Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm 7 August 1990 – 28 February 1991

This eye-catching poster map presents a high-level overview of the Allied coalition military campaigns in the Persian Gulf during the early 1990s. The military build-up, Operation Desert Shield, was followed by a rapid aerial strike against Iraq and the American-led liberation of Kuwait (Operation Desert Storm). A rather brief chronology on the right side presents a summation of the major actions, beginning with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and ending with the acceptance of a permanent ceasefire eight months later.