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Section sizes

Section size for Gulf War (63 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	19,428	19,428
Names	3,381	6,049
Operational names	2,162	2,162
Campaign names	506	506
Background	18,463	18,463
Invasion of Kuwait	7,327	9,167
Kuwaiti resistance movement	1,840	1,840
Run-up to the war	22	39,020
Diplomatic means	16,261	16,261
Military means	5,660	5,660
Creating a coalition	9,250	17,077
Justification for intervention	3,149	3,149
Public relations campaign targeting the public	4,678	4,678
Early battles	19	18,284
Air campaign	3,783	3,783
Iraqi Scud missile strikes on Israel and Saudi Arabia	11,654	11,654
Iraqi invasion of Saudi Arabia (Battle of Khafji)	2,828	2,828
Counter reconnaissance	3,715	3,715
Breach	7,068	7,068
Ground campaign	16,694	29,098
Liberation of Kuwait	3,702	3,702
Initial moves into Iraq	3,630	3,630
Coalition forces enter Iraq	5,072	5,072
End of active hostilities	6,614	6,614
Coalition involvement	2,842	12,379
Australia	1,220	1,220
Argentina	1,540	1,540
Canada	1,941	1,941
France	966	966
Italy	1,530	1,530
United Kingdom	2,340	2,340
Casualties	16	16,619
Civilian	6,110	6,110
Iraqi	2,484	2,484
Coalition	7,397	8,009
Friendly fire	612	612
Aftermath	50	32,180
Gulf War illness	4,874	4,874
Effects of depleted uranium	4,414	4,414
Highway of Death	2,224	2,224
Bulldozer assault	3,015	3,015
Palestinian exodus from Kuwait	2,544	2,544
Coalition bombing of Iraq's civilian infrastructure	2,256	2,256
Abuse of Coalition POWs	2,386	2,386
Operation Southern Watch	2,412	2,412
Sanctions	2,503	2,503
Draining of the Qurna Marshes	1,994	1,994
Oil spill	1,824	1,824
Kuwaiti oil fires	1,684	1,684
Cost	1,317	3,855
Effect on developing countries	2,538	2,538
Media coverage	5,601	5,601
Technology	2,961	5,088
Scud and Patriot missiles	2,127	2,127
Popular culture	1,179	1,179
See also	462	462
Notes	959	959
References	160	2,122
Works cited	1,962	1,962
Bibliography	10,743	12,600
Films	951	951
Novels	906	906
External links	5,849	5,849
Total	255,799	255,799

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Italy[edit]

Why there is no mention about involvement of italy in the conflict? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.48.73.118 (talk) 21:07, 29 November 2016

Air bombardment claims[edit]

The site states "For 42 consecutive days and nights, the coalition forces subjected Iraq to the most intensive air bombardment in military history. The coalition flew over 100,000 sorties dropping 88,500 tons of bombs…" The data may be true, but the claim of "most intensive air bombardment in military history" is debatable and entirely subjective depending on what they are basing that claim on. Intensive means concentrated, but how are they determining that, by number/tonnage/area/sorties/time?

Until there is something to corroborate the claim, “the most” should either be changed to “one of the most” or “an” (with "in military history" removed). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.45.115.4 (talk) 09:53, 4 September 2017‎ (UTC)[reply]

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Add India to Diplomatic Support for Iraq

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^[4] 131.217.255.210 (talk) 18:21, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Grover, Verinder (1992). West Asia and India's Foreign Policy. New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications. p. 314. ISBN 9788171003433.
^ Grover, Verinder (1992). West Asia and India's Foreign Policy. New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications. p. 358. ISBN 9788171003433.
^ Grover, Verinder (1992). West Asia and India's Foreign Policy. New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications. p. 361. ISBN 9788171003433.
^ "US-Iraq War: India's Middle East policy". Archived from the original on 16 December 2008.

Not done: I cannot evaluate the pages of the book submitted here, as there is no viewable text at the provided links and I do not have it. However, the second link to the archived ISSI page has this text about the Gulf War: "During the 1991 Gulf War, the Indian government under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar took a pro-US stand." This does not support the requested edit. -- Pinchme123 (talk) 02:37, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

French flag problem[edit]

Where it shows the countries that got involved it shows the French flag with light blue however when it shows the commanders the French commanders flag have navy blue instead of light please fix this Blackeyedpea2 (talk) 18:34, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

USSR?[edit]

I do not see USSR mention in this page. What was its opinion, stance etc? RickyBlair668 (talk) 19:33, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bulldozers[edit]

The article implies that there was something wrong with US bulldozers rolliing over Iraqi soldiers. A reporter confronted Colin Powell about this issue. "Bad way to die, blah blah." Powell response was that getting shot in the chest and wandering around for a couple hours bleeding to death isn't fun either. The reporter wasn't completely satisfied with the response, so, at the end of the discussion he said to Powell, "Okay, so how about you study the matter.?" Powell responded, "We will study it. We will study how to kill more of them next time."

This is war. If you don't want to get killed, don't provoke a nation 100 times stronger.A few months after the war, the idea of Powell running for President came up. The polls suggested he would have won by one of the greatest landslides in history, 67.175.162.219 (talk) 20:05, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Grover, Verinder (1992). West Asia and India's Foreign Policy. New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications. p. 314. ISBN 9788171003433.

[2] Grover, Verinder (1992). West Asia and India's Foreign Policy. New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications. p. 358. ISBN 9788171003433.

[3] Grover, Verinder (1992). West Asia and India's Foreign Policy. New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications. p. 361. ISBN 9788171003433.

[US-4] "US-Iraq War: India's Middle East policy". Archived from the original on 16 December 2008.

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