Operation Desert Shield

George H. W. Bush military commander Margaret Thatcher belligerent leader Hosni Mubarak military commander Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud belligerent leader Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. military commander Chuck Horner military commander

Saddam Hussein military commander

108th Training Command Egyptian Army French Air and Space Force French Army French 6th Light Armoured Division 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment 1st Spahi Regiment French Foreign Legion Joint Special Operations Command Kuwait Land Forces Kuwait National Guard Kuwait Naval Force Royal Marines United Kingdom Commando Force Royal Saudi Air Defence Force Syrian Army US Third Army United States Army Delta Force VII Corps (United States) XVIII Airborne Corps 101st Airborne Division US 1st Division US 3rd Division 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) United States Army Corps of Engineers United States Army Special Forces United States Special Operations Command I Marine Expeditionary Force III Marine Amphibious Force Transportation Corps 1st Armored Division (United States) 1st Marine Division 24th Infantry Division (United States) 28th Infantry Division (United States) 2nd Armored Division (United States) 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division 2nd Marine Division 3rd (UK) Division 3rd Armored Division (United States) 3rd Marine Division 82nd Airborne Division Royal Saudi Marine Forces 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment 11th Marine Regiment 12th Marine Littoral Regiment 16th Infantry Regiment (United States) 17th Cavalry Regiment (United States) 187th Infantry Regiment (United States) 18th Infantry Regiment (United States) 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment 1st Cavalry Regiment (United States) 1st Marine Regiment 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment 2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States) 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States) 41st Infantry Regiment (United States) 4th Cavalry Regiment (United States) 4th Marine Regiment 504th Infantry Regiment 5th Cavalry Regiment 5th Marine Regiment 75th Ranger Regiment 7th Infantry Regiment (United States) 7th Marine Regiment 1st Reconnaissance Battalion 1st Tank Battalion 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines 4th Tank Battalion (United States) 24th Special Tactics Squadron Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company Argentine Navy Egyptian Navy French Navy Royal Australian Navy Royal Navy Royal Saudi Naval Forces United States Navy SEALs Kuwait Air Force Royal Air Force Royal Saudi Air Force United States Air Force 3rd Special Forces Group (United States) 5th Special Forces Group (United States)

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Italian Army Philippine Army Syrian Air Defence Force 4th Marine Division 7th Infantry Division (Pakistan) 9th Armoured Division (Syria) 27th Infantry Regiment (United States) 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment 7th Cavalry Regiment 21st Special Operations Squadron 23rd Flying Training Squadron Pakistan Navy Royal Canadian Navy Royal Thai Navy Fleet Air Arm Royal Canadian Air Force Royal New Zealand Air Force Royal Thai Air Force Carrier Air Wing Eight Carrier Air Wing Eleven