Liberation of Kuwait campaign
February 24–28, 1991 · Kuwait City
Result Coalition victory
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.
Coalition
Iraq
George H. W. Bush
military commander
Colin Powell
military commander
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
Commander, US Central Command, Planned the 'left hook'
Frederick M. Franks Jr.
Commander, VII Corps, Led the main armoured attack
Gary E. Luck
Commander, XVIII Airborne Corps, Led the western flank
Walter E. Boomer
Commander, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Led the drive into Kuwait
Peter de la Billière
military commander
Khalid bin Sultan
military commander
Strength and losses
- Strength
- 500,000
- Casualties
- 20,000–35,000
- Captured
- 150,000
Units
US Third Army
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Joint Forces Command – East (Gulf War)
VII Corps (United States)
1st Armored Division (United States)
1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom)
2nd Armored Division (United States)
3rd Armored Division (United States)
2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (Gulf War)
XVIII Airborne Corps
French 6th Light Armoured Division
24th Infantry Division (United States)
82nd Airborne Division
US 1st Division
US 3rd Division