61 billion dollars”, Germany and Japan covered 16 billion , and Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and other Gulf states covered 36 billion “Gulf War Fast Facts”. People considered it as a multilateral affair, with “dozens of countries contributing in various ways” (Engel 79). While on Iraq’s end, Iraq started with 35 billion, and after the gulf war ended with “eighty to a hundred billion dollars in debt” (Yetiv 6). Later on, Iraqi officials estimated war damage to the civilian infrastructure at 200 billion (Engel …show more content…
It also showed that “command, control, and communications, represented a key reason of military success” (Allison 179), and gave the ability to employ military and tactical operation proved vital during the war” (Allison 124). A lesson learned on both sides shows that “maneuver warfare can slice inflexible enemies to pieces easily” (Yetiv 153). To “maintain amphibious assault capabilities, and sufficient expeditionary forces” (Allison 178). The most important lesson out of all, explains that “logistics win wars”, that it gives forces incredible advantages in terms of time and time available to deploy (Allison