Gulf War Facts - CNN report  *

The Coalition

The Allied coalition consisted of 34 countries, including

	Afghanistan
	Argentina
	Australia
	Bahrain
	Bangladesh
	Canada
	Czechoslovakia
	Denmark
	Egypt
	France
	Germany
	Greece
	Hungary
	Honduras
	Italy
	Kuwait
	Morocco
	The Netherlands
	Niger
	Norway
	Oman
	Pakistan
	Poland
	Portugal
	Qatar
	Saudi Arabia
	Senegal
	South Korea
	Spain
	Syria
	Turkey
?	The United Arab Emirates
	the United Kingdom
US Pledge	the United States of America

• Afghanistan

• Argentina

• Australia

• Bahrain

• Bangladesh

• Canada

• Czechoslovakia

• Denmark

• Egypt

• France

• Germany

• Greece

• Hungary

• Honduras

• Italy

• Kuwait

• Morocco

• The Netherlands

• Niger

• Norway

• Oman

• Pakistan

• Poland

• Portugal

• Qatar

• Saudi Arabia

• Senegal

• South Korea

• Spain

• Syria

• Turkey

• The United Arab Emirates

• the United Kingdom

• and the United States

The U.S. had more than 500,000 troops in the Persian Gulf War, while the non-U.S. coalition forces equaled roughly 160,000, or 24 percent, of all forces. Here are some details about the forces in the Gulf:

U.S. casualties: 148 battle deaths, 145 nonbattle deaths

Army: 98 battle; 105 nonbattle
Navy: 6 battle; 8 nonbattle
Marines: 24 battle; 26 nonbattle
Air Force: 20 battle; 6 nonbattle
Women killed: 15

U.S. wounded in action: 467

British casualties: 24, nine by U.S. fire

British wounded in action: 10

French casualties: 2

French wounded in action: 25 (estimated)

Allied Arab casualties: 39

Allied combat air sorties flown: More than 116,000

Coalition aircraft losses: 75 (63 U.S., 12 Allied)

Fixed wing: 37 combat, 15 noncombat (U.S. losses -- 28 combat, 12 noncombat; no U.S. losses in air-to-air engagements)
Helicopters: 5 combat, 18 noncombat (all U.S.)

Repost 12-31-03