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Conflict Africa

Nigerian Civil War (Biafra)

1967 CE – 1970 CE · 3 years

The Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria declared independence as Biafra, triggering a devastating civil war. A Nigerian blockade caused a famine that killed up to 2 million civilians, shocking the world.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Federal Republic of Nigeria
  • Republic of Biafra

Key moments

Defining events in the Nigerian Civil War (Biafra).

  1. 1967 Fall of Enugu
  2. 1967 Battle of Calabar
  3. 1968 Fall of Port Harcourt
  4. 1970 Fall of Owerri

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

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Portuguese Colonial Wars

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Serengeti National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

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Nkore

1500 CE – 1967 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1967 CE and 1970 CE.

1967 CE Six-Day War 1967 CE Cambodian Civil War 1967 CE War of Attrition 1967 CE Naxalite–Maoist Insurgency 1968 CE Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE Langston Hughes Figure · Harlem / United States 1901 CE – 1967 CE The Troubles Conflict · Europe 1968 CE – 1998 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Mexico Polity · Americas Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE
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