Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in The Gulf and Afghanistan (1990–2009).
The defensive military build-up by coalition forces to protect Saudi Arabia from a potential Iraqi invasion.
Operation Desert Shield appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Wider World Depth Studies, especially The Gulf and Afghanistan (1990–2009) and The Gulf War (1990).
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