Operation Earnest Will was a U.S. naval mission during the Tanker War phase of the Iran-Iraq War (1980β88). It began in July 1987 primarily to escort reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers and was the largest naval convoy operation since World War II. The operation was unprepared for mine warfare, which became one of the main hurdles to the mission.
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