Fall of Enugu
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fall-of-enugu-182-2815077
title:
Fall of Enugu
text:
The fall of Enugu was a military conflict between Nigerian and Biafran forces in September and October 1967 during the Nigerian Civil War which centered around Enugu, the capital of the secessionist Republic of Biafra. Nigerian federal forces had made Enugu's capture a priority shortly after war broke out, but their advance stalled at Nsukka. Biafran president and leader Odumegwu Ojukwu, attempted to distract the Nigerian Army by initiating an invasion of Nigeria's Mid-Western Region in August,
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Conflict in Africa in 1967
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Enugu
date created:
2012-08-12T06:00:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T03:43:02Z
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13
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