Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakazosvika 1989, Germany yakanga yava pedyo nokubatanidzwazve uye Hondo Yemashoko yakanga yava kuguma. Utungamiriri hweuto hwakapindura kupfurikidza nokuvamba kuronga kuderedza simba. Pakazosvika November 1989, vamiririri vePentagon vakanga vachigadzira zvirongwa zve'Operation Quicksilver,' chirongwa chokuderedza mauto eArmy ne23%, kubva pa750,000 kusvika ku580,000. Zvikurudziro zvinoverengeka zvakashandiswa kuita uku kuderedza, kubatanidza kurega basa nguva isati yakwana. Muna 1990, Iraq yakapinda
muvakidzani waro muduku, Kuwait, uye mauto epasi eUnited States, aitungamirirwa ne82nd Airborne Division, akakurumidza kuendeswa kunovimbisa dziviriro yeSaudi Arabia. Muna January 1991, Operation Desert Storm yakatanga, uye mubatanidzwa unotungamirirwa neU.S. wakashandisa varwi vanopfuura 500 000, vazhinji vavo vaibva mumapoka eU.S. Army, kudzinga mauto eIraq. Hondo yacho yakaguma nokukunda kwemauto emubatanidzwa, nokukurumidza achidzinga Hondo yeIraq yakarongwa maererano nemitemo yeSoviet mumaawa zana chete.