Operation Desert Storm
01/17/1991 AD attacked
The Gulf War begins with an extensive aerial bombing campaign, televised live on US television.
For 42 consecutive days and nights, the coalition forces subjected Iraq to one of the most intensive air bombardments in military history.
The coalition flew over 100,000 sorties, dropping 88,500 tonnes of bombs, which widely destroyed military and civilian infrastructure.
The war marked the introduction of live news broadcasts from the front lines of the battle, principally by the US network CNN.
Subjects Who or What attacked?
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England Nation -
George H. W. Bush (George Herbert Walker Bush) 41st President of the Un...
Objects To Whom or What was attacked?
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Iraq (Ba'athist Iraq) Nation -
Saddam Hussein (Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي) 5th President of I...
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