Biafran Armed Forces information

The Biafran Armed Forces (BAF) were the military of the Republic of Biafra, which existed from 1967 until 1970. At the beginning of the Nigerian Civil...

Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Biafran War, was a civil war fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra...

An Armed Forces Day, alongside its branch-specific variants often referred to as Army or Soldier's Day, Navy or Sailor's Day, and Air Force or Aviator's...

This is a list of equipment in service with the former Biafran Armed Forces. A considerable number of Czechoslovakian weapons were reportedly purchased...

humanitarian relief during the Biafran airlift. Biafra eventually capitulated to Nigerian forces in 1970 after millions of Biafran civilians died. Ojukwu subsequently...

and electrical engineer who served in the Nigerian Army and the Biafran Armed Forces, retiring as a colonel. Accused of involvement in the 1966 Nigerian...

Military ranks of Biafra were the military insignia used by the Biafran Armed Forces between 1967 and 1970, when Biafra surrendered in the 1970 Nigerian...

became well-known among the locals. During that time, he also partook in Biafran air force raids, including killing a Nigerian army chief of staff during...

"Text of Biafran Surrender". The New York Times. 1970-01-16. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-15. Juliana Taiwo "This Day" Beyond Armed Forces Remembrance...

January 1970) was a former Nigerian Army Major and a Major in the Biafran Armed Forces. He was a leading military figure in the Nigerian Civil War and a...

aircraft his father had donated in 1918) and Biafra. His flights for the Biafran Air Force were notable for using the small Malmö MFI-9 in a ground attack...

became the second president of Biafra, and he oversaw the surrender of Biafran forces to Nigeria. Igbo nationalism became a strong political and social force...

rank of lieutenant colonel commanding the 4th Commando Brigade in the Biafran Army during the Nigerian Civil War, and later fought with the Anyanya rebels...

military technology for the Biafran Armed Forces during the Nigerian Civil War. RAP was founded in April 1967 by Biafran scientists at the University...

State, Nigeria, on 18 November 1925, Philip Effiong joined the Nigerian Armed Forces on 28 July 1945. The UK later commissioned him for duty in the Rhine...

using mil-spec surplus ammunition with Berdan priming.  Biafra - Biafran Armed Forces  Bolivia: 1.500 Model C rifles acquired for army reserves in 2003...

Biafran military forces. On 17 October 1967 Nigerians invaded Calabar led by the "Black Scorpion", Benjamin Adekunle, while the Biafrans were led by Col...

were executed on 25 September 1967. Enugu, the Biafran capital, was captured by federal Nigerian forces two days later. Ifeajuna has had a mixed legacy...

The Biafran Airlift was an international humanitarian relief effort that transported food and medicine to Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War. It was...

dramatic photo series published by Gilles Caron on November 30, 1968 showed Biafran soldiers carrying the body of Goosens. Goosens is one of the five fallen...

Administration" (BSMCA) which posed as high command of the restored Biafran Armed Forces, declared its intent to conquer southeastern Nigeria, starting with...

engineer who served as a major in the Biafran Army during the Nigerian Civil War. Prior to joining the Biafran Army in May 1967, Achuzia had been an engineer...

was a colonel in the Biafran Army. In 1967, with the start of the Nigerian Civil War Utuk, a native of Ibibio, joined the Biafran Army and quickly rose...

the newly declared nation. The federation was supportive of the Biafran Armed Forces, and its leaders were given positions on President C. Odumegwu Ojukwu's...

Republic of Benin early in the Nigerian Civil War. Okonkwo was a Major in the Biafran Army Medical Corps. He was trained as a physician in the United States...

Humphrey Chukwuka is a retired Nigerian Army Major, former Biafran Army Colonel, and one of the principal plotters of the January 15, 1966 coup, an event...

sub-lieutenant. He defected to the Biafran Armed Forces in 1966. During the Nigerian Civil War from 1967 to 1970 he fought on the Biafran side. After the war, in...

War.[self-published source] At the outbreak of hostilities, the Biafran armed forces were poorly equipped as compared to the Nigerian army with arms and...