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Operation Hiroshima
Part of Biafran War
Operation Hiroshima is located in Nigeria
Onitsha
Onitsha
Operation Hiroshima (Nigeria)
Date15–29 November 1968
(2 weeks)
Location
Onitsha, Nigeria
Result Decisive Nigerian victory
Belligerents
Operation Hiroshima Nigeria Operation Hiroshima Biafra
Commanders and leaders
Ibrahim Haruna
Idris Garba
Rolf Steiner
Taffy Williams
Marc Goosens 
Strength
unknown 4,000
Casualties and losses
unknown 2,000

Operation Hiroshima was a military operation conducted by the Biafran 4th Commando Brigade in an attempt to recapture Onitsha from the Nigerian 2nd Division. The operation ultimately resulted in failure and ended in the deaths of numerous mercenaries and Biafran soldiers.[1]

  1. ^ Madiebo, Alexander A. (1980). The Nigerian Revolution and the Biafran War (Repr. ed.). Enugu: Fourth Dimension Publ. p. 293. ISBN 9789781561177.

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