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Operation Earnest Will

Operation Earnest Will (24 July 1987 – 26 September 1988) was an American military protection of Kuwaiti-owned tankers from Iranian attacks in 1987 and 1988, three years into the Tanker War phase of the Iran–Iraq War. It was the largest naval convoy operation since World War II, and flowed from Resolution 598 which had been adopted three days earlier.

Operation Earnest Will
Operation Earnest Will · Office of Chief of Naval Operations, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
24 Jul 1987 – 26 Sept 1988
Where
Persian Gulf
Era
Contemporary

Topics

Saudi Arabia494 CE – todayUnited Arab Emirates1918 – today

Before and after

Louvre Accord1987Siege of Basra1987Show on timeline

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