what was the name of that big tank battle in the gulf war?

Independence battle group in Indian Ocean heads for north Arabian Sea.Īug. Eisenhower battle group dispatched from Mediterranean to Red Sea. Also, Horner briefs concept for air campaign. 4 At Camp David, Schwarzkopf briefs Bush, Powell, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney on concept for ground war. They finalize concept for CENTCOM defensive air campaign for briefing to Bush.Īug. Horner meets Schwarzkopf at MacDill AFB, Fla. Bush makes no decision and chiefs defer any recommendation. Powell confers with service chiefs on options. UN Security Council, in 14-0 vote with Yemen abstaining, passes Resolution 660 calling for the unconditional withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait.Īug. CENTCOM staff starts formulating air campaign for defense of Saudi Arabia. Joint Staff reviews options, including CENTCOM Operations Plan 1002-90, top-secret contingency plan to move ground troops and supporting air and naval forces to region over three to four months. President George Bush issues Executive Orders 1273, declaring national emergency addressing threat to national security, implications for foreign policy freezing Kuwaiti, Iraqi assets in US freezing trade relations. 2 At 1 a.m., local time, Iraq invades Kuwait, using land, air, naval forces. Saddam reassures President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Saudi King Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz that he will not attack Kuwait.Īug. Iraqi, Kuwaiti, Saudi representatives meet in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to reconcile differences. July 30 CIA reports 100,000 Iraqi troops, 300 tanks massed on Kuwait border. July 26 Kuwait agrees to cut oil production to levels demanded by Iraq. Bush Administration officials announce willingness to use military force to defend the flow of oil through Strait of Hormuz.

As separate matter, he states he will not resolve dispute with Kuwait by force. He says he is dismayed at US support for Kuwait. July 25 Ambassador Glaspie summoned to meet with Saddam.

What was the name of that big tank battle in the gulf war?