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Owerri changes hands in the war's final phase

Owerri became a major contested town as Biafra sought to preserve an administrative and military core.

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1969

Owerri changes hands in the war's final phase

Owerri became a major contested town as Biafra sought to preserve an administrative and military core.

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Owerri became a major contested town as Biafra sought to preserve an administrative and military core. Federal pressure eventually made the town part of the collapsing enclave.

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