Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera kupinda kweIraq uye kubatwa kweKuwait
pakuvamba kwaAugust 1990, Sangano Romubatanidzwa Wenyika Dzapasi Pose rakapa zvirango kuIraq, uye rakakumbira kuti nyika dziri mitezo dzipe masimba kuti dzibetsere kuita izvozvi. Pana 31 August, Paramende yeDenmark yakasarudza kuti ngarava imwe chete, "Olfert Fischer", ichaumba mupiro weDenmark. Chikepe chacho chaizoshandisa zvirango zveUN bedzi; chaisafanira kubatanidzwa muHondo yeGulf iri kutanga. Yakanga ichiperekedzwa uye ichitsigirwa nechikepe chokuNorway chokutsigira. Kuendeswa kwehondo yeGulf, uko kwakaguma muna September 1991, kwakanga kuri kokutanga kuti ngarava yehondo yeDenmark ishande kunze kwenzvimbo yeEurope. Kuendeswa kwacho kwakaratidza kuchinja kwechimiro cheDenmark uye zviito kune kuchengeteka kwenyika dzakawanda uye mutemo wekunze.