Regional1967

Battle of Benin

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Benin

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Benin (1967), part of the Biafran War. Biafran Rebels defeated Nigeria.

Belligerents2

Biafran Rebels
Nigeria

Conflict graph

PART OFBiafran War

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Benin (1967). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-benin · Sources & methodology