Saddam Hussein's army had seven months to dig in. They flooded trenches with oil. They mined every road into Kuwait City. Military analysts predicted tens of thousands of American casualties and a grinding war of attrition.
It took one hundred hours.
On February 24, 1991, coalition forces launched the largest armored assault since World War II. American tanks punched through Iraqi lines like they were made of sand. The "left hook" — a sweeping flanking maneuver across the open desert — caught the Iraqi Republican Guard completely off balance. Kuwait was free before March arrived.
The liberation of Kuwait proved something the world had begun to doubt: that a free nation could summon overwhelming force in defense of a smaller nation's sovereignty, and win decisively. Not for oil. Not for territory. For the principle that borders mean something and bullies do not get to keep what they steal.
At {BUSINESS_NAME} in {CITY}, we stand for the same principle — doing what is right, not what is easy.
America at 250: still the force that sets things right.
#USA250 #DesertStorm #FreedomMatters #Courage #{CITY}
It took one hundred hours.
On February 24, 1991, coalition forces launched the largest armored assault since World War II. American tanks punched through Iraqi lines like they were made of sand. The "left hook" — a sweeping flanking maneuver across the open desert — caught the Iraqi Republican Guard completely off balance. Kuwait was free before March arrived.
The liberation of Kuwait proved something the world had begun to doubt: that a free nation could summon overwhelming force in defense of a smaller nation's sovereignty, and win decisively. Not for oil. Not for territory. For the principle that borders mean something and bullies do not get to keep what they steal.
At {BUSINESS_NAME} in {CITY}, we stand for the same principle — doing what is right, not what is easy.
America at 250: still the force that sets things right.
#USA250 #DesertStorm #FreedomMatters #Courage #{CITY}
Historical Event
Desert Storm Ground Campaign / Kuwait Liberation, February 24-28, 1991
Story Angle
justice
