Under United Nations Security Council Resolution 678, a coalition of 35 countries, led by the United States, fought Iraq in the Gulf War from 1990–1991.
List of Coalition forces by number of military personnel | ||
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Country | Number of Personnel | Comments / Major Events |
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697,000[1] | Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm Battle of Khafji Battle of 73 Easting Battle of Al Busayyah Battle of Phase Line Bullet Battle of Medina Ridge Battle of Wadi Al-Batin Battle of Norfolk |
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60,000 – 100,000 | Operation Desert Shield Battle of Khafji Operation Desert Storm |
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53,462[2] | Operation Granby. 16 ships, 58 aircraft, 1st Armd Div HQ, 7th Armd Bde, 4th Armd Bde[3] |
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35,000 | Operation Desert Storm |
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18,000 | Opération Daguet. LTG Michel Roquejoeoffre: 20,000 troops, 14 ships, 1 CV, more than 75 aircraft, 350 tanks, & 6th Armored Division.[3] |
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14,500 | Operation Desert Storm |
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13,000 | Security Personnel |
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9,900 | Invasion of Kuwait Operation Desert Storm |
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6,300 | Operation Desert Storm |
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4,900 – 5,500 | Backup team |
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4,600 | Operation Friction |
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4,300 | Operation Desert Storm |
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2,600 | Battle of Khafji |
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2,300[4] | (Operation Moru-prantar) Security Personnel including 2 field Ambulance teams |
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1,950 | (Operazione Locusta) Deployed 8 Panavia Tornado strike attack aircraft, Naval deployment (Operazione Golfo 2) |
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700 | Australian contribution to the 1991 Gulf War. Australia contributed at least 1 guided missile frigate, 1 destroyer, 1 supply ship.[3] |
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700 | Naval deployment; Air Force deployments of Surface-to-Air Missiles to Turkey and Israel |
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600 | Patroller group. At least 480 troops guarding shrines in Mecca and Medina.[3] |
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525[5] | Field hospital |
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500 | Base Guards |
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500 on the field / 3,000 off the coast | Engineers |
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400 | Base Guards |
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400 | Base Engineers |
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319 | Operation Simoom Naval and medical deployment |
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314 | Medical and transportation support |
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280 | Naval vessel and field hospital + intelligence information |
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200-man chemical defence unit and 150 medical personnel [3] | Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm Czechoslovakia in the Gulf War |
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200 | Hellenic Air Force Pilots and ground support staff |
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200 | Medical personnel |
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100 | HDMS Olfert Fischer (Niels Juel Class Corvette)[3] |
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100 | 2 C-130 Hercules transporter aircraft[6] |
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300 | 300 Mujaheddin joining coalition on Feb 11, 1991 |
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450 | 2 frigates and 450 troops[3] |
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2 minesweepers, 1 squadron of fighters to Turkey[3] | |
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1 squadron of fighters to Turkey [4] | |
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1 frigate in Red Sea [3] | |
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150 | Washington Post Jan, 15, 1991: 150 troops sent, may send 350 more.[3] |
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4 ships, 8 Tornado fighters, 6 F-104 fighters to Turkey[3] | |
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500[3] | |
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2 corvettes and 1 destroyer patrolling near Bab al Mandeb[3] | |
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40 | Medical team[7] |
Engineering and recovery vehicles