Abandoned and wrecked vehicles and military equipment from the first Gulf War on Highway 80, the ...

Accession Number P05408.027
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Westhead, Greg
Place made Kuwait
Date made 29 May 2005
Conflict Gulf War, 1990-1991
Iraq, 2003-2013
Copyright

Item copyright: Commonwealth of Australia copyright

Description

Abandoned and wrecked vehicles and military equipment from the first Gulf War on Highway 80, the road between Kuwait and the border town of Abdali, Kuwait and Safran, Iraq and then onto Basra, Iraq. This road is known as Death Road or the Highway of Death, following attacks on the Iraqi Army by American aircraft in February 1991.

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