Photo Stories, 2nd prize
Gérard Klijn
01 January, 1968
Soldiers fighting for the independence of the eastern state of Biafra make noise with pots and pans, to mislead the troops of the Nigerian Federal Military Government, giving them the impression that they have more fighters and ammunition than they actually have.
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