17 January 1991
Coalition Command Begins Offensive
Schwarzkopf exercises operational command as the coalition begins Desert Storm.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Riyadh in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Schwarzkopf exercises operational command as the coalition begins Desert Storm.
Horner's combined air operations centre coordinates thousands of coalition missions during the opening phase.
Horner commands the integrated coalition air effort from the Saudi operations centre.
Horner directs coalition aircraft against Iraqi air defences, command centres and strategic targets.
Schwarzkopf orders coalition formations to halt offensive movement and hold defensive positions.
Delivers speech to leaders of Muslim-majority countries.
Provenance
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