Africa's Bloodiest Military Coup Explained I July 1966, Nigeria

This is the third of four videos about Nigerian history leading to the Nigerian Civil war. In this video, we take a look at Nigeria’s second military coup (also known as the counter-coup or the July rematch). The coup is regarded by many as the bloodiest military coup in Africa. It led to the deaths of more than 200 soldiers mainly from the eastern region. It also saw the deaths of more than 30 thousand civilians from the eastern region which inevitably resulted in the Nigerian civil war.
It was masterminded by Lt.Col Murtala Mohammed and his co-conspirators

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Chapters
Ironsi’s Regime - 00:00
The Unification Degree / May crises - 03:36
The Coup is being planned - 05:35
Abeokuta Mutiny - 06:19
The 2nd Battalion, Lagos - 10:37
Ironsi and Fajuyi is Murdered - 11:32
The coup spreads to all battalions and brigades - 18:52
Gowon takes power - 24:24
The Notorious 4th Batallion - 27:14
The 1st and 5th battalions - 28:01
The Kano Massacre - 29:28
Pogrom / constitutional conference - 31:01
ABURI - 33:15
The Biafran war begins - 36:11

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