Battle of Nigeria

-Battle of California

-Battle of Australia

-Battle of Tehran

-Battle of Volgograd

-Battle of New York

-Battle of Vladivostok

Strength| Terran Alliance-Nigerian Army* 45,000 soldiers
* 100+ Tanks
	+ FV101 Scorpion light tank/recon vehicles
	+ Vickers MBT Mark 3
	+ T-55 MBT
	+ AMX-30 MBT

-Nigerian Air Force* MiG-21 Fishbed
* SEPECAT Jaguar attack jet
* L-39 Albatros

-Benin Army* 2,000 soldiers
* Hundreds of Armored vehicles

-Togolese Army* 1,000 to 2,500 soldiers
* T-54/55 tanks

-Ghana Army* 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers
* Hundreds of Armored vehicles

-Cameroon Army* 3,000 to 6,000 soldiers
* M8 Greyhound armored cars

-Niger Army* 6,500 to 8,000 soldiers
* Various Armored cars

-Royal Moroccan Air Force* Mirage F1
* F-5 Tiger

-Algerian Air Force* MiG-23 Flogger
* Su-24 Fencer

-Egyptian Air Force* F-16 Fighting Falcon (small numbers)
* Mirage V
* F-4 Phantom

-United States Navy* USS Alaska

- Galactic Republic* 10,000 clones
* LAATs
* Armored walkers
* 1,200 heavy droid units (AATs, Persuaders, spider droids, Hailfires)
* Vulture droids
* Hyena bombers

The **Battle of Nigeria** was one of nine ground battles fought during the Terran campaign, and was fought over a large area within Nigeria. It gained notoriety for seeing the first use of a nuclear weapon in combat since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945. It ended in the destruction of most of the attacking Separatist army, and another Terran victory.

## Prelude

The Galactic Republic first arrived on Terra on October 5, 1991. After establishing first contact with the government of the United States, the Republic established contact with the world through the United Nations, and issued a warning to the whole planet that the Separatists had been attempting to find Terra.

On November 30, 1991, the United Nations voted on a resolution to declare an alliance with the Republic in the face of the expected invasion by the Separatists. Of the 169 member nations of the United Nations, 128 voted in favor of the alliance, 38 had voted to remain neutral, and 3 (Libya, Iraq, and North Korea), abstained from the vote.

Days after the vote, the Anti-Sith Assault Team was officially formed as a Terran unit to defend Terra against the Sith. It officially began its training under Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker.

In the following month, the nations of Terra who had voted in favor began to heavily militarize. Most of the countries in question instituted drafts to build up their armies.

On Christmas, a Separatist scout ship arrived in the Terran system. It was quickly destroyed, but not before it was able to transmit its location to the main Separatist fleet.

On January 8, the United Nations and the Republic launched Operation Thunderstrike, an operation to capture Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, and Kim Il-Sung, who intended to ally with the Separatists. The operation was successful, and all three rulers and much of their government were captured and imprisoned.

The night of the 8th, the Separatist armada arrived in the Terran system. Hours later, early the morning of the 9th, the Separatists fleet engaged the Republic fleet protecting Earth. The battle lasted for several hours before the Republic fleet, which was down to just 8 ships, retreated at the order of Anakin Skywalker.

The Separatist fleet took up a position in orbit, and launched two massive airstrikes against Terra. American and Soviet fighters successfully shot down most of the strike forces, but the two forces successfully distracted Terran air defenses long enough for Separatist ground forces to begin landing across the world.

## Battle

The Battle of Nigeria began on January 9, 1992 when the Separatists landed 100,000 battle droids and 1,200 heavy droid units near the Nigerian city of Ilorin. Despite 10,000 Nigerian troops being placed to protect the city, the city fell to the droids, and the surviving Nigerians were pushed back towards Lagos.

Clones, Nigerian troops, and troops from Nigeria's neighbors all gathered at Lagos to prepare to defend the city, but heavy bombing attacks killed Nigerian troops as they moved to reinforce the city. Despite air strikes by the Nigerian Air Force and Republic gunships, the droids continued to press south towards Lagos.

24 hours after the battle started, the droids had gotten within fourty miles of Lagos. Lt. Gen Ibrahim contacted the United States, asking where the reinforcements the Americans had promised were. The Americans responded that they had been tied up, and an aircraft carrier was still en route. However, still wishing to help, American commanders ordered the ballistic missile submarine USS Alaska to fire a Trident nuclear missile at the droid army. The missile's nuclear warhead destroyed or disabled over 40,000 battle droids and hundreds of heavy droid units.

Within minutes of the nuclear attack, air reinforcements arrived from Morocco, Algeria, and Egypt, causing further damage to the droid armies and convincing them to pull out of Nigeria.

## Aftermath

Although a Terran victory, it was a costly one, with two thirds of the Nigerian troops engaged in the battle being killed or wounded.