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The table below lists all major battles of the Sri Lankan Civil War. The information included in the table has been pieced together from the individual battle articles. The information included in the table has been pieced together from the individual battle articles.
Sri Lanka and allies Opponents Results Sri Lankan commanders Sri Lankan losses; King General SL forces Civilians; Polonnaruwa–Pagan War (1165–1181) Polonnaruwa kingdom Angkorian Empire: Pagan Kingdom Chola dynasty (in Pegu) Victory. Chola stronghold in Pegu lost to Polonnaruwa; Pathein and Pegu occupied by the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa
The Sri Lankan civil war (Tamil: ... was fought on 5 April. This battle saw the demise of most of the battle-hardened ground commanders of the LTTE, ...
Sri Lanka portal; This is a list of major battles that Sri Lankan Forces took part of. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. B.
The Battle of Puthukkudiyirippu was an armed confrontation over control over the AGA division of Puthukkudiyirippu in Sri Lanka between the 55, 58th and 53rd Division of the Sri Lankan Military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the Sri Lankan civil war, fought from the first months of 2009 till the end of April 2009.
The Sri Lanka Army 58 Division and Commando Brigade took over the town in an attack; it was the first time that the Sri Lankan military was able to capture the town since the Indian Peacekeeping Force left Sri Lanka in 1990. [27] [28] The commandos of Sri Lanka's Army initially faced resistance from 60 LTTE cadres.
Great Rebellion of 1817–1818 (Sinhala: ඌව වෙල්ලස්ස මහා කැරැල්ල), also known as the 1818 Uva–Wellassa Rebellion (after the two places it had started), was the third Kandyan War in the Uva and Wellassa provinces of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which is today the Uva province of Sri Lanka.
The attack was the bloodiest battle for the Sri Lankan forces since the Vadamarachchi Operation in June 1987, which cleared the area of Nelliady of LTTE militants. The attack on Nelliady army camp resulted in the Sri Lankan forces suffering 19 killed and 31 wounded, while LTTE executed its first suicide bombing which was carried out by Captain ...