Which corps drove north and then swung east to cut off the Iraqi retreat from Kuwait?

• A. VII Corps
• B. XVIII Airborne Corps
• C. I Corps
• D. III Corps

Answer: (A)

The movement tested here is the northern push followed by an eastward pivot to seal off an enemy retreat. In the Desert Storm ground campaign, VII Corps served as the northern striking force, driving north into Iraq and then turning east to threaten and trap Iraqi units trying to slip back toward Iraq’s interior. That eastward swing completed the encirclement of retreating Iraqi forces coming out of Kuwait, preventing their organized withdrawal and accelerating the collapse of Iraqi resistance. The other corps were assigned different sectors and tasks, so they did not enact this specific north-then-east maneuver to cut off the retreat. Therefore, VII Corps is the force that performed the described maneuver.