17 January 1991
First-Night Strategic Strikes
Horner coordinates attacks on Iraqi leadership, communications, airfields and integrated air defences.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Iraq in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Horner coordinates attacks on Iraqi leadership, communications, airfields and integrated air defences.
Corps forces attack Republican Guard formations protecting withdrawal routes.
Franks begins the armoured advance intended to destroy the Republican Guard.
Commands VII Corps during the armored envelopment west of Kuwait.
Luck's corps advances deep into Iraq on the coalition's western flank.
Airborne and mechanized forces isolate Iraqi units occupying Kuwait.
Commands the far western wing of the ground offensive.
McCaffrey's mechanised division advances rapidly through western Iraq to block retreat routes.
McMaster leads Eagle Troop in a rapid armoured engagement against Republican Guard forces.
His division threatens routes used by Iraqi forces leaving Kuwait.
Schwarzkopf's western manoeuvre cuts Iraqi communications and threatens retreating formations.
Holder's regiment finds and engages major elements of the Tawakalna Division.
Leads mechanized forces rapidly through southern Iraq.
Leads a rapid mechanized advance through southern Iraq.
Franks commits armoured divisions against Republican Guard formations in southern Iraq.
Rhame's division fights through Iraqi armoured forces around Objective Norfolk.
Griffith's division defeats Republican Guard armour during the battle of Medina Ridge.
Franks commands United States Central Command during the opening invasion of Iraq.
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