The Gulf War began with the invasion and annexation of Kuwiat by the Iraqi army on August 2nd 1990. Following authorization from the UN Security Council, the Allies conducted an operation called Desert Storm to liberate Kuwait. The Iraqi army was hit hard by the bombing and were quickly defeated. The troops fled or were wiped out in a battle near Basra precisely on February 27th 1991, the day on which Kuwait was finally liberated.
