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| | | | *Internal Look, a U.S. war game, shows Saudi Arabia could be defended against Iraqi invaders, but at terrible cost. |
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| August 2 | | | | Iraq invades Kuwait. |
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| August 5 | | | President Bush declares invasion "will not stand." |
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| August 6 | | | King Fahd meets withRichard Cheney, requests U.S. military assistance. |
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| August 8 | | | Initial U.S. Air force fighter planes arrive in Saudi Arabia. |
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| August 10 | | | John Warden first meets withSchwarzkopf in Tampa to outline proposed air campaign. |
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| August 28 | | | Secret Israeli delegation flies to Washington to stress likelihood of Iraqi attack on Israel if war begins. |
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| September 18 | | | | Schwarzkopf asks four Army planners to begin work on ground offensive. |
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| October 10 | | | | CENTCOM's One Corps Concept unveiled at White House. |
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| October 21 | | | Colin Powell flies to Riyadh to discuss offensive plans. |
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| October 31 | | | Bush decides to double U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia; decision kept secret until November 8. |
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| November 29 | | | | UN Security Council authorizes use of "all means necessary" to eject Iraq from Kuwait. |
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| December 6 | | | | First ship carrying VII Corps equipment arrives in Saudi Arabia from Germany. |
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| January 9 | | | | James Baker meetsTariq Aziz in Geneva in unsuccessful effort to find a peaceful solution. |
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| January 12 | | | Congress authorizes use of force. |
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| January 15 | | | UN deadline for Iraqi withdrawal. Schwarzkopf accuses Air Force of ignoring orders by not including Republican Guard in initial bombing sorties. |
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| January 17 | | | Allied attack begins withApache strike at 2:38 A.M. |
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| January 18 | | | First Scuds hit Israel. Navy aircraft losses during attack onScud sites leads to recriminations about low-altitude bombing tactics. First American air attacks are launched from Turkey. |
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| January 19 | | | David Eberly and Thomas Griffith are shot down. |
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| January 20 | | | Lawrence Eagleburger and Paul Wolfowitz arrive in Tel Aviv. |
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| January 22 | | | Navy attacks Iraqi oil tanker, triggering Schwarzkopf's threat of court-martial. British high command, alarmed at aircraft losses, abandons low-altitude attacks against airfields. |
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| January 23 | | | Intense attack against Iraqi aircraft shelters begins. |
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| January 26 | | | U.S. Marines in Oman participate in Sea Soldier IV, rehearsal for amphibious landing on Kuwaiti coast.
F-111s attack oil manifolds at Al Ahmadi in effort to counter Iraqi sabotage. |
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| January 29 | | | Iraqis attack Khafji and other border positions. Allied pilots begin flying combat air patrols to thwart Iraqi flights to Iran. |
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| January 30 | | | Richard Cheney dispatches Delta Force to Saudi Arabia to hunt for Scuds. |
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| January 31 | | | Khafji is recaptured. David Eberly is moved to new prison, the "Biltmore." |
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| February 1 | | | | Last Tomahawk missiles are launched in attack onBaghdad airfield. |
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| February 2 | | | Schwarzkopf formally decides against amphibiouslanding in Kuwait. |
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| February 3 | | | First battleship gunfire against targets in Kuwait. |
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| February 5 | | | First "tank-plinking" mission flown. |
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| February 6 | | | VII corps finishes closing in theater with arrivalof final 3rd Armored Division equipment. |
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| February 7 | | | CIA, in daily intelligence brief, notes largediscrepancy between Washington and Riyadh regardingdestruction of Iraqi armor in air attacks. |
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| February 8 | | | Cheney and Powell fly to Riyadh for final review ofground war plans. |
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| February 11 | | | Al Firdos bunker in Baghdad suburb added to masterattack plan. Moshe Arens in Washington complains about ineffectiveness of Patriot missile against Scuds.Yevgeni Primakov arrives in Baghdad to urge Iraqiwithdrawal. |
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| February 13 | | | Strike on Al Firdos bunker kills more than twohundred civilians and leads to restrictions onstrategic bombing campaign. |
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| February 15 | | | Radio Baghdad suggests Iraq willing to withdraw,Bush rejects proposal as a "cruel hoax." |
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| February 16 | | | VII Corps moves into final attack positions. |
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| February 18 | | | U.S.S. Tripoli and U.S.S. Princeton strike mines.Army complaints about insufficient air supportlead to confrontation with Air Force. |
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| February 20 | | | 1st Cavalry Division feints up the Wadi al Batin;pulls back with three dead and nine wounded. |
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| February 21 | | | CIA and Pentagon officials meet at White House toair differences over battle-damage assessment.Bush sets deadline of noon, February 23, for Iraqiwithdrawal. |
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| February 22 | | | Marines begin infiltrating into Kuwaiti bootheel. |
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| February 23 | | | Stealth fighters attack Iraqi intelligence headquarters, unaware that allied POWs are inside.Army Special Forces teams inserted deep into Iraq. |
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| February 24 | | | Ground attack begins. Schwarzkopf decides to accelerate main attack of VII Corps by fifteen hours. |
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| February 25 | | | Schwarzkopf explodes at slow pace of VII Corps.101st Airborne Division cuts Highway 8 in EuphratesValley. Iraqis counterattack 1st Marine Divsion.Scud destroys barracks in Al Khobar, killing twenty-eight Americans and wounding ninety-eight. |
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| February 26 | | | Iraqis flee Kuwait City. VII Corps hits Republican Guard in Battle of 73 Easting. |
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| February 28 | | | Cease-fire takes effect at 8 A.M. |
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| March 2 | | | | 24th Infantry Division fights Hammurabi Division as it flees; destroys six hundred vehicles. |
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| March 3 | | | Schwarzkopf meets Iraqi generals at Safwan. |
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| March 5 | | | David Eberly and most other POWs are released. |
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| June 8 | | | | Victory parade in Washington. |
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