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Iraq accused Kuwait of stealing oil from iraq's oil field near the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border and then warns them of military action.
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Iraq begins deploying soldiers to the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border, making military buildup.
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Around 100,000 Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait, officially initiating the Gulf War.
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The United States is now involved, initiating Operation Desert Shield, this is when the first U.S. troops arrived in Saudi Arabia.
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Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein announces that the 9,000 North American, European, and Australian citizens in Kuwait are now prisoners of Iraq.
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United Kingdom and France deploy troops to Saudi Arabia.
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The UN Security Council issues a threatening use of force if Iraq does not leave Kuwait by January 15, 1991.
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Saddam Hussein frees the 9,000 hostages.
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House of Congress authorizes President Bush to use force to get the Iraqis out of Kuwait.
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Air war begins. Bombers and cruise missiles strike at power plants, factories, and other strategic targets. This will last 42 days.
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Iraqi troops begins blowing up Kuwaiti oil wells.
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Iraqi troops dumped millions of gallons of oil into the Persian Gulf.
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Iraq and the Soviet Union present a peace treaty but Bush rejects it.
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U.S. President George Bush gave Iraqi soldiers 24 hours to withdraw from Kuwait to avoid start of a ground war.
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Ground war begins when the U.S. forces invaded Iraq and Kuwait at around 4 a.m. in the morning.
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Saddam Hussein ordered the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait. About 10,000 retreating Iraqi troops were then killed when aircrafts bombed their military vehicles.
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U.S. Marines and Saudi Arabian troops entered Kuwait City and have a massive tank battle.
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Saddam Hussien agrees to end the fighting.
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The first U.S. troops arrive back home.
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Iraq submits to the terms of the UN order, and ends the Gulf War.
