On 2nd August 1990 Iraq invaded its tiny southern neighbour, the State of Kuwait. The invasion occurred just as the old order of global geopolitics was collapsing, spurring an international reaction & resulting in the last major conflict of the 20th century: the Gulf War
Kuwait suffered terribly under Iraqi occupation for nearly 7 months before being liberated by an international coalition comprising nearly one million military personnel in February 1991.
The operation was called Desert Storm & lasted 6 weeks /2
