Description
| Product ID: | 9781472816092 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Men-at-Arms |
| Title: | Modern African Wars (5) |
| Subtitle: | The Nigerian-Biafran War 1967–70 |
| Authors: | Author: Philip Jowett, Raffaele Ruggeri |
| Page Count: | 48 |
| Subjects: | African history, African history, History, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, War and defence operations, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, War & defence operations, Nigeria, c 1960 to c 1970 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating For two and a half years, and against all odds, the Biafrans held their own against their better-outfitted and more numerous Nigerian opponents, capturing the attention of the Western media. With decades of research to draw from, Philip Jowett explores this extraordinary David-and-Goliath conflict, where the rag-tag Igbo tribal army of secessionist Biafra faced off against the Nigerian Federal forces. It was an African war that captured the attention of the western media, with individual commanders such as Biafran leader Colonel Ojukwu and Federal Colonel Adekunle becoming familiar figures across the globe. The Nigerian forces easily outnumbered their opponents, and benefitted from British and Soviet equipment, yet against all the odds the Biafrans held out for two and a half years, inflicting many setbacks on the Federal forces before their eventual surrender in 1970. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-09-22 |
