<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Gulf War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Clockwise from top : USAF F - 15Es , F - 16s , and a F - 15C flying over burning Kuwaiti oil wells ; British troops from the Staffordshire Regiment in Operation Granby ; camera view from a Lockheed AC - 130 ; Highway of Death ; M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> Invasion of Kuwait 2 -- 4 August 1990 Operation Desert Storm 17 January -- 28 February 1991 ( 1 month , 1 week and 4 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Iraq , Kuwait , Saudi Arabia , Israel and Persian Gulf </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Coalition victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Iraq expelled from Kuwait </Li> <Li> Kuwaiti monarchy restored </Li> <Li> Destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure </Li> <Li> Failed Shia / Kurdish uprisings against the Iraqi government </Li> <Li> Iraqi Kurdistan obtains autonomy , establishment of the northern Iraq no fly zone by the US </Li> <Li> Saddam Hussein retains power </Li> <Li> UN sanctions against Iraq maintained until 2003 </Li> <Li> United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 establishes cease - fire terms , beginning of the Iraq disarmament controversies </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Kuwait United States United Kingdom France Saudi Arabia </P> Coalition forces ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Egypt </Li> <Li> Syria </Li> <Li> Morocco </Li> <Li> Oman </Li> <Li> Pakistan </Li> <Li> Canada </Li> <Li> United Arab Emirates </Li> <Li> Qatar </Li> <Li> Bangladesh </Li> <Li> Italy </Li> <Li> Australia </Li> <Li> Netherlands </Li> <Li> Niger </Li> <Li> Philippines </Li> <Li> Sweden </Li> <Li> Argentina </Li> <Li> Senegal </Li> <Li> Spain </Li> <Li> Bahrain </Li> <Li> Belgium </Li> <Li> Poland </Li> <Li> South Korea </Li> <Li> Singapore </Li> <Li> Norway </Li> <Li> Czechoslovakia </Li> <Li> Greece </Li> <Li> Denmark </Li> <Li> New Zealand </Li> <Li> Hungary </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Iraq Supported by : Yemen PLO </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad </Li> <Li> Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah </Li> <Li> George H.W. Bush </Li> <Li> Dick Cheney </Li> <Li> Colin Powell </Li> <Li> Norman Schwarzkopf </Li> <Li> John J. Yeosock </Li> <Li> Walter E. Boomer </Li> <Li> Charles Horner </Li> <Li> Stanley Arthur </Li> <Li> J. William Kime </Li> <Li> King Fahd </Li> <Li> Saleh Al - Muhaya </Li> <Li> Khalid bin Sultan </Li> <Li> Margaret Thatcher </Li> <Li> John Major </Li> <Li> Peter de la Billière </Li> <Li> Brian Mulroney </Li> <Li> Hussain Muhammad Ershad </Li> <Li> François Mitterrand </Li> <Li> Michel Roquejeoffre </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Saddam Hussein </Li> <Li> Ali Hassan al - Majid </Li> <Li> Izzat Ibrahim al - Douri </Li> <Li> Salah Aboud Mahmoud </Li> <Li> Hussein Kamel al - Majid </Li> <Li> Abid Hamid Mahmud </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 956,600 , including 700,000 US troops </Td> <Td> 650,000 soldiers </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Coalition : 292 killed ( 147 killed by enemy action , 145 non-hostile deaths ) 467 wounded in action 776 wounded 31 Tanks destroyed / disabled 28 Bradley IFVs destroyed / damaged 1 M113 APC destroyed 2 British Warrior APCs destroyed 1 Artillery Piece destroyed 75 Aircraft destroyed Kuwait : 4,200 killed 12,000 captured ≈ 200 tanks destroyed / captured 850 + other armored vehicles destroyed / captured 57 aircraft lost At least 8 aircraft captured ( Mirage F1s ) </P> 17 ships sunk , 6 captured </Td> <Td> Iraqi : 25,000 -- 50,000 killed 75,000 + wounded 80,000 captured 3,300 tanks destroyed 2,100 APCs destroyed 2,200 Artillery Pieces destroyed 110 Aircraft destroyed 137 Aircraft escaped to Iran 19 naval ships sunk , 6 damaged </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <P> Kuwaiti civilian losses : Over 1,000 killed 600 missing people Iraqi civilian losses : About 3,664 killed </P> Other civilian losses : 300 civilians killed , more injured </Td> </Tr> </Table>
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