gulf_war | commander | george_h_w_bush <sep> the gulf war was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 39-country military coalition in response to the iraqi invasion of kuwait spearheaded by the united states, the coalition's efforts against iraq were carried out in two key phases: operation desert shield, which marked the military buildup from august 1990 to january 1991; and operation desert storm, which began with the aerial bombing campaign against iraq on 17 january 1991 and came to a close with the american-led liberation of kuwait on 28 february 1991 on 2 august 1990, iraq invaded neighbouring kuwait, and had fully occupied the country within two days initially, iraq ran the occupied territory under a puppet government known as the 'republic of kuwait' before proceeding with an outright annexation in which kuwaiti sovereign territory was split, with the 'saddamiyat al-mitla' district' being carved out of the country's northern portion and the 'kuwait governorate' covering the rest varying speculations have been made regarding the true intents behind the iraqi invasion, most notably including iraq's inability to repay the debt of more than us$14 billion that it had borrowed from kuwait to finance its military efforts during the iran–iraq war 
the commander of the gulf war was george h. w. bush.no information