We all know about the Biafra war, but not everyone can specifically tell what strategy could have won the war for Biafra.


Let's learn......

The simple truth is ojukwu mistake was to go to war!
It is the most unfortunate decision as an officer to make

Fighting the conventional warfare as against asymmetric warfare.


Declaration of secession as against planning the third counter coup and the father of all coups using the 5 majors to deal a final and decisive finishing blow of northern troops in Lagos .

If the 5 majors effectively sacked the government then the 5 majors would have easily reset Nigeria and send northern officers and their non commissioned officers to their makers.
That was then, no need for coups now

How would the world react today if Russia instead of fighting Ukraine professionally resort to destroying the grain farms, food storage, medical imports, hospitals, schools of Ukraine.

Igbo matter everyday, una nor dey tire?

Fervency6:
We all know about the Biafra war, but not everyone can specifically tell what strategy could have won the war for Biafra.


Let's learn......

I believe ojukwu's loss was more of strategic-deficiency rather than military deficiency.
Ojukwu might be book smart but militarily unsmart .

Una stiil dey fight this war for una head. Even though una loose.

As always.
Even 2023 una still dey loose.

DMerciful:
Igbo matter everyday, una nor dey tire?

The problem is for some of them they are war frenzy bots and think war is a solution.
But it is not a solution.it is a means to destruction

baralatie:

The problem is for some of them they are war frenzy bots and think war is a solution.
But it is not a solution.it is a means to destruction

Every great nation ,once fought a war

Maybe if he fed his people instead of allowing them to die of kwashiorkor while he and his soldiers got fat, maybe he would have at least put up a fight.

Also if he hadn’t ran like a coward and left his people for dead, he probably would have stood a chance. And not set his people back 1000 years politically in Nigeria.

Allow the Eastern Minorities their own Region and independence

and Negotiating instead of fighting which have prevented the War in the first place

Fervency6:
We all know about the Biafra war, but not everyone can specifically tell what strategy could have won the war for Biafra.


Let's learn......

the only strategy that could have won that war was to consult Ijaws and formed alliance..formed alliance with Ijaws would have been too strong for nigeria to succeed.

Non interference from foreign countries such as Britain and America on the side of Nigeria

Fervency6:


Every great nation ,once fought a war

The ones that consistently fought Pointless and useless Wars are no more

Imagine losing 3 Million Precious Souls out of a group of 11Millon in a Single War

How many wars would they fight before being wiped out

Ojukwu May have been to Oxford but stark Illiterates understand War and Strategy far better than him

War is not to send your people into extinction

Ojukwu didn’t have any Plan or food to feed his people for only 3 months

It is even better to beg for mercy surrender with your People intact

Ojukwu shouldn't have crossed to SW,ojukwu already had his biafra but greediness pushed him to SW and the igbos are making same mistake,una eyes still dey sw,unluckily for u guys,we ain't even neighbour,learn from Ur past mistakes so history won't repeat itself

tamdun:
Ojukwu shouldn't have crossed to SW,ojukwu already had his biafra but greediness pushed him to sw

Ojukwu couldn’t take his eyes off Lagos

So he made up an excuse to invade it

Though everybody knows he couldn't hold it for even 2 Months

If he was shown Shege in the Midwest it would have been far worse in the West

Christistruth02:


Ojukwu couldn’t take his eyes off Lagos

They are making same mistake all over again

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tamdun:

They are making same mistake all over again

It is because Ojukwu was not punished for the War

He was even given his Nigerian Army Pension

Imagine

I could understand others getting it for reconciliation sake but not Ojukwu

Ojukwu should have even rejected it if he had any honour

He lost the war purely on the basis of unpreparedness...

He could have built an overwhelming dose of armament before making the declaration for secession.

Something as short as six months could have enabled him to train enough men in the art of soldiery.

Most of the troops were conscripts who had zero training in warfare.

He was also not exactly swift to get a foreign backer...

Fervency6:


Every great nation ,once fought a war

It is this type of thinking that has made Africa states to be locked in civil wars which are unending

Christistruth02:


It is because Ojukwu was not punished for the War

He was even given his Nigerian Army Pension

Imagine

I could understand others getting it for reconciliation sake but not Ojukwu

Ojukwu should have even rejected it if he had any honour

You are always talking trash...

Go and read the immediate and remote causes of the war so that you will stop sounding dumb...

Cowards like you who run into their mother's kitchen at the sound of crackers are the ones who make the loudest noise when topics like these emerge...

Fervency6:
We all know about the Biafra war, but not everyone can specifically tell what strategy could have won the war for Biafra.


Let's learn......

Lack of adequate weapons and international support was the major cause Biafra lost the war. Imagine where Ukraine would be today without the support of EU, UN, NATO and US

Support of the West

Only very few Western Countries like France supported him

maintenant:
You are always talking trash...

Go and read the immediate and remote causes of the war so that you will stop sounding dumb...

Cowards like you who run into their mother's kitchen at the sound of crackers are the ones who make the loudest noise when topics like these emerge...

Coward?

You must be referring to the one who abandoned his people at the Warfront and fled to the Ivory coast just as the FG Soldiers were about to use his magnificently shaped head for their gunfire practice

Fervency6:
We all know about the Biafra war, but not everyone can specifically tell what strategy could have won the war for Biafra.


Let's learn......

The only reason Nigeria won the war against Biafra was the massive international support Nigeria got from Britain, Russia and the Arab league

Today, there such support would not have happened as it would have been regarded as an internal affair

Had the international community stayed neutral, Ojukwu would have won because he would have been able to to export oil and arm Biafra beyond what Nigeria could

Nigeria only won because of international support

tamdun:
Ojukwu shouldn't have crossed to SW,ojukwu already had his biafra but greediness pushed him to SW and the igbos are making same mistake,una eyes still dey sw,unluckily for u guys,we ain't even neighbour,learn from Ur past mistakes so history won't repeat itself

Ojukwu was in Enugu, Gowon was in Lagos

Gowon was trying to invade Enugu, but Ojukwu should not have invaded Lagos?


What sort of logic is that?

So Gowon is free to invade the East, but Ojukwu was not allowed to invade the West?

The reasoning of some Nigerians can be shocking

gidgiddy:


The only reason Nigeria won the war against Biafra was the massive international support Nigeria got from Britain, Russia and the Arab league

Today, there such support would not have happened as it would have been regarded as an internal affair

Had the international community stayed neutral, Ojukwu would have won because he would have been able to to export oil and arm Biafra beyond what Nigeria could

Nigeria only won because of international support

This is the same mistake Ojukwu made.

No war is fought in isolation. He thought he could do it alone and he paid for his miscalculations.

If you’re allowed to command Biafra with this your mentality, you will send more Ibo to the slaughter house than Ojukwu.

How can the international community stay neutral when you confessed yourself that Ojukwu would have been able to use crude for negotiation? The federal government outsmarted him and a true General should factor all in his calculation.

War is not like boxing match. Most wars always have outside interference, if you fail to plan for external factors, then you’re just committing mass suicide. If Nigeria go to war today, external forces will still be involved.

Nigeria would have been at peace by now if Ojuwku had won.

Every atrocity starts after the lost battle.

LegendHero:


This is the same mistake Ojukwu made.

No war is fought in isolation. He thought he could do it alone and he paid for his miscalculations.

If you’re allowed to command Biafra with this your mentality, you will send more Ibo to the slaughter house than Ojukwu.

How can the international community stay neutral when you confessed yourself that Ojukwu would have been able to use crude for negotiation? The federal government outsmarted him and a true General should factor all in his calculation.

War is not like boxing match. Most wars always have outside interference, if you fail to plan for external factors, then you’re just committing mass suicide. If Nigeria go to war today, external forces will still be involved.

The mistake you make is thinking that Ojukwu wanted war, that was the last thing Ojukwu wanted, but that was the only option he was forced into

What many Nigerians dont seem to understand is that Nigeria was once made up of 4 Regions that controlled their resources, and were not dependent on the federal government the way most of the 36 states of Nigeria are today

The Regions controlled their resources during the Ojukwus time m, thats why Gowon, despite claiming to me military ruler of Nigeria, had to meet Ojukwu who was military Governor of the Eastern Region, in Aburi, Ghana, for talks

Ojukwu went to Aburi to find peace, he signed a peace agreement with Gowon at Aburi, only for Gowon to return to Nigeria and break the agreement, causing war

Ojukwu was controlling the Eastern Region and its resources, which included oil

Had the international community stayed neutral, Ojukwu would have been able to sell oil and finance the war appropriately

The international community was the only reason Nigeria won

Fervency6:
We all know about the Biafra war, but not everyone can specifically tell what strategy could have won the war for Biafra.


Let's learn......

Ojukwu declared Biafra in May 67. Biafra invaded midwest in September and declared it a Republic and installed new Governor Okonkwo. From when they crossed Niger into Asaba and entered Benin they met zero opposition from Federal forces. Absence of Federal troops was by design. Gowon was ok with Ojukwu keeping his Biafra. Infact, Northerners were putting plans in place to vacate their soldiers from Southern barracks and return them North. The coup of Jan 66 caught them off guard and they were ready to take their losses and return home, afterall they had exacted their pound of flesh from Ibos, the score was even.

The invasion and declaration of minority regions in East and midwest changed course of the conflict.

Biafra captured Benin on September 19th without any opposition, but by next day, on 20th, Gowon dispatched troops to free all captured territories. This is where exchange of fire with Federal troops started. Infact, by next day Biafran soldiers were already in Ore, advancing West. Federal soldiers neutralized them there, then pushed Eastward forcing Biafrans to retreat.

In a nutshell, invasion of non-Ibo territories gave Gowon a resolve to launch an offensive against Biafra. If Ojukwu had not strayed, greedily, claiming non-ibo lands 2million biafrans would not have perished, and there would be a internationally recognized sovereingty today called Republic of Biafra, with a seat in UN.

baralatie:
The simple truth is ojukwu mistake was to go to war!
It is the most unfortunate decision as an officer to make

What could he have done, watch as his people are being massacred on a daily