List of wars involving Kuwait
This is a list of wars involving the State of Kuwait and its predecessor states.
| Conflict | Kuwait and allies | Opponents | Results | Kuwaiti losses | Head of State | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Military | Civilians | |||||
| Battle of Chains (629 or 633) (part of Muslim conquest of Mesopotamia) | Rashidun Caliphate |  Sasanian Empire | Rashidun Caliphate victory | |||
| Utbi Invasion of Bahrain (1782–1783) |  Sheikhdom of Kuwait Zubarah |  Persia | Victory
| ~? | ||
| Battle of Al-Raqah[1] (1783) | Sheikhdom of Kuwait |  Banu Kaab | Victory
| ~No Recorded Casualties | ||
| Ibn Ufaisan's Invasion (1793) | Sheikhdom of Kuwait.svg){kind=small} Great Britain |  Emirate of Diriyah | Victory
| ~? | ||
| Battle of Khakeekera[2] (1811) | Sheikhdom of Kuwait Bahrain | Emirate of Diriyah | Victory
| ~1000 (Kuwait and Bahrain) | ~ | |
| Sheikh Humoud's Revolt[3] (1828) | Sheikhdom of Kuwait Ottoman Empire | Arab tribes | Victory
| ~? | ||
| Siege of Basra[3] (1831) | Sheikhdom of Kuwait Arab tribes | Ottoman Empire | Victory
| ~? | ||
| Siege of Al-Zubair[4] (1833) | Sheikhdom of Kuwait House of Al Thaqib Arab tribes | Zubair | Victory
| ~? | ||
| Invasion of Muhammara[5] (1837) | Sheikhdom of Kuwait Ottoman Empire | Banu Kaab | Victory
| ~? | ||
| Al-Hasa Expedition[6][7] (1870–1871) | Sheikhdom of Kuwait.svg){kind=small} Ottoman EmpireArab tribes | Emirate of Nejd | Victory
| ~? | ||
| Kuwaiti–Rashidi War (1900-1901) | Sheikhdom of Kuwait |  Jabal Shammar | Victory
| ~1,200 | ~ | |
| Battle of Jo-Laban[10][11] (1903) | Sheikhdom of Kuwait | Jabal Shammar | Victory
| ~? | ||
| Battle of Hadia[12] (1910) | Sheikhdom of Kuwait | Al-Muntafiq | Victory
| ~338 | ~ | |
| Mesopotamian Campaign[13][14][15] (1914–1918) | .svg){kind=small} Sheikhdom of Kuwait (1914) British Empire |  Ottoman Empire German Empire | Victory Kuwaiti Front:
British Front: | ~? | ||
| Kuwait–Najd War (1919–1920) | Sheikhdom of Kuwait |  Emirate of Nejd and Hasa | Kuwaiti Military victory, Najdi Political Victory | ~200 | ||
| Ikhwan Revolt (1927–1930) | .svg){kind=small} Sheikhdom of Kuwait Nejd and Hejaz United Kingdom |  Ikhwan | Victory
| ~14[17] | ~ | |
| Operation Vantage (1961-1963) |  Kuwait United Kingdom Saudi Arabia Jordan United Arab Republic Sudan |  Iraq | Mission success
. | ~None | ||
| Six-Day War (1967) | Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq Algeria Kuwait Libya Morocco Pakistan PLO Saudi Arabia Sudan Tunisia |  Israel | Defeat
| ~18,510-23,510 (Arab forces combined) | ~ | |
| Al-Samita border skirmish (1973) |  Kuwait |  Iraq | Ceasefire
| ~2 | ~ | |
| October War (1973) |  Egypt Syria Iraq Jordan Algeria Cuba Morocco Tunisia Libya PLO Kuwait Saudi Arabia Pakistan North Korea | Israel | Defeat[19]
| 42 | ~ | |
| Invasion of Kuwait (1990) | Kuwait | Iraq | Defeat
| 420[20] | ? | |
| Gulf War (1990–1991) | Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Oman United Arab Emirates Bahrain QatarOther Allies | Iraq | Victory
| ~200 | ~1,000 | |
| Yemeni Civil War (2015–) |  Hadi government Southern Movement Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Bahrain Kuwait Qatar Jordan Morocco Sudan Egypt Senegal | Houthi government  Al-Qaeda  Islamic State | Ongoing
| ~None | Nawaf I Mishal I | |
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References
[edit]- ^ ar:معركة الرقة
- ^ ar:معركة خكيكرة
- ^ a b Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "The Siege of Basra (1831)." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 79. Print.
- ^ Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "Kuwait and Al-Zubair." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 76-78. Print.
- ^ Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "Invasion of Muhammara (1837)." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 80. Print.
- ^ ar:عبد الله الثاني الصباح#cite note-2
- ^ Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "The Expedition Route, Midhat Pasha in Al-Hasa, Kuwait's Role in the Ottoman Expedition 1871–1873, Abd Allah's Direct Role in the War." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 85-89. Print.
- ^ Albaharna, Husain M (1968). The Legal Status of the Arabian Gulf States. ISBN 9780719003325. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "The Effects of Al-Hasa Expedition on Kuwait." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 89-90. Print.
- ^ "( 1903 ) -". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ "معركة جو لبن". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ ar:معركة هدية
- ^ Slot 2005, p. 406
- ^ Slot 2005, p. 407
- ^ Slot 2005, p. 409
- ^ Slot 2005 406"
- ^ "1928 -". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ Iraq–Kuwait relations
- ^ *Herzog, The War of Atonement, Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Forward
- Insight Team of the London Sunday Times, Yom Kippur War, Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1974, page 450
- Luttwak and Horowitz, The Israeli Army. Cambridge, MA, Abt Books, 1983
- Rabinovich, The Yom Kippur War, Schocken Books, 2004. Page 498
- 0-313-31302-4&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false Revisiting The Yom Kippur War, P.R. Kumaraswamy, pages 1–2
- Johnson and Tierney, Failing To Win, Perception of Victory and Defeat in International Politics. Page 177
- Charles Liebman, The Myth of Defeat: The Memory of the Yom Kippur war in Israeli Society[permanent dead link] Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 29, No. 3, July 1993. Published by Frank Cass, London. Page 411.
- ^ "Kuwaiti casualties". kkackm.
Bibliography
[edit]- Slot, B.J. (2005). Mubarak Al-Sabah : Founder of Modern Kuwait 1896-1915. London: Arabian Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9544792-4-4.
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