PicLtd:


Nobody, no Biafrans has ever said the British sent in troop.

gidgiddy:


Nigeria did not blockade Biafra, they didnt have the capacity. In 1966, the Nigerian Navy was still in its infancy.

It was British Naval warships that blockaded Biafra. That blockade is what won the war for Nigeria.

Dedetwo:

Biafra did not have warships to even attempt to burst the Nigeria blockade which was not even orchestrated by the its naval force.

PicLtd:


Would the blockade have been enforceable without British Naval ships on the Bight of Biafra (Sea)

Blue3k:


Lol why are pressed on arguing a strawman. People did say the British directly enforced the blockade. One of the on this thread actually. Dude you literally said the British naval ships were on bight of biafra.

Blue3k:


Lol why are pressed on arguing a strawman. People did say the British directly enforced the blockade. One of the on this thread actually. Dude you literally said the British naval ships were on bight of biafra.


gidgiddy:


Nigeria did not blockade Biafra, they didnt have the capacity. In 1966, the Nigerian Navy was still in its infancy.

It was British Naval warships that blockaded Biafra. That blockade is what won the war for Nigeria.

Dedetwo:

Biafra did not have warships to even attempt to burst the Nigeria blockade which was not even orchestrated by the its naval force.

sarrki:
The war was uncalled for from the Biafran side- Ojukwu

& Federal government of Nigeria then.(yakubu Gowon)

Both survived it and enjoyed the wealth of Niger till date

The women and children were the casualty

So let’s heal the wounds and move on

oga.....gowon attacked Biafra!!!! heal the wounds? let Buhari start by stopping his discriminatory appointments and allocation of projects, let us start from there.

Dedetwo:


I do not know the War College which taught you about the essence of naval blockade when the target does not have seaport facility.

Dedetwo:


British warships or no warships in Bight of Biafra remains irrelevant in the case of sea blockade of Biafra since the infantry had already overrun the seaport facilities in Biafra.

Dedetwo:


All the Biafran seaport facilities, Port Harcourt and Calabar, have been overrun by 3MCDO literally a month into the war. What other forms of sea or naval blockade are necessary or need to be orchestrated by Nigerian naval force?

‘The strategic value of the Nigerian Navy during the civil war lies in its unrivalled capacity to operate in the three dimensions of war, and to communicate with the campaign on land.   From this perspective, the Nigerian Navy was thus able to sustain the resources used on the battle front by the Nigerian Army, making the Nigerian land force have a momentum against the enemy otherwise victory may not have come or could have been delayed.

In conclusion, it was the blockade role of the Nigerian Navy that facilitated the victory over Biafra forces. The navy deprived Biafra of the opportunity to hold on to the Bonny terminal, export oil and deploy the foreign currency earned to purchase arms from the black market. It also denied Biafra access to an otherwise open route to convey purchased weapons into Biafra (Cameroon having become uncooperative). Above all, the Navy’s blockade created a siege mentality, a psychological feeling of being encircled with nowhere to go. Finally, the Nigerian Navy’s tactical support to the Nigerian Army in the first year of the war gave the federal troops quick successes. 

PicLtd:


British built naval ships and boats were supplied to Gowon's army, just like the mortars, artilleries and even the bullets.
The British-supplied military hardwares don't have to be manned by British soldiers before they can be qualified to be described as 'British'.

Stop playing hide and seek. I'd bet you got the point if you are as intelligent as you pose.

His well-equipped federal army of over 85,000 men supplied by Britain and the Soviet Union, among others, took on a volunteer Biafran force under Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, the military governor of the Eastern region, much of whose equipment initially came from captured Nigerian supplies.

Blue3k:




Lol you contradict yourself every sentence it's weird. Biafra has a seaport when it's convenient for your arguement. The point of blockades is to maintain control to stop the enemy from gaining resources or to prevent them making assualts. This should be common sense.


The opperations was sucessful because they had superior navy and prevented biafra from being resupplied via the blockade. They same blockade prevented them from acquiring food via the sea.

The strategic value of the Nigerian Navy during the civil war lies in its unrivalled capacity to operate in the three dimensions of war, and to communicate with the campaign on land. From this perspective, the Nigerian Navy was thus able to sustain the resources used on the battle front by the Nigerian Army, making the Nigerian land force have a momentum against the enemy otherwise victory may not have come or could have been delayed.

SangoOlukosoOba:
The British did the best that should have been done.

If it's modern day warfare. An atomic bomb would have been dropped over Biafra.

It's warfare and not romance.

Everything counts.


Britain took sides and it payed off for them.

Biafra also got support from other countries so nobody should act like the victim.


Like I said earlier, it's warfare and not romance.

Dedetwo:


You posted the above statements with the bolded line. Where did it state that due to Nigerian navy enforcement of the sea blockade, Nigeria was able to subdue Biafra? I guess you could make the same statement with Nigerian air force which was more in the fight than Nigerian navy. Yet Biafra was able to get supplies due to vast land mass which Nigerian army could not cover until the end of the war.

In conclusion, it was the blockade role of the Nigerian Navy that facilitated the victory over Biafra forces. The navy deprived Biafra of the opportunity to hold on to the Bonny terminal, export oil and deploy the foreign currency earned to purchase arms from the black market. It also denied Biafra access to an otherwise open route to convey purchased weapons into Biafra(Cameroon having become uncooperative). Above all, the Navy’s blockade created a siege mentality, a psychological feeling of being encircled with nowhere to go. Finally, the Nigerian Navy’s tactical support to the Nigerian Army in the first year of the war gave the federal troops quick successes. 

Blue3k:
It's funny how some people will lie claiming the British directly enforced the blockade. If you ask them to cite their sources it turns into mission impossible. Even their declassified documents make this known.

abduljabbar4:


It's always their grandparents. That Nigeria seized their money and gave them 20 pounds, that ojukwu released awolowo, that the Yoruba betrayed them, that the entire NATO and UN directly helped Nigeria during the war, etc all came from their grandparents. The same people now will tell their children about how Buhari sent herdsmen to kill them and how the president was cloned. I even bought some of their stories before wise nairalanders like legendhero came to debunk the claims with sound proofs.