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| 1966 | Rebellion |  |
| Divides Nigeria into 12 states to weaken larger tribes |
| Eastern Ibo rebels & attempts to create Biafra |
| The beginning of 3 years of brutal civil war |
| The eastern Ibo rebel & attempt to create the independent state of Biafra |
| Biafra The eastern Ibo rebel & attempt to create the independent state of Biafra |
| 1970 | Rebellion | |
| 15th Jan Biafra Accepts the surrender of the Biafran commanders |
| 15th Jan Biafra Biafra capitulates, ending Civil War Civil war in Nigeria that had lasted for three years |
| 15th Jan Biafra Most countries in Africa support the central government since all feare a similar breakup in their own countries, the British, Italians and the Soviet Union supplied the central government with arms, while the French supplied the Biafrans |
| 1970 | Rule of Biafra | |
| 15th Jan Biafra Biafra capitulates, ending Civil War Civil war in Nigeria that had lasted for three years |
