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Operation UNICORD
Part of Biafran War
Nsukka
Ogoja
Operation UNICORD (Nigeria)
Date
July 2 – 12, 1967 (1 week and 3 days)
Location
northern Biafran border, Nsukka, Ogoja and neighboring towns.
Result
Nigerian victory
Belligerents
Nigeria
Biafra
Commanders and leaders
Sule Apollo Martin Adamu Gado Nasko Muhammadu Buhari
H.M. Njoku
Chukwuma Nzeogwu+
Strength
unknown
unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown
unknown
v
t
e
Nigerian Civil War
1967
UNICORD
Midwest Invasion
Enugu
1st Onitsha
Asaba
Tiger Claw
1968
2nd Onitsha
Port Harcourt
Abagana
OAU
Owerri
Hiroshima
Blockade
1969
Leopard
Umuahia
1970
Tail-Wind
The Operation UNICORD (July 2 – July 12, 1967)[1] was an offensive launched by the Nigerian Army at the beginning of the Nigerian Civil War. It involved the capture of 6 major Biafran towns near their northern border.
^Atanda, J. A; Aliyu, Abubakar; Kayode, M. O; Usman, Yusufu Bala; Tamuno, Tekena N, eds. (1984). Proceedings of the National Conference on Nigeria Since Independence, Zaria, March 1983. Zaria: Panel on Nigeria Since Independence History Project. p. 69. OCLC 14188479.
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