Modern African Wars (5)
The Nigerian-Biafran War 1967-70
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 be…
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Weitere Autoren: Ruggeri, Raffaele (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4728-1609-2
- EAN: 9781472816092
- Produktnummer: 20002968
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 48 S.
- Masse: H18.8 cm x B24.8 cm x D0.4 cm 168 g
- Abbildungen: 25 b/w; 15 col
- Gewicht: 168
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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Philip Jowett, illustrated by Raffaele Ruggeri
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