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Also Known As Nigerian-Biafran War
Date 1967 - 1970
Location Nigeria
Participants Biafra

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Biafran forces training for combat in 1968
Nigeria in 1960
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Yakubu Gowon
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Odumegwu Ojukwu
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Nigerian military leader and politician
Yakubu Gowon
Yakubu Gowon
head of state of Nigeria
Christopher Okigbo
Nigerian poet

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