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6 Battle for the Gulf, 4 of 6, The 19th Province
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 4 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 51 mins
The Cairo conference, the diplomatic offensive, the exodus of refugees from Kuwait, the military mobilization and the Allied decision to go on the offensive on November 8th, 1990. The occupation of Kuwait, the organisation of the resistance, the military build-up of 700,000 troops and the final diplomatic rounds....
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The Cairo conference, the diplomatic offensive, the exodus of refugees from Kuwait, the military mobilization and the Allied decision to go on the offensive on November 8th, 1990. The occupation of Kuwait, the organisation of the resistance, the military build-up of 700,000 troops and the final diplomatic rounds. The Geneva conference. The air war, the retaliatory Scud missile attacks on Israel and the ground offensive to the moment of Iraq’s s...
The Cairo conference, the diplomatic offensive, the exodus of refugees from Kuwait, the military mobilization and the Allied decision to go on the offensive on November 8th, 1990. The occupation of Kuwait, the organisation of the resistance, the military build-up of 700,000 troops and the final diplomatic rounds. The Geneva conference. The air war, the retaliatory Scud missile attacks on Israel and the ground offensive to the moment of Iraq’s surrender.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, 1944-2012, Ebraheem M. H. Behbahani, fl. 1990, Abdullah Al-Khandari, fl. 1990, Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, 1926-, Salem Al-Dayed, fl. 1990, Mahmoud Al-Doussari, fl. 1990, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 1930-2008, Barbara Bodine, 1948-, Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabah, fl. 1990, Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, James Addison Baker, 1930-, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006, No...
Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, 1944-2012, Ebraheem M. H. Behbahani, fl. 1990, Abdullah Al-Khandari, fl. 1990, Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, 1926-, Salem Al-Dayed, fl. 1990, Mahmoud Al-Doussari, fl. 1990, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 1930-2008, Barbara Bodine, 1948-, Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabah, fl. 1990, Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, James Addison Baker, 1930-, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006, Norman Schwarzkopf, 1934-, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, 1929-
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Iraq (1970s - Present), International sanctions, Diplomatic missions, Air raids, Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, British, Americans, Iraqis, Kuwaitis, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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6 Battle for the Gulf, 5 of 6, A Different Kind of War
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 5 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 50 mins
The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb h...
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The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb hit the headquarters controlling Baghdad’s air defences. Other pilots destroyed government ministries and a key communications tower....
The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb hit the headquarters controlling Baghdad’s air defences. Other pilots destroyed government ministries and a key communications tower. With Baghdad’s air defence headquarters destroyed and its radar system in chaos, hundreds of Iraq’s fighters couldn’t operate. Only a few struggled into the air. With hundreds of allied aircraft flying, AWACS planes packed with computer equipment helped control the battle. On the first night the coalition armada systematically attacked Iraq’s war machine. The factories that made chemical and biological weapons, the Scud missile plants – in all over 200 different targets were hit. It was a new benchmark in the history of warfare, the first time the world had seen precision bombing on a vast scale. And defying all expectations, only one allied pilot, an American, had been killed. With air superiority established over the Iraqis, the coalition air planners were now confident enough to launch conventional aircraft on massive daylight raids. When Saddam met with his ministers after the first night’s bombing, he had already ordered action he believed would shatter the coalition of Western and Arab countries attacking Iraq. Scud missile launchers hidden in the desert fired at Israel. The Scuds were fired indiscriminately at Israel’s largest city. Saddam calculated the Israelis would retaliate and join the conflict. The Arabs in the coalition would then refuse to fight alongside Israel. The coalition would collapse and so would the war. Soon more Scuds were on the way. Israel’s nuclear forces now went on full alert. Sixty Israeli jets took to the skies. Early warning radar appeared to show Iraqi bombers headed for Israel. In the Pentagon, the defence secretary picked up the hotline to Tel Aviv. Israeli retaliation seemed inevitable. The Israeli Army reported nerve gas in the debris of one of the missiles. Israelis prepared for the worst. Ultimately, none of the eight Scuds that landed proved to have chemical warheads. After some discussion, Baghdad had decided the Israelis might retaliate against a chemical attack with nuclear weapons. The man who would decide what happened next was Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. He and George Bush disliked each other and when Bush telephoned him, Shamir angrily told the president that if America couldn’t stop the Scuds, the Israeli Air Force would. The Israeli Defence Minister, Moshe Arens, told us that Bush said to Shamir, pleaded with Shamir, tried to cajole Shamir that Israel not take any military action, that this would be injurious to the allied cause, that in the final analysis, that this would also be injurious to Israel’s cause. Shamir told us what he said to Bush – “It’s very difficult, Mr. President. It’s very difficult. I don’t know what the day of tomorrow will bring, but at this moment, we will act accordingly, accordingly with your concepts.” On February 21st, forty-eight hours before the ground attack was due, Iraq’s foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, arrived in Moscow. Saddam’s admission that he was willing to withdraw from Kuwait had led to some frantic Soviet diplomacy to save their old ally from defeat. Aziz went straight to the Kremlin. The Soviet president was waiting. Aziz told Gorbachev Saddam wouldn’t accept the U.N. resolutions that called for Iraq to recognize Kuwait’s independence and pay it compensation. But, he said, Iraq would withdraw from Kuwait. Gorbachev thought this was good enough. He called the White House. The president summoned his key advisors to discuss the Soviet offer. If Iraq withdrew, it would mean no bloody ground war, but Saddam would walk away unpunished, his war machine undefeated. At dawn the president called Gorbachev to tell him the deal was unacceptable. Bush’s carefully crafted international coalition was fragmenting. The French president, Francois Mitterrand, called to demand more time for diplomacy. As hundreds of oil wells blazed across Kuwait, the president issued a final ultimatum. Saddam ignored the warning. To obey, he believed, would have humiliated him in the eyes of the Arab world. Within a month of the air war, the ground war by the Allies began to force Iraqi troops out of Kuwait. It was a very short and comprehensive victory.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, Anatoly S. Chernyaev, 1921-2017, James Taylor, fl. 1991, Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud, 0049-, Adi Al-Mutairi, fl. 1991, Martin Stanton, fl. 1990, Hadhim Ahmad al-Tai, 1942-, Moshe Arens, 1925-2019, Mudar Badran, 1934-, Charles A. Horner, 1936-, Neged Al-Bora'i, fl. 1991, Mustafa Hamarneh, 1953-, Mustafa Khalil, fl. 1991, Dick Cheney, 1941-, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Mahm...
Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, Anatoly S. Chernyaev, 1921-2017, James Taylor, fl. 1991, Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud, 0049-, Adi Al-Mutairi, fl. 1991, Martin Stanton, fl. 1990, Hadhim Ahmad al-Tai, 1942-, Moshe Arens, 1925-2019, Mudar Badran, 1934-, Charles A. Horner, 1936-, Neged Al-Bora'i, fl. 1991, Mustafa Hamarneh, 1953-, Mustafa Khalil, fl. 1991, Dick Cheney, 1941-, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Mahmoud Hadary, fl. 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931-, Norman Schwarzkopf, 1934-, Bernard Shaw, 1940-, Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006
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Iraq (1970s - Present), Escalation (Conflict), Military alliances, Air raids, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, Russians, Arabs, Israelis, Iraqis, Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Activities in Northern Burma, August 6, 1956
in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Subject Files 1949-1958 - Border Incursions, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (06 August 1956), Box 1, 320.0024 Border Incursion 1956 , 2 page(s)
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in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Subject Files 1949-1958 - Border Incursions, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (06 August 1956), Box 1, 320.0024 Border Incursion 1956 , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
06 August 1956, 1956
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Burma and Thailand Border, Military encampments, Military maneuvers, Military units, Political boundaries, Politics & Policy, French, Chinese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Afghanistan Borders Image Collection
(London, England: Bridgeman Art Library), 27 page(s)
Collection of maps and sketches documenting the joint effort of Great Britain and the Russian Empire to determine the northern border of Afghanistan. Also included are recent photographs of Afghanistan.
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(London, England: Bridgeman Art Library), 27 page(s)
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Collection of maps and sketches documenting the joint effort of Great Britain and the Russian Empire to determine the northern border of Afghanistan. Also included are recent photographs of Afghanistan.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Photo-essay
Publisher
Bridgeman Art Library
Topic / Theme
Afghanistan and its Borders, Political boundaries, Crossing borders, Geography, Politics & Policy, History, Afghans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914), 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Balkan Files, 1947-1950, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1947), Box 32, Border , 6 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1947
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Bulgaria, Macedonia, and the Balkans Borders, Lines of defense, Police surveillance, Political boundaries, Politics & Policy, Bulgarians, Greeks, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Airgram from AmEmbassy Tel Aviv to Department of State re: Eshkol on Restraint Towards Syria and Beit Mirsim Incident, June 1, 1966
written by United States. Embassy (Tel Aviv), in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Intelligence Research Files of Herbert A. Fine Relating to the Palestinian Problem, 1947-1971, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (01 June 1966), Box 2, Border Incidents General. January 1, 1958 - May 1967 , 2 page(s)
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written by United States. Embassy (Tel Aviv), in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Intelligence Research Files of Herbert A. Fine Relating to the Palestinian Problem, 1947-1971, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (01 June 1966), Box 2, Border Incidents General. January 1, 1958 - May 1967 , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
01 June 1966, 1966
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Recipient Organization
United States. Department of State
Author / Creator
United States. Embassy (Tel Aviv)
Person Discussed
Levi Eshkol, 1895-1969
Topic / Theme
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria Borders, International relations, Political boundaries, Skirmishes, Geography, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Airgram from AmEmbassy Tel Aviv to Secretary of State, September 12, 1958
written by Edward B. Lawson, 1895-1962, in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Intelligence Research Files of Herbert A. Fine Relating to the Palestinian Problem, 1947-1971, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (12 September 1958), Box 2, Border Incidents General. January 1, 1958 - May 1967 , 1 page(s)
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written by Edward B. Lawson, 1895-1962, in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Intelligence Research Files of Herbert A. Fine Relating to the Palestinian Problem, 1947-1971, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (12 September 1958), Box 2, Border Incidents General. January 1, 1958 - May 1967 , 1 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
12 September 1958, 1958
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Edward B. Lawson, 1895-1962
Topic / Theme
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria Borders, International relations, Military maneuvers, Arab-Israeli Conflicts, 1949-, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Syrians, Israelis, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Banat Ya'qub September 1953-Present
in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Intelligence Research Files of Herbert A. Fine Relating to the Palestinian Problem, 1947-1971, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1953), Box 2, Arab-Israeli Border Incidents Reports , 2 page(s)
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in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Intelligence Research Files of Herbert A. Fine Relating to the Palestinian Problem, 1947-1971, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1953), Box 2, Arab-Israeli Border Incidents Reports , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1953
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria Borders, Violence, Military raids, Truces, Political boundaries, Arab-Israeli Conflicts, 1949-, Politics & Policy, Syrians, Israelis, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Border Incidents, November 14, 1966 through January 4, 1967
in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Intelligence Research Files of Herbert A. Fine Relating to the Palestinian Problem, 1947-1971, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (05 January 1967), Box 2, Border Incidents General. January 1, 1958 - May 1967 , 5 page(s)
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in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Intelligence Research Files of Herbert A. Fine Relating to the Palestinian Problem, 1947-1971, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (05 January 1967), Box 2, Border Incidents General. January 1, 1958 - May 1967 , 5 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
05 January 1967, 1967
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria Borders, Political boundaries, Skirmishes, International relations, Arab-Israeli Conflicts, 1949-, Politics & Policy, Israelis, Arabs, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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China: Preparing for Dangerous Storms, Episode 1, Inside the People's Liberation Army
produced by Pearl Forss, fl. 2021, CNA (TV network), in China: Preparing for Dangerous Storms, Episode 1 (Singapore: Mediacorp TV Singapore, 2023), 47 mins
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will celebrate its centenary in 2027; what are its goals for this date? The PLA is already the largest army in the world with over 2 million soldiers. It also has the highest number of warships. But China’s defense budget is still climbing amidst increasing geopolitical...
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produced by Pearl Forss, fl. 2021, CNA (TV network), in China: Preparing for Dangerous Storms, Episode 1 (Singapore: Mediacorp TV Singapore, 2023), 47 mins
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China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will celebrate its centenary in 2027; what are its goals for this date? The PLA is already the largest army in the world with over 2 million soldiers. It also has the highest number of warships. But China’s defense budget is still climbing amidst increasing geopolitical tensions. How exactly is the PLA “Preparing for Dangerous Storms” as tasked by President Xi?
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Pearl Forss, fl. 2021, CNA (TV network), Anthony Morse, 1979-
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
Mediacorp TV Singapore
Series
China: Preparing for Dangerous Storms
Speaker / Narrator
Anthony Morse, 1979-
Person Discussed
Xi Jinping, 1953-
Topic / Theme
Military training, Sieges, Patriotism, Declarations of war, Battle preparations, Military customs, Military life, Military tactics, Navy bases, Army bases, Marine bases, Chinese Civil War, 1927-1950, Taiwanese, Russians, Americans, Chinese
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