Operation Hiroshima

Operation Hiroshima
	Part of Biafran War
	Onitsha Operation Hiroshima (Nigeria)
Date	15–29 November 1968; (2 weeks)
Location	Onitsha, Nigeria
Result	Decisive Nigerian victory
Belligerents
Nigeria	Biafra
Commanders and leaders
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.

[Madiebo_1980-1] Madiebo, Alexander A. (1980). The Nigerian Revolution and the Biafran War (Repr. ed.). Enugu: Fourth Dimension Publ. p. 293. ISBN 9789781561177.

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