Operation Desert Storm
Muck filled clouds of sand and burning oil was an everyday struggle. Gas masks were carried along with hazmat suits to ensure safety during a chemical attack. Operation Desert Storm was a war on Iraq because of the invasion of Kuwait. This war consisted of over 600,000 troops with the US owning around 74 percent of all troops. Desert Storm was needed in order to liberate Kuwait. This all happened when Iraq invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990. While Operation Desert Storm was a final stand to let Iraq know who had the upper hand, the outcome of the attack was a success because of the liberation of Kuwait.
The attack was a final stand against Iraq to let them know they could not win. Saddam Hussein did not realize once he …show more content…
The US was not allowing Iraq to simply “claim” Kuwait as theirs, so they declared war. The US needed to come up with a plan to stop Iraq without hesitation, so they came up with a two part war. The split between two parts of the war was extremely effective. The first part of the war was the bombing phase. This was useful to all coalition forces because they were able to build up ground units before sending them into Kuwait (Pearce 352). Not only was the bombing giving forces time to build, it was also devastating to the Iraq forces: “The most devastating air assault in history began with the bombing of Baghdad” (Cobane 1). Bombs are not something that the average person sees every day and that is for a specific reason. Bombs do a great amount of damage and the bombs during the Gulf War were not small either. All of the bombings showed Iraq that taking over Kuwait isn’t as easy as saying it is now theirs. After 30 days of bombing, the coalition forces destroyed 1,300 Iraqi tanks, 1,100 artillery pieces, and 850 armored personnel carriers (Carlisle 31). Needless to say, the first part of the war was a success, but that wasn’t the end of the terror in Kuwait. The second part of the war was the ground phase. This included all forces combined together into one large army. As the ground forced moved into Kuwait, Iraq forces began to grow smaller and smaller (Carlisle 34). The size of the coalition …show more content…
This ultimately meant that Operation Desert Storm was a success. Once the ground units began to pour into Kuwait Iraqi soldiers started to surrender. This was a shock to the US considering the amount of effort needed to take over Kuwait at the beginning of Operation Desert Storm. With 600,000 soldiers there was little room to fail but that’s what the coalition force was made for. Iraq soon realized they were outnumbered. Once Iraq saw that they were outnumbered there was a chain reaction and Iraq soldiers started to surrender left and right. Generals were told to keep count of how many Iraqi troops surrendered but there was a break in the count once it reached 30,000 soldiers due to the fact that the POW’s (prisoners of war) were coming in at a rate that was difficult to keep up with (Carlisle 34). Carlisle states that, “The second phase of Operation Desert Storm, the ground phase of the Persian Gulf war, lasting just over four days, almost exactly 100 hours” (33). This goes to show just how dominate the coalition force was and how persuasive guns can really be. Iraq was soon issued a document of surrender after the ground phase of the war. This was ultimately the last blow to Iraq and its forces. America played a substantial role in the liberation of Kuwait: “Thanks to American air supremacy, coalition ground forces decisively entered Kuwait in late January” (Gephardt 389). America was the
Muck filled clouds of sand and burning oil was an everyday struggle. Gas masks were carried along with hazmat suits to ensure safety during a chemical attack. Operation Desert Storm was a war on Iraq because of the invasion of Kuwait. This war consisted of over 600,000 troops with the US owning around 74 percent of all troops. Desert Storm was needed in order to liberate Kuwait. This all happened when Iraq invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990. While Operation Desert Storm was a final stand to let Iraq know who had the upper hand, the outcome of the attack was a success because of the liberation of Kuwait.
The attack was a final stand against Iraq to let them know they could not win. Saddam Hussein did not realize once he …show more content…
The US was not allowing Iraq to simply “claim” Kuwait as theirs, so they declared war. The US needed to come up with a plan to stop Iraq without hesitation, so they came up with a two part war. The split between two parts of the war was extremely effective. The first part of the war was the bombing phase. This was useful to all coalition forces because they were able to build up ground units before sending them into Kuwait (Pearce 352). Not only was the bombing giving forces time to build, it was also devastating to the Iraq forces: “The most devastating air assault in history began with the bombing of Baghdad” (Cobane 1). Bombs are not something that the average person sees every day and that is for a specific reason. Bombs do a great amount of damage and the bombs during the Gulf War were not small either. All of the bombings showed Iraq that taking over Kuwait isn’t as easy as saying it is now theirs. After 30 days of bombing, the coalition forces destroyed 1,300 Iraqi tanks, 1,100 artillery pieces, and 850 armored personnel carriers (Carlisle 31). Needless to say, the first part of the war was a success, but that wasn’t the end of the terror in Kuwait. The second part of the war was the ground phase. This included all forces combined together into one large army. As the ground forced moved into Kuwait, Iraq forces began to grow smaller and smaller (Carlisle 34). The size of the coalition …show more content…
This ultimately meant that Operation Desert Storm was a success. Once the ground units began to pour into Kuwait Iraqi soldiers started to surrender. This was a shock to the US considering the amount of effort needed to take over Kuwait at the beginning of Operation Desert Storm. With 600,000 soldiers there was little room to fail but that’s what the coalition force was made for. Iraq soon realized they were outnumbered. Once Iraq saw that they were outnumbered there was a chain reaction and Iraq soldiers started to surrender left and right. Generals were told to keep count of how many Iraqi troops surrendered but there was a break in the count once it reached 30,000 soldiers due to the fact that the POW’s (prisoners of war) were coming in at a rate that was difficult to keep up with (Carlisle 34). Carlisle states that, “The second phase of Operation Desert Storm, the ground phase of the Persian Gulf war, lasting just over four days, almost exactly 100 hours” (33). This goes to show just how dominate the coalition force was and how persuasive guns can really be. Iraq was soon issued a document of surrender after the ground phase of the war. This was ultimately the last blow to Iraq and its forces. America played a substantial role in the liberation of Kuwait: “Thanks to American air supremacy, coalition ground forces decisively entered Kuwait in late January” (Gephardt 389). America was the