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                                1ST M~RINE DIYIS~ON
                                  Brie+in~ Guide
                                      Center

FOCUS ON THE ENEMY

Destroy the Ira~i's will to +isht and convince the Iraqi commanders that they

have lost even be+ore we attack!    (In +act, we succeeded,  because in documents

~e captured as ~e atta~ked n~rth     one ira9i commander remarkcd in his journal,

`There are tanks att~ckinq on both sides, *wc have lost."     That ~ournal entr>'

was dated prior to C~Day)

ORIEt~4T~TION  (Sheet Nap)

  - Escarpment,   bay, ~:uwait City, coastline, K~/S~ border, elbow1  heel

  - Southeastern ~:uwait is littered with oil+ields    (~l ~ur8an, ~l Wa+rah, *~l

Noq~a)

  - 1st ,`2nd obstac ie/min~~ 1 r~~0 belt

     blLe/red arrow-,  buitin? L'umb

IF~OI F:Th~RCES

  - Majority 0+   ii divi-rions lfl SE K'~wait (1 armor, 2 mechaniz~d, ~r.. in+ant--y)

plus a Corps. worth 0+ artil'ery

  - TI~ree tiered de+ense

     * In+antry screen ins +orward 0+~ but de+endin~ north 0+ each belt

     * Mechanized division as mobile reserve +or each Corps

     * ~rmor division as mobile armor reserve +or SE kuwait

     * Three si~ni+icant artillery concentrations

IR~OI PL~N

  -~annelize our attackin8 +orces with natural and man-made obstacles into

wel l-desi~ned +iresacks

  - Blunt the attack with his mechanized reserve divisions

   * Pummel Lt5 with artillery once he has stopped us between the. obstacle belts

  - Maneuver his armor division which included a brigade o+ T-72's to destroy

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