Nigerian Civil war in pictures

The Nigerian Civil war, commonly called the “Biafran war”,  was a civil conflict fought between the Nigerian Federal forces and the secessionist state of Biafra, formed out of the then Eastern region . It was a gruesome conflict which witnessed horrible carnage and numerous civilian death, mainly due to starvation and disease.  It was fought between  (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970).

 

Biafran Soldiers in action during the Civil war

Biafran One Pound note

 

Biafran Fighter pilots with their aircraft

Prisoners of War (Nigerian Civil war)

Teenage Soldiers exchanging views (Nigerian Civil war)

Biafran Prisoners of War

Other side of War. 

Pictures of starving Adults and Children, it created huge media sensations when these pictures started appearing late 1968, prompting accusations of genocide and ethnic cleansing

 

Biafran troops carrying ammunitions to the Front

 

 

Biafran Head of State, Colonel Odimegwu Ojukwu being sworn in.

Biafran infantry soldiers

Brigadier Benjamin Adekunle (Black Scorpion), inspecting a Howitzer at the Front (Nigerian Civil War), 1968

Biafran Head of State, Colonel Odimegwu Ojukwu inspecting troops

 

 

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Pictures of starving Adults and Children, it created huge media sensations when these pictures started appearing late 1968, prompting accusations of genocide and ethnic cleansing