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The Desert War

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Six programmes about how the Gulf War - the first major conflict since the end of the Cold War - developed, and what it achieved.
Presented by BBC Defence Correspondent Mark Laity. Including previously unbroadcast material from the battle zones, and the latest perspectives from those who fought and directed the war on the allied side.
2: The Storm Gathers
President Bush quickly committed himself to reversing Iraq's shock invasion of Kuwait in August 1990. Why did Saddam Hussein fail to rock the delicate coalition the President built up in response?
Producer Peter Burdin

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