Gulf War

American

noun

a conflict (Jan.–Feb. 1991) between Iraq and the United States and its allies to expel Iraq from Kuwait.

Gulf War British

noun

the war (1991) between US-led UN forces and Iraq, following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
See Iran-Iraq War

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Bush ordered a ceasefire effective at midnight and declared victory in the Persian Gulf War.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 1991, Jackson tried to repeat his Syrian triumph, and visited Iraq on the eve of the Gulf War to plead with Saddam Hussein to release Western hostages.

From BBC

Then the Gulf War accelerated a demand, already on the rise since the end of the Cold War, for smaller, less-expensive but also more-effective weapons.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms. Bishop’s cemetery in California is home to some 900 soldiers’ graves, including veterans of the War of 1812, the Civil War and the Gulf War.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some conflicts, such as Vietnam, the first Gulf War, and the war in Kosovo, did occasionally look as though they might tip over into something much worse, but they never did.

From BBC

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