Persian Gulf War - North Allegheny School District · 2014. 11. 18. · Battle of Medina Ridge...
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Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
• US “tilted” toward Iraq
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US Helped Iraq during Iran-Iraq War
• Gave Iraq $200 million in arms
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Problem: An Iraqi Frankenstein
• Iraq -4th largest army by 1991
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Iraq invasion of Kuwait
August 2,1990
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Results of Iraqi Invasion
Oil Reserves
• Iraq = 10%
• Kuwait = 10%
• Saudi Arabia = 25%
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UN Resolution 660
• Iraq must
withdraw from
Kuwait
• Deadline:
January 15, 1991
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Operation Desert Shield
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Troops (Persian Gulf War) • United States
• Saudi Arabia
• Turkey
• United Kindgom
• Egypt
• Syria
• France
• Kuwait
• Pakistan
• Canada
• Spain
• Bangladesh
• Morocco
• United Arab Emirates
• Oman
• Niger
• Afghanistan
• Bahrain
• Czechoslovakia
• Netherlands
• Honduras
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Military, Medical, and Other Assistance
• Afghanistan
• Argentina
• Australia
• Belgium
• Canada
• Czechoslovakia
• Denmark
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Italy
• Japan
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Romania
• Senegal
• South Korea
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Operation Desert Storm
General “Stormin’” Norman Schwarzkopf
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Operation Instant Thunder
January 17, 1991
• 109,876 sorties in 43 days
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Circle of Error
World War II
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Circle of Error
Persian Gulf
6 feet
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Saddam’s Reaction
1. Dumped 4 million barrels of oil into the Persian Gulf.
2. Launched SCUD missiles into Israel.
• 39 fired, 74 killed
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Dhahran Scud Attack
February 25
28 killed and 99 wounded
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Ground War (February 23 – 27)
690,000 Troops (540,000 American)
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War Plan: Powell Doctrine
Overwhelming / Disproportionate Force
General
Colin
Powell
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Example of Persian Gulf War Battles
Battle of Medina Ridge (2/27/91)
• US: 4 Abrams tanks damaged
• Iraq: 186 tanks destroyed
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Iraqi Withdrawal (Feb 26, 1991)
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Iraqi Forces
Lit 732 Kuwaiti Oil Fires
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Kuwaiti Oil Fires
“This is what hell must look like.” -Schwarzkopf
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Iraqi Quitting or Regrouping?
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Easy Target?
“Sheep in a Barrel”
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Highway of Death
February 26-27, 1991
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• About 3,000 Iraqis killed (Saddam’s Number)
• Between 1,800 - 2,000 vehicles destroyed
• Used napalm, phosphorous, and incendiary bombs
– Outlawed by 1977 Geneva protocols
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Highway of Death
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Iraqi Soldier
Napalm Death
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Ground War = 100 Hours
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Why the US did not invade Iraq?
“Whose life would be on my hands as the commander-in-chief because I, unilaterally,
went beyond the international law, went beyond the stated mission, and said we're
going to show our macho? We're going into Baghdad. We're going to be an occupying
power — America in an Arab land — with no allies at our side. It would have been
disastrous.“
-President George H. W. Bush (1998)
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US Results of the Persian Gulf War
Who won the Persian Gulf War?
USA “-Kicked the Vietnam Syndrome”
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How was President Bush viewed by the
American people after the Persian Gulf War?
89%
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Dan Quayle and One Funny “Potatoe”
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US Results: Cost
148 killed
458 wounded
$7 billion
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Oil Prices Decreased
Below Pre-Persian Gulf War Levels
$15.50 a barrel
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How does the United Nations
look after the Persian Gulf War?
• An international organization has stopped an
aggressor for the second time.
• Korean War
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Was the Persian Gulf War
positive or negative for Iraq?
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Result: Win or Loss?
• Lost (Withdrew from Kuwait)
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Iraq’s Military Crushed
• Over 100,000 soldiers killed
• Over 4,000 tanks destroyed
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Iraq’s WMD was Limited
UN Resolution 687 Must fully disclose all chemical, biological, and
nuclear weapons.
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Saddam’s Power Was Limited
No Fly Zones
Protected
Kurds (North)
Shiites (South)
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Saddam’s Income Limited
Oil For Food Program
Iraq can only exchange oil for food.
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