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Desert Storm
This article is about the conflict against Iraq in 1990–1991. For other conflicts with the same name, see Gulf War (disambiguation).
"Desert Storm" redirects here. For other uses, see Desert Storm (disambiguation).

Gulf War
Gulf War Photobox.jpg
Clockwise from top: USAF F-15Es, F-16s, and an F-15C flying over burning Kuwaiti oil wells; British troops from the Staffordshire Regiment in Operation Granby; camera view from a Lockheed AC-130; the Highway of Death; M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle
Date2 August 1990 – 17 January 1991
(Operation Desert Shield)
17 January 1991 – 28 February 1991
(Operation Desert Storm)
(6 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Location
Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Persian Gulf
Result

Coalition victory

Territorial
changes
  • State of Kuwait resumes self-governance over all Kuwaiti sovereign territory
  • Establishment of a demilitarized zone and construction of a separation barrier along the Iraq–Kuwait border
    • Belligerents

     United States
     United Kingdom
     France
     Saudi Arabia
     Egypt
     Kuwait

    Coalition:
    		 Iraq
    Commanders and leaders
    Strength
    956,600, including 700,000 U.S. troops[7][8] 650,000 soldiers
    Casualties and losses

    Coalition:
    292 killed (147 killed by enemy action, 145 non-hostile deaths)
    467 wounded in action
    776 wounded[9]
    31 tanks destroyed/disabled[10][11][12][13]
    [14][15][16][17]
    28 Bradley IFVs destroyed/damaged
    [18][19]
    1 M113 APC destroyed
    2 British Warrior APCs destroyed
    1 artillery piece destroyed
    75 aircraft destroyed[citation needed]
    Kuwait:
    420 killed
    12,000 captured
    ≈200 tanks destroyed/captured
    850+ other armored vehicles destroyed/captured
    57 aircraft lost
    8 aircraft captured (Mirage F1s)

    17 ships sunk, 6 captured[20]    		 Iraqi:
    20,000–50,000 killed[21][22]
    75,000+ wounded[9]
    80,000–175,000 captured[21][23][24]
    3,300 tanks destroyed[21]
    2,100 APCs destroyed[21]
    2,200 artillery pieces destroyed[21]
    110 aircraft destroyed[citation needed]
    137 aircraft flown to Iran to escape destruction[citation needed]
    19 ships sunk, 6 damaged[citation needed]
    Kuwaiti civilian losses:
    Over 1,000 killed[25]
    600 missing people[26]
    Iraqi civilian losses:
    3,664 killed[27]
    Other civilian losses:
    75 killed in Israel and Saudi Arabia, 309 injured