Editing Kuwait Armed Forces (section)

=== Iraqi invasion and aftermath (1990) ===

On 2 August 1990, Iraqi forces [[Invasion of Kuwait|invaded Kuwait]]. The larger Iraqi army brushed aside resistance by the 20,000-strong Kuwait Armed Forces with heavy casualties; after two days, Kuwait had been fully conquered.<ref name=stratstud />{{rp|26–27}}<ref name=intrel>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PJQ6wLiR72UC&q=israel+opinion+%22kuwait+army%22+-wikipedia&pg=RA2-PA105 | title=International Relations From 1914 To Present Day | publisher=Krishna Prakashan Media (p) Ltd | last1=Srivastava|first1=L.S.|last2=Joshi|first2=V.P. | year=2005 | isbn=978-81-85842-70-7}}</ref> There were some instances of especially heroic resistance, particularly by combat aircraft pilots. Kuwaiti Forces, principally the Kuwait 35th Shaheed (Martyr) Armored Brigade of the Kuwait Army, engaged in the [[Battle of the Bridges]] near [[Al Jahra]] under Colonel Salem Masoud Al-Sorour, and the Kuwait Emiri Guards were engaged in the [[Battle of Dasman Palace]] with the Emir's half-brother Sheikh [[Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]].<ref name=stratstud />{{rp|36}}

Iraqi forces seized most of the heavy military equipment of the Kuwaiti military and used it against the coalition forces. This included the entire navy, which was sunk by coalition forces; tanks and armoured personnel carriers were also seized. While the Iraqis were required to return seized equipment after their defeat, most of it was damaged beyond repair. Only the air force escaped destruction, as many of its aircraft had escaped to Saudi Arabia.<ref name=arabis />