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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.
Military sources reported that more than 30 rebels were killed. Over the next seven months the LTTE reorganised and regrouped and in July 1996, the rebels launched Operation Unceasing Waves, which was the codename for the attack on the military base at Mullaitivu. More than 1,200 soldiers were killed and the base was destroyed. [4]
The Sri Lankan civil war was very costly, killing more than 100,000 civilians [320] and over 50,000 fighters from both sides of the conflict. Around 27,000+ LTTE cadres, 28,708+ Sri Lankan Army personnel, [321] 1000+ Sri Lankan police, 1500 Indian soldiers were said to have died in the conflict. In 2008, the LTTE revealed that 22,390 fighters ...
The Battle off the coast of Jaffna was a naval battle fought between the Navy of Sri Lanka and Tamil Tiger ships. According to Sri Lankan sources, it took place on Saturday 1 November 2008 in the northern territorial waters of Sri Lanka off the coast of Jaffna during the Sri Lankan Civil War. A Sri Lankan government customs officer, D.K.P ...
Operation Jayasikurui (Certain Victory in Sinhala), was a Sri Lankan military operation launched on 13 May 1997, it lasted until 1999, when it was called off. The operation was initially launched for 6 months but cancelled after 18 months as Sri Lankan government faced huge loss.
The operation started with Sri Lankan Army securing Kayts Island in late August, 1990 with a combined amphibious and airbone force. The First Battalion of the Gajaba Regiment (1 GR) and the First Battalion of the Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (1 SLSR) commanded by the Lieutenant Colonels Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and Sarath Fonseka, respectively, cleared the Kayts Island and them jumped to the Mandaitivu ...
The Battle of Mullaitivu was a significant milestone in the civil war, it was the worst military defeat suffered by the Sri Lankan military to that point in its history, in terms of loss of life, equipment and land since it effectively handed over control of the Mullaitivu District by its decision not to reestablish its base in the Mullaitivu town.
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