Regional1968

Battle of Owerri

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Nigeria

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Owerri (1968), part of the Biafran War. Nigeria defeated Biafran Rebels.

Belligerents2

Nigeria
Biafran Rebels

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 Owerri (1968). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-owerri · Sources & methodology