war fought in 1991 by British and U.S. forces against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait; war fought in 2003 by US and British forces against Iraq in which Americans invaded Iraq (wherein Sadam Hussein was captured and his two sons were killed)
A war fought in 1991 in which a coalition of countries led by the United States destroyed much of the military capability of Iraq and drove the Iraqi army out of Kuwait. Also called Persian Gulf War. a war which began in 1991, after Iraq attacked Kuwait and took control of it. A United Nations force led by the US, and including soldiers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UK, and France, attacked Iraq and forced the Iraqi army out of Kuwait