Coalition of the Gulf War

Below is the American-led coalition against the Iraqi government in the 1990s.

Coalition by number of military personnel

Multinational group (Qatari, French, U.S. Air Force, & Canadian) of fighter jets during Operation Desert Shield
A Royal Saudi Air Force Tornado F3 during Operation Desert Storm.
Coalition troops from Egypt, France, Oman, Syria and Kuwait stand for review during Operation Desert Storm.
List of Coalition forces by number of military personnel
Country Number of Personnel Comments / Major Events
 United States 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
 Saudi Arabia 60,000 – 100,000Operation Desert Shield
Battle of Khafji
Operation Desert Storm
 United Kingdom 53,462[2]Operation Granby
 Egypt 20,000Operation Desert Storm
 France 18,000Opération Daguet
 Syria 14,500Operation Desert Storm
 Morocco 13,000 Security Personnel
 Kuwait 9,900Invasion of Kuwait
Operation Desert Storm
 Oman 6,300Operation Desert Storm
 Pakistan 4,900 – 5,500 Backup team
 Canada4,600Operation Friction
 United Arab Emirates 4,300Operation Desert Storm
 Qatar 2,600Battle of Khafji
 Bangladesh 2,300[3] (Operation Moru-prantar) Security Personnel including 2 field Ambulance teams
 Italy 1,200Deployed 8 Panavia Tornado strike attack aircraft, Naval deployment
 Australia 700Australian contribution to the 1991 Gulf War
 Netherlands 700 Naval deployment; Air Force deployments of Surface-to-Air Missiles to Turkey and Israel
 Niger 600Patroller group
 Sweden 525[4]Field hospital
 Argentina 500 Navy / Air Force
 Senegal 500 Base Guards
 Spain 500 on the field / 3,000 off the coast Engineers
 Bahrain 400 Base Guards
 Belgium 400 Base Engineers
 Poland 319 Operation Simoom
Naval & medical deployment
 South Korea 314Medical & transportation support
 Norway 280Naval vessel & Field hospital + intelligence information
 Czechoslovakia 200Operation Desert Shield
Operation Desert Storm
Czechoslovakia in the Gulf War
 Greece 200 Pilots
 Denmark 100HDMS Olfert Fischer (Niels Juel Class Korvet)
 New Zealand 1002 C-130 Hercules transporter aircraft[5]
 Hungary 50

Coalition by Divisions

Army Central Command

Marine Central Command

Joint Forces Command East

Joint Forces Command North

Commanders of Coalition

Bangladesh

Czechoslovakia

Egypt

France

Italy

Saudi Arabia

Syria

United Kingdom

United States

Coalition by Equipment

United States

Tanks

Armored Vehicles

Self-Propelled Artillery/Mortars/Rockets

Anti-Aircraft

Artillery & Mortars

Engineering & Recovery Vehicles

Command Vehicles

Other Vehicles

Helicopters

Aircraft

Aircraft Carriers

Battleships

Submarines

Amphibious Assault Ships

Guided Missile Cruisers

Destroyer Tenders

Destroyers

Guided Missile Destroyers

Frigates

Amphibious Transport Docks

Ammunition Ships

Dock Landing Ships

Tank Landing Ships

Fast Sealift Ships

Fleet Oilers

Combat Stores Ships

Fast Combat Support Ships

Replenishment Oiler Ships

Minesweepers

Repair Ships

Rescue & Salvage Ships

Sealift Ships

Hospital Ships

Amphibious Cargo Ships

Mine Countermeasure Ships

Survey Ships

Light Water Craft

United Kingdom

Tanks

Armoured Vehicles

Self-Propelled Artillery/Mortars/Rockets

Anti-Aircraft

Artillery & Mortars

Engineering & Recovery Vehicles

Command Vehicles

Other Vehicles

Aircraft

Frigates

Destroyers

Submarines

Fleet Support Tankers

Fast Fleet Tankers

Stores Ships

Mine Countermeasure Vessels

Fleet Repair Ships

Primary Casualty Reception Vessels

Saudi Arabia

Tanks

Armoured Vehicles

Self-Propelled Artillery/Mortars/Rockets

Artillery & Mortars

Anti-Aircraft

Other Vehicles

Helicopters

Aircraft

Kuwait

Tanks

Armoured Vehicles

Helicopters

Aircraft

France

Tanks

Armoured Vehicles

Artillery & Mortars

Anti-Aircraft

Other Vehicles

Helicopters

Aircraft

Aircraft Carriers

Qatar

Tanks

Italy

Aircraft

Ships

Poland

Hospital ship

Salvage ship

Czechoslovakia

Other vehicles

Canada

Destroyers

Fighters

Transport Aircraft

Patrol, Surveillance Aircraft

Fleet Oiler

Argentina

Ships[7]

Helicopters

Transport Aircraft

Notes and references

  1. Hyams, K. C., K. Hanson, F. S. Wignall, J. Escamilla, and E. C. Oldfield, 3rd. "The Impact of Infectious Diseases on the Health of U.S. Troops Deployed to the Persian Gulf During Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm." Reprinted with permission of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Force Health Protection & Readiness Policy & Programs, 20 June 1995. Web. 9 June 2014.
  2. "1990/1991 Gulf Conflict" retrieved 25 March 2011 "Ministry of Defence"
  3. Hossain, Ishtiaq (April 1997). "Bangladesh and the Gulf War: Response of a Small State". Pakistan Horizon. Pakistan Institute of International Affairs. 50 (2): 42. JSTOR 41393571.
  4. http://www.mil.se/sv/i-varlden/Utlandsstyrkan/Truppinsatser/Kuwait/ Field hospital deployed as part of Operation Granby (in Swedish)
  5. http://www.airforce.mil.nz/about-us/history/the-post-war-years.htm Royal New Zealand Air Force website
  6. http://www.rcsigs.ca/ViewPage/History/OP-SCALPEL-Signal-Troop
  7. La Armada Argentina en el Golfo
  8. El TC-91, un avión con mucha historia
  9. A 12 AÑOS DEL BOEING UNAG-1 EN LA GUERRA DEL GOLFO I
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