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Nigerian Civil War begins
Federal forces moved against Biafra, beginning a war that lasted until January 1970.
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July 1967
Nigerian Civil War begins
Federal forces moved against Biafra, beginning a war that lasted until January 1970.
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Federal forces moved against Biafra, beginning a war that lasted until January 1970. It remains one of the defining traumas of Nigerian history; casualty estimates vary widely and should be source-attributed.
Photo: of all photographers, only one name of the author of the photograph is known: Peter Williams. The names of the rest of · Source