War plan Maps for the Battle of Baghdad

Arlington, Virginia. Feb 19- 1991 Pentagon briefing maps showing the battle plans for the attack on Baghdad Iraq. The Air campaign of the Gulf War, also known as the 1991 Bombing of Iraq started with an extensive aerial bombing campaign on 17 January 1991. The coalition flew over 100,000 sorties, dropping 88,500 tons of bombs, and widely destroying military and civilian infrastructure. The initial strikes were composed of Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from warships situated in the Persian Gu (Photo by Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images)