The Persian Gulf War occurred because Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. George H.W. Bush deployed 200,000 troops to the Middle East to stop the invasion and was successful. It affected the United States in a couple of different ways. First, it increased George H.W. Bush’s popularity with the American people. It also was the first time Americans could watch a war taking place on television, and it was the beginning of news cable networking stations, such as CNN.
Answer: The US and the UN built a coalition to force Iraq out of Kuwait, but Iraq refused to leave. An Invasion Force was assembled. The US launched attacks from the air and the ground. Then the war ended in 1991.
1. WWI was fought between 1914 and 1918 while WWII was fought between 1939 and 1945. 2. The two warring groups of WWI were the Allied Powers and the Central Powers while the two warring groups of WWII were The Allies and The Axis powers.
Trade became more difficult, as well as the movement of armies. It is hard to protect a falling Roman Empire from enemies when the roads don't support moving armies. Trade took a hit because how are you supposed to transport items from one way to another for sale if the roads cannot support your caravans?
