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The 1991 Persian Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations mandated by the United Nations and led by the United States.The lead up to the war began with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 which was met with immediate economic sanctions by the United Nations against Iraq.
Iraq wanted to take control of Kuwait’s oil fields and they also considered Kuwait as the part of their country and that was the main cause of the first gulf war in 1991.
Further Explanation:-
Kuwait had ample amount of oil storage and Iraq wanted to take control over that along with all the territory of Kuwait as leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein was of a view that Kuwait was part of Iraq. It was August 1990 when Military forces of Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait. This invasion was ordered by the leader of Iraq Saddam Hussein. Neighboring countries of Kuwait, Egypt and Saudi Arabia were fearful of invasion by Iraq on their country too and because of that they approached the United States for support and following that the United Nation Security Council ordered Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait to which Saddam Hussein denied and that was the beginning of the Gulf War.
A massive air strike was led by the United States are known as operation desert storm and after 42 days of a heavy airstrike by the US forces on airfields of Iraq, majority of the forces of Iraq had either surrendered or have fled the war zone and after that President of the United States declared Cease Fire.
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Answer details:
Grade – High School
Subject – History
Chapter – Gulf War
Keywords –Kuwait, Gulf War, United States, Saddam Hussein, United Nations, Security Council, Air Strike, Iraq, Support, Egypt, Saudi Arabia.
