Operation Provide ComfortBelligerentsUnited StatesPeshmergaUnited KingdomGermanyFranceAustraliaNetherlandsTurkeyItalySpainPortugalIraqSupport:BelarusCommanders and leadersJohn ShalikashviliSaddam HusseinCasualties and losses2 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters downed by friendly fire with 26 killed5 US servicemen killed and 25 wounded3 UK servicemen wounded2 Dutch servicemen wounded Total: 31 killed, 30 wounded 90 killed, 85 woundedMany air defense systems destroyed1 MiG-23 Flogger shot down1–2 Su-22 Fitters shot downOperation Provide Comfort and Provide Comfort II were military operations initiated by the United States and other Coalition nations of the Persian Gulf War, starting in April 1991, to defend Kurdish refugees fleeing their homes in northern Iraq in the aftermath of the Gulf War, and to deliver humanitarian aid to them.
Military policePolice organization part of the military of a stateSouth Korean Military Police at the Joint Security Area in 2007.Military police (MP) are law enforcement agencies connected with, or part of, the military of a state that usually is assigned to enforce military law.
Iraqi PoliceThe Iraqi Police (Arabic: الشرطة العراقية), officially part of the General Directorate of Public Security (Arabic: مديرية الأمن العام), is the primary civilian law enforcement agency under the authority of the Ministry of Interior responsible for maintaining internal security and enforcing law and order throughout Iraq.BrigadeA brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades may constitute a division. Brigades formed into divisions are usually infantry or armored (sometimes referred to as combined arms brigades).
United States ArmyLand service branch of the U.S. militaryMilitary unitThe United States Army (U.S. Army) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is designated as the army of the United States in the United States Constitution. As a part of the United States Department of Defense, it is one of the six armed forces of the United States and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.
Vietnam War1955–1975 war in Southeast AsiaBelligerentsNorth Vietnam Viet Cong and PRGPathet LaoKhmer RougeGRUNKChinaSoviet UnionNorth KoreaSouth VietnamUnited States South KoreaAustraliaNew Zealand Laos (from 1959) Khmer RepublicThailand PhilippinesTaiwanCommanders and leadersHồ Chí Minh #Lê DuẩnVõ Nguyên GiápMao ZedongNikita KhrushchevLeonid Brezhnev...
Gulf War1990–1991 conflict in the Middle EastBelligerentsUnited StatesUnited KingdomFranceSaudi ArabiaEgyptKuwaitCoalition:Afghan mujahideenArgentinaAustraliaBahrainBangladeshBelgiumCanada CzechoslovakiaDenmarkGermanyGreeceHondurasHungaryItalyJapanLuxembourgMoroccoNetherlandsNew ZealandSomaliaNorwayOmanPakistanPhilippinesPolandPortugalQatarRomaniaSenegalSierra LeoneSingaporeSouth KoreaSpainSweden SyriaTurkeyUnited Arab Emirates IraqCommanders and leadersGeorge H. W. BushDick CheneyColin PowellNorman SchwarzkopfChuck HornerJohn J. YeosockWalter E. BoomerStanley R. ArthurRobert B. JohnstonMargaret ThatcherJohn MajorFrançois MitterrandKing FahdKhalid bin SultanHosni MubarakSheikh Jaber Al AhmadSaddam HusseinTariq AzizIzzat Ibrahim al-DouriIyad FutayyihHussein Kamel al-MajidAbid Hamid MahmudMuzahim Saab HassanSalah Aboud MahmoudAli Hassan al-MajidAlaa Hussein AliStrength Over 950,000 soldiers3,113 tanks1,800 aircraft2,200 artillery systems 1,000,000+ soldiers (~600,000 in Kuwait)5,500 tanks700+ aircraft3,000 artillery systemsCasualties and lossesTotal:13,488Coalition:292 killed (147 killed by enemy action, 145 non-hostile deaths)776 wounded (467 wounded in action)31 tanks destroyed/disabled28 Bradley IFVs destroyed/damaged1 M113 APC destroyed2 British Warrior IFVs destroyed1 artillery piece destroyed75 aircraft destroyedKuwait:420 killed12,000 captured≈200 tanks destroyed/captured850+ other armored vehicles destroyed/captured57 aircraft lost8 aircraft captured (Mirage F1s)17 ships sunk, 6 captured Total:175,000–300,000+Iraqi:20,000–50,000 killed75,000+ wounded80,000–175,000 captured3,300 tanks destroyed2,100 APCs destroyed2,200 artillery pieces destroyed110 aircraft destroyed137 aircraft flown to Iran to escape destruction19 ships sunk, 6 damagedKuwaiti civilian losses:Over 1,000 killed600 missing peopleIraqi civilian losses:3,664 killed directlyTotal Iraqi losses (including 1991 Iraqi uprisings): 142,500–206,000 deaths (according to Medact)Other civilian losses: 74 killed in Israel, 230 injured1 killed in Saudi Arabia, 85 injuredPersonalEarly lifeSaddamismFamilyUdayQusayRaghadRanaSajida TalfahRise to power1959 Mosul uprisingRamadan Revolution17 July RevolutionFirst Iraqi–Kurdish WarYom Kippur WarSecond Iraqi–Kurdish War1974–75 Shatt al-Arab conflict1975 Algiers Agreement1979 Ba'ath Party PurgePresident of IraqIran–Iraq WarInvasion of IranDujail massacreAnfal campaignHalabja massacreInvasion of KuwaitGulf Warmissile attacks IsraelSaudi Arabia1991 Iraqi uprisings1999 Shia uprising2003 invasion of IraqBattle of Baghdadstatue destructionHuman rights recordAl-Qaeda link allegationstimelineWeapons of mass destructionOperation OperaInternational tripsDespositionCaptureInterrogationTrialExecutionreactionsElections1995 presidential referendum2002 presidential referendumNovelsBlood QuranZabibah and the KingThe Fortified CastleMen and the CityBegone, DemonsPersonalFamilyElectoral historyEponymsHonorsBibliographyBush School of GovernmentPoints of LightPost-presidencyDeath and state funeral43rd Vice President of the United StatesTransitionTenureReagan administrationInaugurations firstsecondReagan assassination attemptForeign policyVice presidential campaigns1980electionselectionconventiondebates1984electionconventiondebates41st President of the United StatesPresidencytimelineTransitionInaugurationPresidential libraryTenureThousand points of lightInvasion of PanamaBroccoli commentsGulf WarDecade of the BrainVomiting incidentOperation Restore HopeNAFTAInternational tripsPardonsPoliciesCannabisEnvironmentalForeignAppointmentsFederal judgescontroversiesSupreme Court candidatesThomasPresidential campaigns1980primariesconvention1988electionprimariesconvention"No new taxes"debates1992electionprimariesconventiondebatesThe Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States in response to Saddam Hussein invading neighboring Kuwait on 2 August 1990.
Kosovo War1998–1999 armed conflict in the BalkansBelligerents Kosovo Liberation ArmyFARKNATO (from 24 March 1999)BelgiumCanadaDenmarkFranceGermanyItalyNetherlandsNorwayPortugalSpainTurkeyUnited KingdomUnited StatesFR YugoslaviaCommanders and leadersAdem Jashari †Hamëz Jashari †Mujë Krasniqi †Bekim Berisha †Ahmet Krasniqi XHashim ThaçiAgim ÇekuSylejman SelimiRamush HaradinajAgim Ramadani †Sali Çekaj †Ismet Asllani †Wesley ClarkSlobodan MiloševićPavle BulatovićDragoljub OjdanićVlastimir ĐorđevićSreten LukićNebojša PavkovićVladimir LazarevićGoran RadosavljevićVeljko RadenovićGoran Ostojić †Strength 15,000–30,000 insurgents Unknown number of foreign volunteersc.
KosovoCountry in Southeastern EuropeKosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlockedcountry in Southeastern Europe with partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the north and east, and North Macedonia to the southeast. It covers an area of 10,887 km (4,203 sq mi) and has a population of nearly 1.6 million, of whom the vast majority (approximately 92%) are ethnic Albanians.
Iraq War2003–2011 conflict in IraqBelligerentsInvasion (2003):Coalition of the willingUnited StatesUnited KingdomAustraliaPolandKurdistan RegionKDPPUKIraqi National CongressFree Iraqi ForcesInvasion (2003):Ba'athist IraqInsurgency (2003–11): Iraq United States United KingdomMNF–I (2004–09) Kurdistan RegionAwakening CouncilInsurgency (2003–11):Sunni insurgents:Al-QaedaAQI (2004–6)MSC (2006)ISI (2006–11)IAIJRTNJTJJaysh al-Mujahideen1920 Revolution BrigadesAnsar al-SunnaHamas of IraqShia insurgents:Mahdi ArmyKata'ib HezbollahAsa'ib Ahl al-HaqPromised Day BrigadesCommanders and leadersNouri al-MalikiGeorge W. BushBarack ObamaDick CheneyDonald RumsfeldRobert GatesTommy FranksTony BlairDavid PetraeusRaymond T. OdiernoSaddam Hussein Abu Musab al-Zarqawi XAbu Omar al-Baghdadi †Abu Ayyub al-Masri †Muqtada al-SadrStrengthCoalition forces (2003)309,000–584,799 United States: 192,000–466,985 personnel United Kingdom: 45,000 Australia: 2,000 Poland: 194Peshmerga: 70,000Coalition forces (2004–09)176,000 at peakUnited States Forces – Iraq (2010–11)112,000 at activationSecurity contractors 6,000–7,000 (estimate)Iraqi Security Forces578,269 Iraqi Armed Forces: 191,957Ministry of Interior: 386,312Awakening militias≈103,000 (2008)Kurdistan Region≈400,000 (Kurdish Border Guard: 30,000, Peshmerga: 75,000)Iraqi Armed Forces: 375,000Special Iraqi Republican Guard: 12,000Iraqi Republican Guard: 75,000Fedayeen Saddam: 30,000 Sunni Insurgents≈70,000 (2007)Mahdi Army≈60,000 (2007)Islamic State of Iraq≈1,000 (2008)Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order≈500–1,000 (2007)Casualties and lossesIraqi Security Forces (post-Saddam)Killed: 17,690Wounded: 40,000+Coalition forcesKilled: 4,826 (4,508 US, 179 UK, 139 other)Missing/captured (US): 17 (9 died in captivity, 8 rescued)Wounded: 32,776+ (32,292 US, 315 UK, 210+ other)Injured/diseases/other medical*: 51,139 (47,541 US, 3,598 UK)ContractorsKilled: 3,650Wounded & injured: 43,880Awakening CouncilsKilled: 1,002+Wounded: 500+ (2007), 828 (2008) Total dead: 27,163Total wounded: 117,961Iraqi combatant dead (invasion period): 7,600–45,000Insurgents (post-Saddam)Killed: 26,544+ (2003–11) (4,000 foreign fighters killed by Sep.
United States Army Europe and AfricaUnited States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) is an Army Service Component Command/Theater Army responsible for directing United States Army operations throughout the United States European Command and United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) area of responsibility. During the Cold War, it supervised ground formations primarily focused upon the Warsaw Pact to the east as part of NATO's Central Army Group.
War on terrorMilitary campaign following the September 11 attacksBelligerentsMain countries: United States United Kingdom Israel Germany Italy Canada France Australia New Zealand Netherlands Poland Russia TurkeyMain opponents:Al-QaedaIslamic State Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban)Ba'athist IraqIranVenezuelaCommanders and leadersGeorge W. BushBarack ObamaJoe BidenDonald TrumpOsama bin Laden XAyman al-Zawahiri XAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi XSaddam Hussein Casualties and losses Per Costs of…*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.