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Abagana ambush

Abagana Ambush
Part of Nigerian Civil War
Abagana ambush is located in Nigeria
Abagana
Abagana
Abagana ambush (Nigeria)
Date31 March 1968
Location
Abagana, Nigeria
Result Decisive Biafran victory
Belligerents
 Nigeria  Biafra
Commanders and leaders
Nigeria Murtala Muhammed Republic of Biafra Jonathan Uchendu[nb 1]
Strength
6,000 soldiers[nb 2]
106 vehicles		 700 soldiers[4]
Casualties and losses
5,800–5,900[5][8][7] Light

The Abagana Ambush (March 31, 1968) was an ambush during the Nigerian Civil War by Biafran troops led by Major Jonathan Uchendu that wiped out the Nigerian 2nd Division.[9] Of the 6,000 Nigerian troops ambushed, only a very small number survived, including the 2nd Division's commander, General Murtala Muhammed.

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  2. ^ Oyewẹsọ, Syan (1992). The post-Gowon Nigerian accounts of the Civil War, 1975 - 1990: a preliminary review. Africa Peace Research Institute, Lagos. p. 17.
  3. ^ a b Achebe, Chinua (2012). There was a country. Penguin. ISBN 9780141973678.
  4. ^ a b Osuji, Steve (23 October 2012). "'There was a country': Ogbunigwe, Abagana ambush; Achebe, Okigbo and Ifeajuna". The Nation Online. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Forsyth was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Caron, Gilles (1968). La Mort du Biafra: Photographies du Gilles Caron. Presentation de F. de Bonneville, Paris Solar.
  7. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Baxter 2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Alabi-Isama, Godwin. The Tragedy of Victory: On-the-spot Account of the Nigeria-Biafra War in the Atlantic Theatre. Spectrum Books Limited, Ibadan. ISBN 9789789260393.
  9. ^ Appiah, Kwame Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis (2005). Africana (2ème éd. ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 453. ISBN 9780195170559.


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