During operation desert storm, a relatively small amphibious force consisting of 17,000 embarked marines was able to make the iraqis commit a force of approximately soldiers to defend against invasion.

The answer is 80,000

The Iraqis had a muster a force of 80,000 soldiers to defend against 17,000 United States marines during Operation Desert Storm.

The operation occurred as part of the wider First Gulf War in 1990/91

The war was a decisive victory for the United States and it's Allies with Kuwait liberated within a few days.

In 911, a group of vikings lead by rollo besieged paris and chartres. after a victory near chartres on 26 august, charles decided to negotiate with rollo. the talks were led by hervé, the archbishop of reims. this resulted in the treaty of saint-clair-sur-epte, which granted rollo and his soldiers all the land between the river epte and the sea. it also granted him brittany, "for his livelihood". at the time, brittany was an independent land which france had not been able to conquer. in exchange, rollo promised the king his loyalty and military assistance when needed. also rollo also agreed to be baptised and to marry gisela, the king's daughter. the territory given rollo is about the same as upper normandy.