TheGulfWar(海湾战争1990年)introduction简介英语展示.ppt

文档介绍：The Gulf War
How was the Gulf War started?
海湾战争
Historical Background
Fuse(导火索) –——
The Iraqi invasion(侵略) of Kuwait(科威特) .
Causes:
Territorial Dispute(领土争端)
But the most important reason is the oil resources .
Thought as a veteran(老战士) participated in many wars,a soldier said :" The moment I saw the smoke of burning oil and dust covering on my uniform, I suddenly realized that I were in the war for oil. "
A resource war
Why did . join in?
The United States has had many vital interests in the Middle East.
Show it's leading role in the world.
Actually,America was the role who incited(煽动) war.
The Gulf War was the largest scale offensive operations.
It was also really a high-tech war.
They were equipped with modernized weapons and arrived in bat places in the shortest time.
The . dispatched(派遣) to the Gulf about 505,000 ,000 of them were ground troops.
The total strength of the Allied(联盟的) Troops(军队) was about 700,000.
Cruise missile
Stealth bomber
. weapons
What the war brought
Iraq :
1/3 of Iraq’s military power were destr