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The Nigerian civil war

Another power which is supporting the Federal Government in a very substantial way is, of course, the Soviet Union.. .her motivations are similar to those which propelled the colonial aspirations of Bismarck's Germany in the last century - to have a place in the sun . Raph Uwechue, Reflections on the Nigerian Civil War The Soviet Union's involvement in the Nigerian civil war began in the late summer of 1967. In many ways it was not a propitious time for the USSR to get involved in another local war. The preceding June, Soviet arms had suffered a devastating defeat in the six-day war, and a mas…