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Operation Desert Storm

British  

noun

  1. the codename for the US-led UN operation to liberate Kuwait from Iraq (1991)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Mr. Hertling captures the on-the-ground reality of Operation Desert Storm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

He persuaded Saudi Arabia's King Fahd to allow the deployment of more than 400,000 United States troops on his territory in the lead-up to Operation Desert Storm.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

It became a permanent installation two years later and has trained thousands of service members, sending troops to battle in Operation Desert Storm and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2025

Marine Corps boot camp and Operation Desert Storm during the Gulf War, developing the grit that earned him salesman of the year for seven years straight at his job.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

In Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the United States had routed the forces of Saddam Hussein in Kuwait.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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