Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Ogbugo Kalu

Battles of Ogbugo Kalu

Nigerian military officer, 1935 to 2004

Ogbugo Kalu is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1968 and 1970: 1 battle, 1 siege and 2 campaigns, all in present-day Nigeria. Taken in date order, the sites lie 110 km apart end to end, 37 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Nigerian Civil War (4).

Invasion of Port HarcourtOperation OAUSiege of OwerriOperation Tail-WindInvasion of Port HarcourtOperation OAUSiege of OwerriOperation Tail-WindEnuguMalaboDoualaBenin CityWarriBamendaAwkaCalabarSapeleLimbe200 km5.124N, 7.191E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1968: 3 engagements3 in 19681970: 1 engagements19681970
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Invasion of Port Harcourt, 1968Operation OAU, 1968Siege of Owerri, 1968Operation Tail-Wind, 197019681970
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1968Invasion of Port HarcourtPort Harcourt, NigeriaNigerian victory
1968Operation OAUAba, Nigeria55 km NEBiafran victory
1968Siege of OwerriOwerri, Nigeria55 km NWBiafran victory
1970Operation Tail-WindOwerri, Nigeria0 km NDecisive Nigerian victory; Capitulation of Biafra

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, ChijiokeOgbugoKalu, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.