<P> Below is the American - led coalition against the Iraqi government in the 1990s . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> List of Coalition forces by number of military personnel </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Number of Personnel </Th> <Th> Comments / Major Events </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> 697,000 </Td> <Td> Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm Battle of Khafji Battle of 73 Easting Battle of Al Busayyah Battle of Phase Line Bullet Battle of Medina Ridge Battle of Wadi Al - Batin Battle of Norfolk </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Saudi Arabia </Td> <Td> 60,000--100,000 </Td> <Td> Operation Desert Shield Battle of Khafji Operation Desert Storm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> 53,462 </Td> <Td> Operation Granby </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Egypt </Td> <Td> 20,000 </Td> <Td> Operation Desert Storm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> France </Td> <Td> 18,000 </Td> <Td> Opération Daguet </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Syria </Td> <Td> 14,500 </Td> <Td> Operation Desert Storm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Morocco </Td> <Td> 13,000 </Td> <Td> Security Personnel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kuwait </Td> <Td> 9,900 </Td> <Td> Invasion of Kuwait Operation Desert Storm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oman </Td> <Td> 6,300 </Td> <Td> Operation Desert Storm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pakistan </Td> <Td> 4,900--5,500 </Td> <Td> Backup team </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> 4,600 </Td> <Td> Operation Friction </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Arab Emirates </Td> <Td> 4,300 </Td> <Td> Operation Desert Storm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Qatar </Td> <Td> 2,600 </Td> <Td> Battle of Khafji </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bangladesh </Td> <Td> 2,300 </Td> <Td> (Operation Moru - prantar) Security Personnel including 2 field Ambulance teams </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> 1,950 </Td> <Td> (Operazione Locusta) Deployed 8 Panavia Tornado strike attack aircraft, Naval deployment (Operazione Golfo 2) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> 700 </Td> <Td> Australian contribution to the 1991 Gulf War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Netherlands </Td> <Td> 700 </Td> <Td> Naval deployment; Air Force deployments of Surface - to - Air Missiles to Turkey and Israel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Niger </Td> <Td> 600 </Td> <Td> Patroller group </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sweden </Td> <Td> 525 </Td> <Td> Field hospital </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Argentina </Td> <Td> 500 </Td> <Td> Navy / Air Force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Senegal </Td> <Td> 500 </Td> <Td> Base Guards </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spain </Td> <Td> 500 on the field / 3,000 off the coast </Td> <Td> Engineers </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bahrain </Td> <Td> 400 </Td> <Td> Base Guards </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Belgium </Td> <Td> 400 </Td> <Td> Base Engineers </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Poland </Td> <Td> 319 </Td> <Td> Operation Simoom Naval & medical deployment </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Korea </Td> <Td> 314 </Td> <Td> Medical & transportation support </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Norway </Td> <Td> 280 </Td> <Td> Naval vessel & Field hospital + intelligence information </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Czechoslovakia </Td> <Td> 200 </Td> <Td> Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm Czechoslovakia in the Gulf War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Greece </Td> <Td> 200 </Td> <Td> Hellenic Air Force Pilots and ground support staff </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Denmark </Td> <Td> 100 </Td> <Td> HDMS Olfert Fischer (Niels Juel Class Korvet) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Zealand </Td> <Td> 100 </Td> <Td> 2 C - 130 Hercules transporter aircraft </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hungary </Td> <Td> 40 </Td> <Td> Medical team </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> List of Coalition forces by number of military personnel </Th> </Tr>

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