cmh_70-117-1

More documents

Recommendations

Info

and Saudi Arabia and led by His Royal Highness Lt. Gen. Prince Khalidibn Sultan, held the portion of the line east of the VII Corps. To theright of these allied forces stood Lt. Gen. Walter E. Boomer’s I MarineExpeditionary Force, which had the 1st (Tiger) Brigade of the Army’s2d Armored Division as well as the 1st and 2d Marine Divisions. JointForces Command–East on the extreme right, or eastern, flank anchoredthe line at the Persian Gulf. This organization consisted of units from allsix member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Like Joint ForcesCommand–North, it was under General Khalid’s command.Day One: 24 February 1991After thirty-eight days of continuous air attacks on targets in Iraq andKuwait, President Bush directed the U.S. Central Command to proceedwith the ground offensive. General Schwarzkopf unleashed all-out attacksagainst Iraqi forces very early on 24 February at three points along thecoalition line. In the far west, the French 6th Light Armored Division andthe 101st Airborne Division started the massive western envelopmentwith a ground assault to secure the coalition left flank and an air assaultto establish forward support bases deep in Iraqi territory. (Map 4) In theapproximate center of the coalition line, along the Wadi al Batin, Maj.Gen. John H. Tilelli Jr.’s 1st Cavalry Division attacked north into aconcentration of Iraqi divisions whose commanders remained convincedthat the coalition would use that and several other wadis as avenues ofattack. In the east, two Marine divisions, with the Army’s Tiger Brigadeand coalition forces under Saudi command, attacked north into Kuwait.Faced with major attacks from three widely separated points, the Iraqicommand had to begin its ground defense of Kuwait and the homelandby dispersing its combat power and logistical capability.The attack began from the XVIII Airborne Corps’ sector along the leftflank. At 0100, Brig. Gen. Bernard Janvier sent scouts from his French6th Light Armored Division into Iraq on the extreme western end ofGeneral Luck’s line. Three hours later, the French main body attackedduring a light rain. Their objective was As Salman, little more than acrossroads with an airfield about ninety miles inside Iraq. Reinforced bythe 2d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, the French crossed the borderunopposed and raced north into the darkness.Before the French reached As Salman, they found some verysurprised outposts of the Iraqi 45th Infantry Division. General Janvierimmediately sent his missile-armed Gazelle attack helicopters against thedug-in enemy tanks and bunkers. Late intelligence reports had assessedthe 45th as only about 50 percent effective after weeks of intensive35
Euphrates RiverAs SamāwahAsh ShabakahTALLILX X6 FRLTWHITEAs SalmānX2 8224X X101COBRAX XROCHAMBEAUX X82 (-)3I I IX X XI R A QRafḩā1X X3X XX V I I I A B N C O R P S1X X1 BrV I I C O R P S1 Cav (-)X XWādī alS A U D I A R A B I AḨafarMap 4
Page 1 and 2: War in the Persian GulfOperations D
Page 3 and 4: Cover: On Guard at Sunset by Peter
Page 5 and 6: No.Page5. Ground War: Situation 25
Page 7 and 8: enjoy this short account of a confl
Page 9 and 10: BAGHDADDESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORMAR
Page 11 and 12: and withdrawal of Soviet armies int
Page 13 and 14: over 120,000 troops, 700 tanks,1,40
Page 15 and 16: had assumed command of thecorps in
Page 17 and 18: a Patriot missile battery of the 11
Page 19 and 20: demands quickly took a physicaltoll
Page 21 and 22: formal contracting process. “We w
Page 23 and 24: RafḩāI R A QW ā d ī a l B ā
Page 25 and 26: Tapline RoadDespite the confusion e
Page 27 and 28: established, the Army could conside
Page 29 and 30: In the only change made to the reco
Page 31 and 32: VII Corps assembly area in Saudi Ar
Page 33 and 34: supported the Persian Gulf operatio
Page 35 and 36: with a twelve-day continuous exerci
Page 37 and 38: Troops training in trenchesturning
Page 39 and 40: RafḩāXVIII ABN CORPSFAAI R A QW
Page 41 and 42: Reserve 14th Quartermaster Detachme
Page 43: y the M1 tank-equipped Tiger Brigad
Page 47 and 48: coalition air attacks and psycholog
Page 49 and 50: M1A1 Abrams tankIn their movement a
Page 51 and 52: On 24 February, the 1st Cavalry Div
Page 53 and 54: epositioned to continue the advance
Page 55 and 56: 1 CAs SamāwahEuphrates RiverX3 101
Page 57 and 58: coordinated close air support strik
Page 59 and 60: windstorm) in the objective area ki
Page 61 and 62: As SamāwahX3 101Ash ShabakahTALLIL
Page 63 and 64: Armoured Division, with over seven
Page 65 and 66: The brigade advanced at 1200 with t
Page 67 and 68: As SamāwahX3 101197Ash ShabakahTAL
Page 69 and 70: The 1st Brigade took the division l
Page 71 and 72: destruction of the Republican Guard
Page 73 and 74: the U.S. military and its allies ha
Page 75 and 76: noncommissioned officers. These wer
Page 77 and 78: expanding sealift, airlift, and the
Page 79 and 80: the active and reserve components w
Page 82: Map SymbolsX XI I IXX XX XXAirborne
Page 87: PIN : 909253-000

cmh_70-117-1

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?