The 1991 persian gulf war came about because the united states wanted to support iraq in its war with iran overthrow the government of iraq secure israel from attack by syria and iraq protect saudi arabia and kuwait against iraq

protect Saudi Arabia and Kuwait against Iraq

Explanation:

In 1991, Iraq led by Saddam Hussein, decided to attack Kuwait. There were two reasons for this. One was that Saddam Hussein thought that Kuwait belongs to Iraq, and the other was the large oil reserves. The Iraqi military moved and invaded Kuwait without any problem, and it also had its sights on Saudi Arabia. This rang the alarm in the US and the UN, as they didn't wanted the majority of the oil reserves to be in the hands of the Iraqi dictator. The US and the UN sent their troops in Kuwait in order to push back the Iraqis, and they managed to do it, liberating Kuwait, and securing Saudi Arabia from Iraqi invasion.

ww1 weapons: tank. tanks were used for the first time in the first world war at the battle of the somme. they were developed to cope with the conditions on the western front. the first tank was called 'little willie' and needed a crew of 3.