Gulf War - Alternate Names For The Gulf War

Alternate Names For The Gulf War

The following names have been used to describe the conflict itself:

  • Gulf War and Persian Gulf War have been the most common terms for the conflict used within the Western countries. These names have been used by the overwhelming majority of popular historians and journalists in the United States. The major problem with these terms is that the usage is ambiguous, having now been applied to at least three conflicts: see Gulf War (disambiguation). With no consensus of naming, various publications have attempted to refine the name. Some variants include:
    • War in the Gulf
    • 1990 Gulf War
    • Gulf War (1990–1991)
    • First Gulf War: to distinguish it from the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
    • Second Gulf War: to distinguish it from the Iran–Iraq War.
  • Liberation of Kuwait (Arabic: تحرير الكويت taḥrīr al-kuwayt) is the term used by Kuwait and most of the Arab state members of the Coalition Forces including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
  • In addition to "Gulf War" (French: la Guerre du Golfe), the names War of Kuwait and Second Gulf War are commonly used in France and Germany.
  • Mother of Battles (Arabic: أم المعارك umm al-ma‘ārik) is the term used by Iraq.
  • Other names sometimes used include Iraq-Kuwait conflict and UN-Iraq conflict.

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