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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.
Battle of Weli Oya: 28 July 1995: Weli Oya, Mullaitivu District: 2: 330: SLA victory Operation Riviresa / Battle of Jaffna: 17 October – 5 December 1995: Jaffna, Jaffna District: 500: 2,000: SLA victory Battle of Mullaitivu (1996) (a.k.a. Operation Unceasing Waves) 18–25 July 1996: Mullaitivu, Mullaitivu District: 1,242: 332: LTTE victory ...
The LTTE responded by launching Operation Unceasing Waves and decisively won the Battle of Mullaitivu on 18 July 1996, leaving 1,173 army troops dead which included 207 officers and men executed after surrendering to the LTTE. [10] [128] The government launched another offensive in August 1996.
Attack Date Location Death toll Sources 1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers: 11 June 1990: Eastern Province: 600–774 Police officers [4] [5]Battle of Mullaitivu (1996)
July 18: Battle of Mullaitivu (1996): The LTTE overruns the Sri Lanka Army camp at Mullaitivu. The number of killed in action and missing in action Sri Lankan soldiers from this attack was over 1200. [27]
Battle of Mullaitivu may refer to: Battle of Mullaitivu (1996), occurred between July 18 and July 25, 1996. Battle of Mullaitivu (2009), occurred in January 2009 as part of the 2008 – 2009 SLA Northern offensive.
MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — For 15 years, Rasalingam Thilakawathi has been trying to find out what happened to her daughter at the end of Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war. Or if she might still ...
Colonel Aslam Fazly Laphir, PWV, RWP, RSP, SF (last name also spelled Laffeer) (1958 – 19 July 1996) was a Sri Lankan Army officer and posthumous recipient of the Parama Weera Vibhushanaya (PWV). He was awarded the PWV for his actions leading the 1st Special Forces Regiment during the Battle of Mullaitivu in which he was killed.