Operation Desert Storm

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

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

Marine Corps and was part of Operation Desert Storm in the first Gulf War, stepped outside to return to work.

From Los Angeles Times

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

During Operation Desert Storm, he spent close to two years at bases in Europe, but he returned to the U.S. and Whiteman Air Force Base in western Missouri when his wife became ill.

From Salon