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Saddam hussein capture frontline12/31/2023 At the same time, mobile and lethal armored forces enveloped the Iraqi Army from the west, by driving deep into southern Iraq, aiming for the Iraqi Republican Guard divisions, Saddam’s Hussein’s strategic reserve and Praetorian Guard. The plan for the ground campaign featured a broad Coalition attack on Iraqi units in Kuwait that fixed them in position. Equally important, however, was the way in which senior Coalition commanders employed these advantages against the Iraqi Army. The success of Operation DESERT STORM was founded on the decisive advantage in training, armament, and leadership held by US air and ground forces. The victory came at the cost of less than 250 lives on the Coalition side. With Iraqi forces reeling from the air campaign, the ground offensive began on 24 February and in less than 100 hours, dislodged Iraqi forces from Kuwait and compelled Saddam Hussein to capitulate. The Coalition campaign that began in January 1991 opened with five weeks of air strikes that attacked both strategic targets and tactical units. Operation DESERT STORM remains one of the shortest and least costly of America’s military victories. Wright Deception in the Desert is Chapter 12 Weaving the Tangled Web: Military Deception in Large-Scale Combat Operations., part of The Large-Scale Combat Operations Series. Deception in the Desert Deceiving Iraq in Operation DESERT STORM Donald P.
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