Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Timothy Onwuatuegwu

Nigerian army officer

Timothy Onwuatuegwu 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 177 km apart end to end, 59 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Nigerian Civil War (4).

Second Invasion of OnitshaSiege of OwerriOperation LeopardOperation Tail-WindSecond Invasion of OnitshaSiege of OwerriOperation LeopardOperation Tail-WindEnuguBenin CityPort HarcourtWarriBamendaAbaCalabarAkureSapeleOwo200 km5.808N, 7.138E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1968: 2 engagements2 in 19681969: 1 engagements1970: 1 engagements19681970
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Second Invasion of Onitsha, 1968Siege of Owerri, 1968Operation Leopard, 1969Operation Tail-Wind, 197019681970
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1968Second Invasion of OnitshaOnitsha, NigeriaNigerian victory
1968Siege of OwerriOwerri, Nigeria77 km SBiafran victory
1969Operation LeopardUmuahia, Nigeria50 km ENigerian victory
1970Operation Tail-WindOwerri, Nigeria50 km WDecisive 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. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.