| Operation Hiroshima | |||||||
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| Part of Biafran War | |||||||
  Onitsha Operation Hiroshima (Nigeria) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Nigeria |
 Biafra | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ibrahim Haruna Idris Garba |
Rolf Steiner Taffy Williams Marc Goosens † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| unknown | 4,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| unknown | 2,000 | ||||||
Operation Hiroshima was a military operation conducted by the Biafran 4th Commando Brigade in an attempt to recapture Onitsha from the Nigerian 2nd Division. The operation ultimately resulted in failure and ended in the deaths of numerous local and foreign mercenaries and Biafran soldiers.[1]
- ^ Madiebo, Alexander A. (1980). The Nigerian Revolution and the Biafran War (Repr. ed.). Enugu: Fourth Dimension Publ. p. 293. ISBN 9789781561177.