₦airaland Forum

SirShymexx:
Lol.

Ms. Jada Fire the porn star, whatever rocks ya boat as long as it makes you sleep well at night.

Erm, what was Etuk's rank in the Army? 3000 is a brigade and he has to be either a Brigadier General, or maybe a Colonel to be able to lead 3000 men. I hope you know that, don't you?

And don't come back with more propaganda.

SirShymexx:
Lol.

Ms. Jada Fire, by end of 1968, Nigeria had already overrun about 80% of Biafra land, with only a small enclave left. And the death on both sides combined, based on British estimates was between 70,000-100,000. So, how did Biafra kill half-a-million soldiers, while running for their lives, in the last one year of the war? Also, how did they lose a whooping 3 million people within the same period?

Additionally, if you check the munitions supplied/bought during the war by Nigeria, they were mostly small arms. And they never attacked civilians, apart from those who were collateral damage and victims of aerial bombings. So, what damage would that have done?

That war was the biggest propaganda war in history, I tell ya.

Even during the same period, the US was engaged in a war with Vietnam, and despite the US dropping millions of bombs on Vietnam and the use of all kinds of weapons - they never killed up-to 2 million Vietnamese. Gimme a break!

SirShymexx:
Lmao!

500,000 soldiers indeed, yet most of the junior officers who fought during the war came back home alive, in one piece.

Let me test how smart/intelligent you're:

Erm, do you know any junior officer in the Nigerian army that was killed during the war? There were only about 10,000 folks in the Nigerian army back then, with Igbos making-up about a third of that number. The number of officers should be less than 200, including Igbos.

If they were to lose a number as high as half a million - you'd agree with me that a lot of those officers would have been killed cos junior officers fight within the ranks with infantry. So, how come the overwhelming majority, if not all of them, returned unharmed in one piece, despite the overly exaggerated half-a-million casualties?

Biafra also didn't lose anything close to 3 million. The population of Igbos back then was just slightly over 8 million. Are you saying Igbo lost over a third of its population in that war?

SirShymexx:
Lmao. I'll ignore ya ad hominems, Ms Jada Fire.

Just so you know: I believe Nigeria is a zoo with primates, and not a country. Hence the country is stuck in abyss, with no future, unless everything is restructured - or folks are allowed to pursue their own different destinies. And I support Biafra. But as a black man, I don't support suicide among black folks.

The Biafran adventure was a suicide mission. And it seems you lot haven't learnt from it, and the only way you console yourselves is by chest-beating and making unnecessary noise everywhere, with jejune tales, faux-bravery, and fables. History is about to repeat itself, be wise.

SirShymexx:
Half a million soldiers in a police action the country never fought with its might, apart from securing certain axis, no?

I doubt that war would have lasted 6 months, if they had taken it seriously - the whole plan was to suffocate Biafra, till they surrender. And the plan changed towards the end.

Anyway, that war was one of the biggest propaganda wars ever. Nothing interesting about it, apart from exaggerated numbers from both sides. And noise making everywhere. All in all, an unnecessary war between a young country and a power-drunk suicidal warlord who ended up eloping like a coward.

Learn ya history cos it has a way of repeating itself.

SirShymexx:
Lmao. You obviously sound like a stark illiterate. Anyone can post fables on wiki.

I put it to you that: I doubt Nigeria lost upto 10,000 soldiers throughout the duration of that war combined. Ditto Biafra and the fictitious 3 million people story. That was a propaganda war. A lot of folks died, but the numbers were exaggerated.

In case you don't/didn't know, apart from Biafra - the rest of the country was peaceful and folks were going about their normal business, as if the country wasn't fighting a war. Apart from aerial bombings by Biafra's European mercenaries, from time to time, in Lagos, Ibadan, and I think Kaduna as well.

SirShymexx:
Lmao @ 10,000.

You mean Biafra took down a whole division of the Nigerian army out of thin air, when the number of troops deployed there weren't even up to a brigade (3,000)?

Stop indoctrinating yourself with jejune tales and fables. I believe the Nigerian army lost less than 200 soldiers in that theatre. Still a disaster, though.

MadCow1:
Yeah, you are right. I heard that there were a couple of flash conflicts here and there at the early stages of the war. The Onitsha one was definitely one of them. Then the Abagana Ambush which followed as a result of the failure to take Onitsha the first time. But it may interest you to also know that it was after those attack that Gen Murtala was relieved of his command and on the next onslaught, Onitsha fell in under 24 hours.. Then came the formation of the 3 Marine Commando unit and all and that began the end of the war.. From there on, Biafra was taken apart..

xtervaganza:
he attacked biafra land on biafra land!



Read what you posted again. He left his territory to attack biafra on their land and you're proud pf that? Lol

teeowl:
Results is all that matters... anybody group that tries Seceding again, the Nigeria Army would crush that group...

On November 19, 1967 mercenaries from the Soviet Union and United Arab Republic flying MiG-17s began bombing areas around Onitsha, devastating the civilian population. In December 1967 the Nigerian 2nd Division and 6th Battalion under Gen. Murtala Mohammed crossed the Niger River at Idah and stationed in Enugu.

On January 2, 1968 the Nigerians moved towards Onitsha in a two pronged attack launched from two axes. The 2nd Division rolled through Biafran held territory including numerous towns and cities. On January 19 Nigerian troops attacked and occupied Awka, giving the 2nd Division a direct route to Onitsha. The Biafran 11th Division under Maj. Joseph Achuzie fought fiercely against the Nigerians and managed to hold them off for over 3 months before Abagana was captured on March 20 followed by Onitsha less than 24 hours later.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Invasion_of_Onitsha

xtervaganza:
they bled the Nigerian Army so much the whole of south west was clean and safe. The whole of North was safe and the whole east was shambles and bore a picture of a deserted hell hole.



They bled the Nigerian Army so much the biafra warlord bearded terrorist fled and sent his man tails between legs to surrender in shame



What ever makes you sleep

nwaanambra1:
THIS OP PROVED ME RIGHT!

WE STOOD ALONE - SURROUNDED BY FRIENEMIES! AND YET WE STOOP TO CONQUER!

AND SOME SO-CALLED IGBOS WILL COME ON THIS FORUM AND PROUDLY CALL AND IJAWMAN OR AN ITSEKIRI MAN HIS BROTHER! THESE ARE THE TRIBES THAT DEALT US THE DEEPEST CUT IN OUR STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL!

I WILL RATHER ASSOCIATE WITH AN HAUSA MAN - WHOM I KNOW WE ARE ENEMIES BUT RESPECT EACH OTHERS MIGHT THAN ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH ALL THESE OTHER ETHNIC TRIBES IN THE SOUTH-SOUTH! THEY HATE THE IGBOS MORE THAN THE YORUBAS AND THE HAUSA HATE US!

MadCow1:
Also remember that it wasn't until the last months of the war that the Nigerian Army stepped up their fight, before then, they were handled with the same gloves Jonathan was handling Boko Haram.

Just my take.

omonnakoda:
Console yourselves

PPAngel:
Am the white pill

The opposite of the Black Pill which sees good in every inevitable action.

ezeagu:
These guys, 'bird chest' and all, held off the Nigerian army for more than two years with sticks and stones. Nigeria should continually thank Britain, Egypt and the Russia, if not for them there'd be no Nigeria.

omonnakoda:
They were defeated almost immediately. Ojukwu in his pride chose to play games with civilian lives and refused to surrender.Thank God the Nigerian Army were professional and not inclined to genocide

baybeeboi:
they look like underfed Kenyans/Ethiopians.
How this ones wan take win war?

jared007:
The problem PPAngel is that most Nigerians don't take international politics seriously. I ve always felt Tinubu might be a CIA contact/agent based on his drug trafficking records and yet the Americans don't seem to go after him.

Mynd44:
So she has to be a member of the APC to be in government?

You people don't cease to wow me