1991
Closing year · 8 battles · 1 event
Battles
8 recorded
January 17, 1991
1991 Iraqi missile attacks against Israel
February 13, 1991
Amiriyah shelter bombing
February 26, 1991
Battle of 73 Easting
February 27, 1991
Battle of Norfolk
Feb 1991
Hundred-Hour Ground War
Kuwait/Iraq
Jan 1991
Khafji
Saudi Arabia/Kuwait border
27 Feb 1991
Medina Ridge
Southern Iraq
January 17, 1991
Operation Desert Storm
Events & turning points
1 recorded
Operation Desert Storm Begins
Campaign17 Jan 1991
Precision strike and air superiority shaped modern military perception.
Commanders active in 1991
40 catalogued
Abid Hamid MahmudAlaa Hussein AliAli Hassan al-MajidAyad Futayih al-RawiAyad Futayyih Al-RawiChuck HornerColin PowellDick CheneyFahd bin Abdul-AzizFrançois MitterrandFrederick FranksGeorge H. W. BushGeorge H. W. BushHosni MubarakHussein Kamel al-MajidIyad FutayyihIzzat Ibrahim al-DouriJaber Al-Ahmad Al-SabahJohn J. YeosockJohn MajorKhaleda ZiaKhalid bin SultanKhalifa bin Hamad Al ThaniKing FahdMargaret ThatcherMario ArpinoMontgomery MeigsMuzahim Saab HassanNorman SchwarzkopfNuruddin KhanPeter de la BillièreRobert B. JohnstonRon GriffithRupert SmithSaddam HusseinSalah Aboud MahmoudSheikh Jaber Al AhmadStanley R. ArthurTariq AzizWalter E. Boomer