"This pamphlet, prepared by the Center's Chief Historian, Dr. Richard Stewart ..."--P. v. "Twenty years ago, the Persian Gulf War captured the attention of the world as the first test of the U.S. Army ...

January 17, 2016, marks a milestone in our nation's military history. Twenty five years ago, Operation Desert Storm began in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, with the U.S. leading a ...

Thirty-five years ago on Feb. 24, 1991, an American-led force rolled into Iraq, marking the beginning of the end of the Persian Gulf War.

Remember The First Gulf War? Persian Gulf War? Desert Storm and/or Desert Shield? They’re all the same war. Whatever we call it now, it was the war that expelled Iraqi troops from Kuwait, checked a ...

The First Gulf War, which is often called the Persian Gulf War or referred to by its military name of Operation Desert Storm, began on January 17, 1991, in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. A ...

Operation Desert Storm was 10 seconds away. Tom O’Neal was about to fire the first shot in the war that would end Saddam Hussein’s occupation of Kuwait. And he didn’t know it. Although the battle plan ...

Iraq’s invasion of its neighbor Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990, caused an international coalition to respond with Operation Desert Shield, eventually culminating in the Coalition forces taking control of the ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War. In response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, the United States and other countries launched military operations known as Operation ...