Why We Lost the War - Episode II: "The Last Act"

[@emmakd7031]

I really admire the courage and determination of the young Biafran Generals, Colonels, Captains and soldiers.

[@ChaplainEngr.JehovahdileSamuel]

❤we are not defeated.

[@AbdulmuminA]

One of the most overlooked things that kept some international support for Nigeria during the war was the personality of the man - Yakubu Gowon. Biafran propaganda painted him as a vindictive leader who is bent on exterminating the Igbo race, an African Adolf Hitler. The man however fought back and successfully showed the world that he was different. He was simply a soldier protecting the territorial integrity of his country. His famous interview in which he declined using the term 'enemies' to refer to Biafran commanders was aptly timed. It must have been pretty confusing for the policy makers in most countries watching images of starving children in Biafra to square those images with the personality that Gowon portrayed. The icing on the cake was after Biafra surrendered. I am sure that his acceptance speech stunned a lot of people. He did not list heavy sanctions on any of the rebel leaders (which is what most heads of state would have done). I can understand why in the heat of the war, the propaganda had to shift from him to demonizing the field commanders. And of course Ben Adekunle, Murtala Mohammed and Mamman Shuwa provided a lot of fodder for it. Wherever one hails from in Nigeria, it is our collective responsibility to ensure that a tragedy like that war never happens again.

[@Taythestoryteller]

@@AbdulmuminA very well said my bro

[@godsonnsofor1554]

Am igbo but this ur write up is correct 💯 that war was highly unnecessary. Sumtimes I feel it's just a personal ego thing btwn gowon and ojukwu. I really don't know but it was highly unnecessary. But then I still respect my igbo people for fighting gallantly with little or no weapon and manpower but finally to me it was just a part of Nigeria history I wish never happened cos it created alot of enemity till date.

[@AbdulmuminA]

@@godsonnsofor1554 I partly agree with you. I don't think that it was entirely down to ego. I am from the North, but I would concede that Ojukwu had legitimate reasons for some of the actions he took. If I were in his shoes, who knows what I would have done? But I still maintain that the war was avoidable. There were so many missed opportunities that could have led to a peaceful settlement. For all the faults and half truths in his book, even Achebe admitted that. Ojukwu was motivated by a mixture of rage, ideology and personal ambition. He was the quintessential ideologue. Everything was black and white in his eyes. There were no shades of grey. Worse, he surrounded himself with like minded ideologues. If only he was willing to accept reality and make some difficult concessions, the war would never have happened. In the book 'On a Darkling Plain', Ken Saro Wiwa brilliantly described the air in the eastern region at the time. It was an indictment of the entire Igbo intelligentsia of those days. I wish the loudest voices had been more realistic.

[@VRed224]

​@@AbdulmuminA Nothing can justify war. Ojukwu could have pursued dialogue with foreign forces if local ones were not acting prudently. I agree that Ojukwu was in a very difficult situation, as was Gowon. The war was doomed from the start. Gowon managed to restrict many attacks before, during, and after the civil war. This is a major reason why war veterans felt they deserved more post-war and later planned a coup to remove him.

[@yomanfad]

The war was totally avoidable, But the young officers refused to listen to the elders, Too many missed opportunities to stop the war, Biafra was dead on arrival as minorities within it borders were also against it. Lesson learned, talking at the table is the best and only option.

[@udodinmaakalonu]

Biafra will surely be restored. We lost a BATTLE, but we haven't lost the war actually.

[@sheriffquassim3300]

Bloody coward. Terrified , scared and chickened out out of fear , yet sacrifice millions of his people in a senseless war. He ran away like a inglorious Lilly livered fellow. He is nothing but a villain..!!

[@imotumbokanaka4157]

republic of biafra here by siezes to exist. nice one. tell nnamdi kanu

[@IDAHOSAEDOKPAYI-x2u]

This was where our problem started.

[@BigJack273]

Yes indeed

[@VRed224]

Nah. We had 4 key leaders in the country around the independence period: Sir Tafawa Balewa (a British Knight), Sir Ahmadu Bello (a British Knight), Chief Azikiwe and Chief Awolowo. The latter two (erudites) were never knighted. You can interpret this fact based on regions, intellectualism and other criteria.

[@ABDULAZEEZMOSHOOD-q8j]

The convoy can't launch an anti-death attack when the almighty death comes.

[@dennisblack7830]

It shall Never well with Obasajio

[@dennisblack7830]

Is Nigeria that will never exist

[@khalidbashir4017]

God bless the Federal Republic Of Nigeria 🇳🇬🫡

[@BigJack273]

Typical northern puppet

[@mr7teen922]

Lmao

[@Shade_223]

Your brainwash and you benefit off the southeast and south south resources

[@martinclement1222]

Amen

[@geluwarndiaye1604]

Nigeria Jaga jaga😂😂😂😂

[@seeds6211]

God joined us all for a reason. Let's learn to forbear one another.

[@0luseyii]

God didn’t join us…the whiteman did. God can’t be mocked. What a Man Soweth he shall reap.

[@seeds6211]

@@0luseyii so unwise thing to say. It's like saying: God didn't bring Israel out of Egypt, moses did. God didn't send Israel to babylon, Nebuchadnezzar did. God didn't give Israel to Rome, the Romans took it. God didn't make Rome destroy Jerusalem, the Romans did. God didn't split Israel into two, Rehoboam and Jeroboam did. God didn't make the many nations of Canaan fall to Israel, Israel did. God didn't give the world to Alexander the great (even when Daniel prophesied it), Alexander took it by force and by his strength. God didn't give the Horites land to the Edomites, the Edomites took it by force. God didn't make Israel the colonial masters of the Gibeonites, they enslaved them on their by their strength. God didn't bring the kingdoms of Medes and Persia together to overthrow the kingdom of Babylon (even after Daniel had prophesied it), Xerxes merged them together by his will. My brother.. I can go on and on... The making and destruction of nations doesn't lie in man's power. Scriptures have taught us they are God's prerogative alone. God bless you brother.

[@brightagu4496]

The white people joined us together for their own interests and Nigeria leaders are still obeying them till today. If not for western countries that fought igbos Nigeria would have been erased long time ago. Rest in peace Gen. Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu

[@seeds6211]

@@brightagu4496 you sound like Joseph's brothers... "God wasn't the one sending you down to Egypt, we sold you into slavery" True they must have meant it for evil but it was God's way at the time.

[@AlvaroGonzaleztk]

@@seeds6211learn not to involve God in human stupidity

[@ChikaDibia-k4i]

All hail Biafra ☝🏾

[@Jarumi-sg9il]

I waited for this episode in anticipation but O think it is too short

[@Taythestoryteller]

The whole point of these videos is to get my viewers interested enough to actually get the books for themselves

[@AbdulmuminA]

And you did succeed Tay. I just placed an order for Madiebo's book. This is despite swearing many times in the past that I would never read it.😂

[@Taythestoryteller]

@@AbdulmuminA 🏆

[@onisofienrobinson7878]

There's no shame in defeat. I believe the major actors in this war, especially the Yoruba and other minority tribes in northern region is regretting the role played during the war The ibos have out paced every other tribes in all endeavor of live

[@Taythestoryteller]

Nobody wins when the family feuds.

[@adeshinaayinla1211]

If your people have outpaced other tribes why are you shouting of marginalization? why are your young ones running to other regions in bathroom slippers?

[@0luseyii]

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[@0luseyii]

Yorubas don’t regret nothing…if such scenarios should repeat itself in this modern dispensation; IBOs will be totally obliterated and expelled out of yorubaland. Note that…🤡

[@0luseyii]

Yorubas don’t regret nothing…if such scenarios should repeat itself in this modern dispensation; IBOs will be totally obliterated and expelled out of yorubaland. Note that…🤡

[@imotumbokanaka4157]

happy birthday Gowon, the rebel learn the hard way

[@Brightside3994]

😢😢😢

[@nkechimadiebo2838]

Please stop helping Fourth dimension sell papa's book. They do not have permission to CONTINUE selling the book as General Madiebo was not consulted in changing the cover, talk less of make any financial remittance to him or his estate.

[@Taythestoryteller]

Ok noted. Is there any way we can direct our viewers to the proper channels besides 4th dimension?

[@AhmadIsmail-jo4hf]

One Nigeria

[@ABDULAZEEZMOSHOOD-q8j]

The convoy can't launch an anti-death attack when the almighty death comes.