Coalition Air War Announced
States that the campaign seeks complete Iraqi withdrawal.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
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George Herbert Walker Bush Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow George Herbert Walker Bush through 110 dated historical records for United States of America.
George Herbert Walker Bush, historical timeline
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1991
Desert Storm Announcement
Announces that coalition military operations have begun.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Desert Storm Begins
Announces coalition combat operations against Iraq and occupied Kuwait.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
UN Resolution 678 Enforcement
Bush invokes United Nations and congressional authority when announcing military action.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Air Strikes on Baghdad
Bush authorises strikes against Iraqi command, communications and air-defence facilities around Baghdad.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Request for Israeli Restraint
Bush urges Israel not to retaliate and risk fracturing the Arab coalition.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Explanation of Al-Amiriyah Target
Bush's administration states that the attacked Baghdad facility was believed to be military.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Ceasefire
Iraq agreed to a Soviet-proposed ceasefire agreement
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Final Coalition Ultimatum
Bush gives Iraq a final deadline to begin an immediate and unconditional withdrawal.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Withdrawal Terms Announced
Bush publishes coalition conditions that could prevent the ground campaign.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Final Deadline before Ground War
Bush requires Iraq to begin withdrawing immediately or face coalition ground attack.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Coalition Ground Campaign Begins
Bush authorises the ground campaign after Iraq fails to accept the coalition withdrawal terms.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Desert Sabre Offensive
Ground forces begin the final campaign to liberate Kuwait.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Diplomacy Ends before Ground Attack
Bush concludes that diplomatic proposals have not secured Iraq's unconditional withdrawal.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Ground Offensive Authorized
Authorizes the coalition ground offensive against Iraqi forces.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Ground War Begins
Authorizes the coalition ground offensive.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Invasion of Iraq
The Allied land offensive begins against Iraq
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Kuwait Liberated
Announces that Kuwait has been liberated.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Occupation Defeated
Coalition forces restore control of Kuwait City to Kuwaiti authorities.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Coalition Ceasefire
The hundred-hour ground campaign comes to an end.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Ground Offensive Halted
Bush orders coalition forces to suspend offensive combat after one hundred hours of ground operations.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Hundred-Hour Ground War Ends
The ground campaign ends after Iraqi forces are expelled from Kuwait.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Offensive Ceasefire
Orders coalition offensive operations suspended.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
One Hundred Hour Ground War Ends
Bush suspends offensive combat exactly one hundred hours after the ground campaign begins.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Withdrawal Negotiations
Non essential US Embassy staff are withdrawn from Ethiopia
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Formal Gulf War Ceasefire
Bush recognises the formal ceasefire after Iraq accepts Security Council Resolution 687.
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Invasion of Iraq
US forces move into northern Iraq to set up safe havens for Kurdish refugees
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Kurdish Refugees
US forces move into northern Iraq to set up safe havens for Kurdish refugees
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
1st US aircraft since 1979 lands in Iran with blankets for Kurdish
1st US aircraft since 1979 lands in Iran with blankets for Kurdish refugees
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Kurdish Refugees
1st US aircraft since 1979 lands in Iran with blankets for Kurdish refugees
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
Alliance George Herbert Walker Bush and to Hanoi
The US gives aid to Hanoi when it helps account for 2,276 missing US soldiers
Role range: 1981-1989 – 1989-1993
Military Aid
The US gives aid to Hanoi when it helps account for 2,276 missing US soldiers
Role range: 1981-1989 – 1989-1993
Arms Control Talks
President Bush sends a personal message to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, urging a stronger effort to conclude arms control talks
Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993
International Sanctions
President Bush lifts economic sanctions against South Africa, citing its "profound transformation" toward racial equality
Role range: 1981-1989 – 1989-1993
Sanctions
President Bush lifts economic sanctions against South Africa, citing its "profound transformation" toward racial equality
Role range: 1981-1989 – 1989-1993
Treaty Negotiations
Soviet and American negotiators meeting in Washington wrangle over a Treaty to reduce long-range nuclear missiles
Role range: 1981-1989 – 1989-1993
Visit to Souda Bay
President Bush tours the Souda Bay US naval base during a visit to Greece
Role range: 1981-1989 – 1989-1993
Nuclear Power
President Bush warns Iraq it would be making "an enormous mistake" if it failed to disclose its nuclear weapons program to United Nations inspectors
Role range: 1989-1993
United Nations
President Bush warns Iraq it would be making "an enormous mistake" if it failed to disclose its nuclear weapons program to United Nations inspectors
Role range: 1989-1993
START I Treaty Signed
Signs START I with Mikhail Gorbachev, requiring major reductions in strategic nuclear weapons.
Role range: 1989-1993
Records, sources and methodology
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