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9 Reflective Photos From The Biafran War In 1968

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4 years ago

Mar 24, 2021.

The Nigerian civil war popularly known as the Biafran war occurred in the year 1967
The war broke out because of the choice of the Igbos to break out of Nigeria.
The Easterners felt alienated from the Nigerian government which was overwhelmed by the Northerners.

During the time of the Biafran war, there are a lot of things that happened but were not broadcasted or published by some media organizations in Nigeria.

There are countless insights regarding the Biafrans that were rarely uncovered. Such countless pictures of fallen soldiers and a large number of Nigerian kids starved to death during that war, EKO HOT BLOG gathered.

(1.) A Wounded Biafran Soldier on a Makeshift Stretcher

An image of an injured soldier of the Nigerian soldiers being carried on a bike by his kindred military men. The trooper couldn’t get a befitting cot to help wheel him to the clinic for treatment.

(2.) Starvation and Malnutrition Confronts Biafran Children

Here is one of the tragic results of the conflict. Nigerian government halted the exportation of alleviation materials like food, drugs, and every basic amenities toward the East.

The thought was initiated by Chief Obafemi Awolowo who was the Commissioner for Finance and one of the chief advisers to the Head of State.

Miserable to take note of, the helpless children of the then Biafran Nation endured the wild whip of a conflict they didn’t dream of.

(3.) Residents of Biafra Flee Their Homes For Safety

Cross-section of Nigerians escaping their homes in 1968 after they had felt the hefty blow of the conflict. They were not, at this point free in their homes like they used to be.

Their homes had become a place where death could come and take them at any time, so they deed to escape to a more secure local area regardless of whether it will cost them their life of freedom.

(4.) Young Nigerian Displays An Act of Humanity

A wounded Nigerian kid got help from his fellow Nigerian. The war was indeed between the Nigerian troops and the Biafran troops but not against humanity.

Humanity comes first even before religion, our language, tribe, or culture. That is a hypothesis that is pretty much as old as creation itself. We as a whole teach it, however this unidentified Nigerian practices it during the conflict.

(5.) A Biafran Soldier With Grenade on His Head

A Biafran soldier can be seen carrying a sophisticated and heavy weapon on his head. It was rumored that the weapon was supplied by the French government in the year 1968.

During the war, according to the French Secretary-General for African and Malagasy Affairs, Jean Mauricheau-Beaupre claims that the reason why they supported Biafrans was not for them to break away but because of Oil and ‘ERAP’.

(6.) The Biafran Army And Women In Search Of Food

At the point when the conflict turned into a furious one in 1968, the Government of Nigeria wouldn’t keep sending help materials to the Igbos. Biafrans had to walk many miles looking for food which made them powerless to fight against the Nigerian soldiers.

(7.) Commander Adekunle Benjamin Leads Nigerian Troops Into Port Harcourt

Troops of the Nigerian armed force, driven by Commander Benjamin Adekunle, strategizing on how to capture the city of Port Harcourt and make the Biafran soldiers surrender in the war in 1968.

(8.) Nigerian Troops Invaded Into Biafra Territory On Armoured Car

Troops of the Nigerian armed force attacked the city of Biafra with a heavily Armoured tank. After the attack, noting ever survived on that land, not even plants.