AwkaFinest:



Even with a broadcast made by Ironsi?

Fervency6:
We all know about the Biafra war, but not everyone can specifically tell what strategy could have won the war for Biafra.


Let's learn......

maintenant:
He lost the war purely on the basis of unpreparedness...

He could have built an overwhelming dose of armament before making the declaration for secession.

Something as short as six months could have enabled him to train enough men in the art of soldiery.

Most of the troops were conscripts who had zero training in warfare.

He was also not exactly swift to get a foreign backer...

baretalk:

Start another one, idiot. 3million biafran zombies that perished never do you abi...the same reason all your children are growing up to be children of hate, seems you want to destroy the future of your generations unborn.

franchasofficia:
Biafra was winning in land combat, Nigeria dominated the air via intensive air bombardments, all thanks to Britain, Egypt and USA that supplied Nigerian side with fighter jets and foreign pilots.



Another thing is, Nigeria had ecomonic advantage over Biafra such that when Awolowo brought the idea of currency change, it became difficult for Biafran government to import food for the Biafran side, which led to mass starvation of Biafran side including the soldiers and this began to demoralize the Biafran soldiers who were fighting on empty stomach and also hearing news of their family members dying of kwashiokor due to hunger made many Biafran soldiers to start turning to saboteurs revealing classified Biafran military information to the Nigerian side in exchange for food

kettykings:


Biafra won most of all its military operations and had to surrender to stop deaths as a result of starvation. I have read most foreign declassified accounts of the war and there nothing meaningful Nigeria military could do in the battle field aside blockade, sabotaging farms , starvation of women and children.

franchasofficia:
...and bombing of major towns, markets with foreign-manned fighter jets

Fervency6:
We all know about the Biafra war, but not everyone can specifically tell what strategy could have won the war for Biafra.


Let's learn......

kettykings:


Biafra won most of all its military operations and had to surrender to stop deaths as a result of starvation. I have read most foreign declassified accounts of the war and there nothing meaningful Nigeria military could do in the battle field aside blockade, sabotaging farms , starvation of women and children.

T8ksy:



Are now saying that the whole Biafran Liberation Front's offensive was truncated at Ore, because of starvation?

MetaPhysical:


Ojukwu declared Biafra in May 67. Biafra invaded midwest in September and declared it a Republic and installed new Governor Okonkwo. From when they crossed Niger into Asaba and entered Benin they met zero opposition from Federal forces. Absence of Federal troops was by design. Gowon was ok with Ojukwu keeping his Biafra. Infact, Northerners were putting plans in place to vacate their soldiers from Southern barracks and return them North. The coup of Jan 66 caught them off guard and they were ready to take their losses and return home, afterall they had exacted their pound of flesh from Ibos, the score was even.

The invasion and declaration of minority regions in East and midwest changed course of the conflict.

Biafra captured Benin on September 19th without any opposition, but by next day, on 20th, Gowon dispatched troops to free all captured territories. This is where exchange of fire with Federal troops started. Infact, by next day Biafran soldiers were already in Ore, advancing West. Federal soldiers neutralized them there, then pushed Eastward forcing Biafrans to retreat.

In a nutshell, invasion of non-Ibo territories gave Gowon a resolve to launch an offensive against Biafra. If Ojukwu had not strayed, greedily, claiming non-ibo lands 2million biafrans would not have perished, and there would be a internationally recognized sovereingty today called Republic of Biafra, with a seat in UN.

Christistruth02:
Allow the Eastern Minorities their own Region and independence

and Negotiating instead of fighting which have prevented the War in the first place

NigerianAngelo:
1. Agriculture. Even Hitler had food for Germans throughout the war till the last day.
Ojukwu didn't plant, didn't harness. He should have known food is the first bullet.

2. Lack of cooperation with Cameroon. Your only neighbour, you couldn't cooperate with. This enabled encirclement and starvation from May 1968 (1 yr).

3. Lack of LG Chairmen. They would have coordinated Biafra at grassroot level and given it a lot of legitimacy, man power coordination and civil strenght at grassroot level it needed.

4. Low military numbers. At peak of war, Biafra had just 90k soldiers, for a country arguably with 12M+ pop. By contrast, by the end of WWII Germany had mobilised 14M soldiers out of 70M citizens, and US 16M out of about 200M+.
Biafra should have mobilised 500k+ soldiers, trained them, and foreign aid groups plus local efforts could have armed them instead of just civilian food relief efforts. The Biafra could have stood and larger territories (Rivers, Delta, Cross River) never allowed under foreign occupations.

kettykings:



Gowon sent Soldiers to capture Ojukwu in Enugu and Umuahia Biafra's Capital, is it not equally fair that Ojukwu send troops to capture Gowon in Lagos as he was staying in Nigeria's Capital shoudl he have sent troops to Kaduna or Jos . what kind of reasoning is this , if you were not supportive of the North wh did you allow Gowon to use lagos as the base of his Military meetings , strategy and war campaign mobilization

gidgiddy:


The mistake you make is thinking that Ojukwu wanted war, that was the last thing Ojukwu wanted, but that was the only option he was forced into

What many Nigerians dont seem to understand is that Nigeria was once made up of 4 Regions that controlled their resources, and were not dependent on the federal government the way most of the 36 states of Nigeria are today

The Regions controlled their resources during the Ojukwus time m, thats why Gowon, despite claiming to me military ruler of Nigeria, had to meet Ojukwu who was military Governor of the Eastern Region, in Aburi, Ghana, for talks

Ojukwu went to Aburi to find peace, he signed a peace agreement with Gowon at Aburi, only for Gowon to return to Nigeria and break the agreement, causing war

Ojukwu was controlling the Eastern Region and its resources, which included oil

Had the international community stayed neutral, Ojukwu would have been able to sell oil and finance the war appropriately

The international community was the only reason Nigeria won

7lives:


Lies from the pit of hell.
A man who boasted that Biafran army will defeat the whole of African Army, is fully prepared for war.
Go and look for Philip Asiodu's interview, Ojukwu lost because he thought war was a walk in the park.
According to Philip Asiodu, over 85% of Ojukwu's demand was already met and still Ojukwu prefer war.
Go and look for the interview how over confidence ruined Ojukwu's Biara.
For your information, Philip Asiodu was the government representative discussing with Ojukwu.

gidgiddy:


Well ask Philip Asiodu to tell you how Gowon used decree 14 to scrap the entire agreement he signed with Ojukwu in Ghana, which forced Ojukwu to declare Biafra

kettykings:

This time around Biafra will focus on blockade of Nigeria and everything farms, food imports into Nigeria, animal farming, fish farming, crop farming and will not touch a single a soldier and let's see how many seconds before the midget of Africa crumbles

Guyman01:
Non interference from foreign countries such as Britain and America on the side of Nigeria

baretalk:

Delusional being.

7lives:


Look for the interview first, read and make your comment on the interview.

franchasofficia:
Biafra was winning in land combat, Nigeria dominated the air via intensive air bombardments, all thanks to Britain, Egypt and USA that supplied Nigerian side with fighter jets and foreign pilots.



Another thing is, Nigeria had ecomonic advantage over Biafra such that when Awolowo brought the idea of currency change, it became difficult for Biafran government to import food for the Biafran side, which led to mass starvation of Biafran side including the soldiers and this began to demoralize the Biafran soldiers who were fighting on empty stomach and also hearing news of their family members dying of kwashiokor due to hunger made many Biafran soldiers to start turning to saboteurs revealing classified Biafran military information to the Nigerian side in exchange for food

kettykings:


Midwest invasion successful within 12 hours Midwest was taken cleanly. Ore invasion was successful without hassles, the delay between taking Ore and matching to Lagos was the biggest blunder in military operations worse than the delay the mistake the German War machine made in taking Moscow and was the turning point of the war

maintenant:
All the excuses are still consequences of poor planning...

That war was highly winnable if the logistical and tactical considerations were gotten right...

maintenant:
He lost the war purely on the basis of unpreparedness...

He could have built an overwhelming dose of armament before making the declaration for secession.

Something as short as six months could have enabled him to train enough men in the art of soldiery.

Most of the troops were conscripts who had zero training in warfare.

He was also not exactly swift to get a foreign backer...

gidgiddy:


Well your going to have to explain how that is possible when Nigeria had 4 Regions that were controlling their resources the day Ironsi died

According to the provisions of Decree
34, “Nigeria shall on 24th May 1966 (in this
decree referred to as ‘the appointed day’) cease
to be a Federation and shall accordingly as
from that day be a Republic, by the name of the
Republic of Nigeria, consisting of the whole of
the territory which immediately before that day
was comprised in the Federation”. This decree
made Nigeria a unitary state and removed its
federal structures.