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Operation Granby



         


The British named their particaption in the 1991 defense of Saudi Arabia (know to the Americans as Operation Desert Shield) Operation Granby. The name also applied to the liberation of Kuwait (the American Operation Desert Storm).

Named after the British commander at the Battle of Minden, the Marquess of Granby.





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