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Name: Third Nigerian Offensive

Type: Event

Start: 1970 AD

End: 1970 AD

Parent: Nigerian Civil War

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Was the final Nigerian military offensive against the secessionist Republic of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War that resulted in the reconquest of Biafra.

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  • January 1970: Uli conquered by Federal Republic of Nigeria.
  • January 1970: The surrender paper was signed on 14 January 1970 in Lagos and thus came the end of the civil war and renunciation of secession. Fighting ended a few days later, with the Nigerian forces advancing into the remaining Biafran-held territories, which was met with little resistance.

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