Abagana ambush

Abagana Ambush
	Part of Nigerian Civil War
	Abagana Abagana ambush (Nigeria)
Date	31 March 1968
Location	Abagana, Nigeria
Result	Decisive Biafran victory
Belligerents
Nigeria	Biafra
Commanders and leaders
Murtala Muhammed	Jonathan Uchendu
Strength
6,000 soldiers; 106 vehicles	700 soldiers
Casualties and losses
5,800-5,900	Light

The Abagana Ambush (March 31, 1968) was an ambush by Biafran guerrilla troops led by Major Jonathan Uchendu that wiped out the Nigerian 2 Division.^[9] Of the 6,000 Nigerian troops ambushed, only a very small number survived, including the 2nd Division's commander, General Murtala Muhammed.

^ de St. Jorre, John (2012). The Brothers' War: Biafra and Nigeria. Faber and Faber. ISBN 9780571287376.
^ Oyewẹsọ, Syan (1992). The post-Gowon Nigerian accounts of the Civil War, 1975 - 1990: a preliminary review. Africa Peace Research Institute, Lagos. p. 17.
^ ^a ^b Achebe, Chinua (2012). There was a country. Penguin. ISBN 9780141973678.
^ ^a ^b Osuji, Steve (23 October 2012). "'There was a country': Ogbunigwe, Abagana ambush; Achebe, Okigbo and Ifeajuna". The Nation Online. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Forsyth was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Caron, Gilles (1968). La Mort du Biafra: Photographies du Gilles Caron. Presentation de F. de Bonneville, Paris Solar.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Baxter 2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Alabi-Isama, Godwin. The Tragedy of Victory: On-the-spot Account of the Nigeria-Biafra War in the Atlantic Theatre. Spectrum Books Limited, Ibadan. ISBN 9789789260393.
^ Appiah, Kwame Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis (2005). Africana (2ème éd. ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 453. ISBN 9780195170559.

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[St.Jorre-1] St. Jorre, John (2012). The Brothers' War: Biafra and Nigeria. Faber and Faber. ISBN 9780571287376.

[Oyeweso-1992-2] Oyewẹsọ, Syan (1992). The post-Gowon Nigerian accounts of the Civil War, 1975 - 1990: a preliminary review. Africa Peace Research Institute, Lagos. p. 17.

[Achebe-2012-3] Achebe, Chinua (2012). There was a country. Penguin. ISBN 9780141973678.

[Osuji-4] Osuji, Steve (23 October 2012). "'There was a country': Ogbunigwe, Abagana ambush; Achebe, Okigbo and Ifeajuna". The Nation Online. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016.

[Forsyth-6] Cite error: The named reference Forsyth was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Caron-7] Caron, Gilles (1968). La Mort du Biafra: Photographies du Gilles Caron. Presentation de F. de Bonneville, Paris Solar.

[Baxter_2014-8] Cite error: The named reference Baxter 2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Alabi-Isama-10] Alabi-Isama, Godwin. The Tragedy of Victory: On-the-spot Account of the Nigeria-Biafra War in the Atlantic Theatre. Spectrum Books Limited, Ibadan. ISBN 9789789260393.

[Africana-11] Appiah, Kwame Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis (2005). Africana (2ème éd. ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 453. ISBN 9780195170559.

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