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For several years the line was the most active front in the Sri Lankan Civil War, but throughout hundreds of battles the defence positions hardly moved either way. In almost all cases, the side trying to overrun enemy defence lines suffered heavy casualties. The Muhamalai FDL had strategic importance due to its location on the Kandy-Jaffna ...
Battle of Puthukkudiyirippu: 2–5 April 2009: Puthukkudiyirippu, Mullaitivu District: 420: SLA victory Truce (13–15 April 2009) Final Battle of the Sri Lankan Civil War: 7–19 May 2009: Puthukkudiyirippu, Mullaitivu District: SLA victory Government of Sri Lanka declares victory and end of the war (19 May 2009)
No Fire Zone: In the Killing Fields of Sri Lanka is an investigative documentary about the final weeks of the Sri Lankan Civil War.The documentary covers the period from September 2008 until the end of the war in 2009 in which thousands of Tamil people were killed by shelling and extrajudicial executions by the Sri Lankan Army including Balachandran Prabhakaran, the 12-year-old son of the ...
SLAF Palaly (Sri Lanka Air Force Palaly) [16] – Palaly; SLAF Palavi (Sri Lanka Air Force Palavi) [17] – Palavi; SLAF Sigiriya (Sri Lanka Air Force Sigiriya) [18] – Sigiriya; SLAF Wirawila (Sri Lanka Air Force Wirawila) [19] – Wirawila; SLAF Mirigama (Sri Lanka Air Force Mirigama) [20] – Mirigama – Radar station of the National Air ...
Balana Fort (Sinhala: බලන කොටුව) was a fortified pass of the Kingdom of Kandy located near the Alagalla Mountain Range, Sri Lanka.Balana which means the 'look out' in Sinhala, functioned as a strategic outpost and fortress of the kingdom which was situated along the historical Colombo-Kandy road.
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The Battle of Gannoruwa was a battle of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War fought in 1638 between the occupying Portuguese forces and the Sinhalese King's army at Gannoruwa in the District of Kandy, Sri Lanka. The Portuguese had attempted three times without success to capture the Kingdom of Kandy, in order to bring the entire island under their rule.