Great Britain · Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Allied forces advanced across Southern Iraq and after an amphibious landing forces captured the new port area of Umm Qasr then spend several more days fighting through the old town of Umm Qasr encountering fierce resistance
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