Liberation of Kuwait campaign
February 24–28, 1991 · Kuwait City
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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.
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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
Colin Powell
military commander
Peter de la Billière
military commander
