// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy was Hurricane Barbarossa so mean? It had a barbaric blow.

Hurricane Barbarossa
Part of Conflict in the Niger Delta
Date September 14 – September 27, 2008 Location Rivers State Result Ceasefire declared on September 27, 2008
Belligerents
Nigeria	Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
Commanders and leaders
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua	Henry Okah
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

Operation Hurricane Barbarossa was a string of militant attacks in Nigeria aimed at bringing down the oil industry in Rivers State. It was launched on September 14, 2008, by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) but a week later the group declared a ceasefire, after sustaining heavy losses at the hands of the Nigerian armed forces.