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Bulamu War | |||||||
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(Clockwise from top right) Tiwuran soldiers during the initial Crossing Offensive, Tiwuran tank regiment in Sud Magadi, Yemeti troops during the Battle of Buholaux, Yemeti troops marching through recaptued Musaza, Tiwuran infantry in June 1965 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Tiwura Supported by: Template:Country data Estmere |
Yemet Supported by: | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Obie Chinwe Reese Okparro Ndulu Johnathan Tobechukwu Jules Afani Ijendu Uchechi |
Abner Oronge Anwar Motuma Major-General Ezera Biruh | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
389,000 soldiers | 480,000 soldiers | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Tiwura 78,000 killed 81,000 wounded 15,000 missing and captured |
Yemet 55,000 killed 75,000 wounded 19,000 missing and captured |
The Bulamu War was a war in Bahia that occured between 1964 and 1966. It was intiated by a the Tiwuran invasion of Yemet within the United Bahian Republic.
Names
The name "Bulamu" comes from the name of the river on Tiwura and Yemet's southern border, the Bulamu, which was river Tiwuran troops would cross at the initial start of the war. The term "bulamu" comes from the !Ganda word for life. In Tiwura,