US VII Corps
Corps · United States
US Army corps sent from Germany to Saudi Arabia in late 1990. Under Lieutenant General Frederick Franks it made the main armoured attack of the Gulf War, sweeping through southern Iraq to destroy Republican Guard divisions.
Recorded for Gulf War.
Attached units 1
Engagements 2
Movements
- Assembly area west of Wadi al-Batin, Saudi Arabia (approximate) · map
- Breaches the Iraqi border defences (approximate) (Liberation of Kuwait campaign) · map
- Attacks the Republican Guard at 73 Easting (approximate) (Battle of 73 Easting) · map
- Ceasefire near the northern Kuwait border (approximate) (Liberation of Kuwait campaign) · map