Liberation of Kuwait campaign
February 24–28, 1991
Related events (1 degree away • 2 degrees away)
The 100-hour ground offensive of the Gulf War. Marines and Arab forces drove into Kuwait while US and British armoured corps swung west through the Iraqi desert to strike the Republican Guard; a ceasefire followed the liberation of Kuwait City.
Location
- Kuwait City
Commanders
Coalition 4
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
Commander, US Central Command, Planned the 'left hook' · 1934–2012
Frederick M. Franks Jr.
Commander, VII Corps, Led the main armoured attack · 1936–
Gary E. Luck
Commander, XVIII Airborne Corps, Led the western flank · 1937–2024
Walter E. Boomer
Commander, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Led the drive into Kuwait · 1938–