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Above: The Allied battle plan Map Amidst growing tensions between the two Persian Gulf neighbors, Saddam Hussein concluded that USA and the rest of the world would not interfere to defend Kuwait. On 2nd August 1990 Iraq invaded and came to control Kuwait. Within days USA along with the UN demanded Iraq's immediate withdrawal. Few weeks later USA and member nations of UN deployed troops in Saudi Arabia. Under the aegis of the UN a worldwide coalition began to form. Above: An ... Read More

Above: Scene of Spanish - American War in 1898 {mosimage}(1898), conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. The war originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, which began in February 1895. Spain's brutally repressive measures to halt the rebellion were graphically portrayed for the U.S. public by several sensational newspapers, and American sympathy for the rebels rose. Above: ... Read More