the Gulf War
/ðə ˌɡʌlf ˈwɔː(r)/
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- a war from 15 January to 28 February 1991 between Iraq and the United Nations Security Forces, which included British and US soldiers. The war started after Saddam Hussein had refused to take his soldiers out of Kuwait, which they had occupied in August 1990. The UN troops forced the Iraqi army out of Kuwait and destroyed many of their military weapons, but not before the Iraqis had set fire to many Kuwaiti oil wells, causing great damage to the environment.
海湾战争：1991年1月15日至2月28日，伊拉克与联合国安全部队之间的战争，其中包括英美士兵。萨达姆·侯赛因拒绝将其士兵从1990年8月占领的科威特带出后，战争就开始了。联合国部队将伊拉克军队从科威特赶出并销毁了许多军事武器，但是在伊拉克人放火之前就没有了。到许多科威特油井，对环境造成了极大破坏。