Gulf War Flashcards
1
Q
What years
A
1990-91
2
Q
Which army was nearly three quarters of the coalition army
A
USA
3
Q
Coalition army leader
A
General Schwarzkopf
4
Q
How many troops on either side
A
100,000 (Iraqi), and 650,000 (Coalition)
5
Q
What natural resource did Saddam invade Kuwait for
A
Oil
6
Q
What was this the first war of using
A
Advanced technology
7
Q
How many tanks invaded Kuwait in the ‘ground assault’
A
1,500
8
Q
What did an American army do when they faced a series of well defended Iraqi trenches
A
Send in large ‘anti mine’ bulldozers that filled in the trenches and buried alive many Iraqi soldiers
9
Q
What was the death toll on either side
A
100,000 (Iraqi) and 1,000 (Coalition)
