Question

what do you mean by 'operation desert storm' ?​

Answer 1

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Operation Desert Storm was the first major foreign crisis for the United States after the end of the Cold War. On Aug. 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein led a well-equipped Iraqi army into Kuwait, a major supplier of oil to the United States. ... This posed a threat to Saudi Arabia, another major exporter of oil.

Answer 2

Answer:

Bush announced the start of what would be called Operation Desert Storm—a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier. ... While coalition casualties were in the hundreds, Iraqi losses numbered in the tens of thousands.