Pictured are Biafra "soldiers" undergoing routine drills at a military training camp near Owerri in August 1968 during the Civil War. After the Igbos claimed to have suffered through years of suppression under Nigeria’s military government, the breakaway state of Biafra proclaimed its independence from Nigeria which led to the infamous war between Nigeria and Biafra in July 1967.

Photo Credit: AP

fight for freedom

they look like underfed Kenyans/Ethiopians.
How this ones wan take win war?

baybeeboi:
they look like underfed Kenyans/Ethiopians.
How this ones wan take win war?

Lepas make the best fighters o

Eiya.. they look cute

I doubt if these people holding sticks were military boys.

And if they were, they were deceived or forced into committing suicide by Ojukwu.

These guys, 'bird chest' and all, held off the Nigerian army for more than two years with sticks and stones. Nigeria should continually thank Britain, Egypt and Russia, if not for them there'd be no Nigeria. Abeg, Ndigbo let's go to igbobuofu[dot]com.

Hahaaahaaaaaahaa funny
The greatest army in Africa.

No wonder over 3million lives were wasted.

How can you face T72 tanks with cassava sticks?

If this is heroism to some people, it is sheer stupidity from the point of view of more rational minds.

superstar1:
No wonder over 3million lives were wasted.

How can you face T72 tanks with cassava sticks?

If this is heroism to some people, it is sheer stupidity from the point of view of more rational minds.

Lol @ cassava sticks
Make una no kill me for NL With laff ooooo

The Rising Sun..

That is why till this day Nigeria remains a shit hole, because no one is willing to die for a cause for the worthless failed state.

And these guys held the lazy NA for years.
Nigeria should be thankful to other countries that helped them

Hmmm.

These pictures are really depressing.

All of you insulting them cos of their stature and the sticks they're carrying should stop for a moment to think. If they could hold off the Nigerian Army who had foreign help for more than two years with just sticks and a few Awka made Guns, just imagine what they could have done with real ammunition. I rep Biafra- Land Of The Rising Sun

These are the soldiers Nigerian Army could not defeat for 3yrs.

I read Nigerian Army till date has never won any war without help of foreign boots. Except Odi and zakibiam. Is this true?

They were defeated almost immediately. Ojukwu in his pride chose to play games with civilian lives and refused to surrender.Thank God the Nigerian Army were professional and not inclined to genocide

Now, they will claim say na awolowo starve them. Shey the people wey i dey see so no dey starve before?

Yeye people.

superstar1:
No wonder over 3million lives were wasted.

How can you face T72 tanks with cassava sticks?

If this is heroism to some people, it is sheer stupidity from the point of view of more rational minds.

You no go kill me with LAUGH

you scare babalawoo

omonnakoda:
They were defeated almost immediately. Ojukwu in his pride chose to play games with civilian lives and refused to surrender.Thank God the Nigerian Army were professional and not inclined to genocide

Hogwash. They bled the NA silly almost unarmed. Till today the FG hasn't been bold enough to give a figure of the number of Nigerian troops killed in the war

ezeagu:
These guys, 'bird chest' and all, held off the Nigerian army for more than two years with sticks and stones. Nigeria should continually thank Britain, Egypt and the Russia, if not for them there'd be no Nigeria.

Skinny troops like the vietcong are very hard to crack. Ask USA and their muscular rambo types

baybeeboi:
they look like underfed Kenyans/Ethiopians.
How this ones wan take win war?

yet they held u people for three years with ur coward father's crying like babies when being caught screening egba MI o, ori iya mi o

Bunch of under feed boyz and how are they expected to win if this is how the Biafran army look like!!!

TRIBALSTOOGE:
rusty brown roof oil rouges .



obj, adenuga .

If there was no brown roof, there won't be Achebe, he got the inspiration from the brown roof.

Too bad the people have not done anything to rid themselves of warrant chiefs parading as PDP governors and senators. Look at the miserable ABia state, where Thief Orji, an occultist, presided as governor for 8 years and now smuggled himself to senate, and his stewart becoming the next governor. Where are the Aba women rioters?

superstar1:
No wonder over 3million lives were wasted.

How can you face T72 tanks with cassava sticks?

If this is heroism to some people, it is sheer stupidity from the point of view of more rational minds.

na training na. hv u heard of the ogbunigwe ehn . i love ojukwu he fought to the end ( oops he enter plane run )