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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 ...
The Battle of Mullaitivu was a land battle fought between the Sri Lankan Military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for the control of the town of Mullaitivu in the Northern Theatre of Eelam War IV during the Sri Lankan civil war. The town of Mullaitivu was the last stronghold of the LTTE.
Battle of Mullaitivu (1996) (a.k.a. Operation Unceasing Waves) 18–25 July 1996: Mullaitivu, Mullaitivu District: 1,242: 332: LTTE victory Operation Sath Jaya: 26 July – 3 October 1996: Elephant Pass and Kilinochchi, Kilinochchi District ~500: 121: SLA victory Battle of Pulukunawa: 11 December 1996: Police STF camp, Pulukunawa, Ampara ...
The army launched the offensive from its base in Elephant Pass in June in response to Battle of Mullaitivu in which the 25 Brigade of the army was overrun at its base in the town of Mullaitivu resulting in the deaths of over 2,000 Sri Lankan Armed Forces personal.
Soon afterward on 9 January the SLA captured the strategically important Elephant Pass area, which links the Jaffna Peninsula with the mainland. [67] [68] The SLA is continued its offensive with the objective of capturing Mullaitivu, the only remaining major stronghold of the LTTE. [69] Mullaitivu was also captured on 25 January. [70]
Operation Unceasing Waves may refer to three operations by the Tamil Tigers against the Sri Lankan Army: . Operation Unceasing Waves I - assault on the SLA base at Mullaitivu in July 1996; also known as the First Battle of Mullaitivu
The Battle off the coast of Mullaitivu was a naval battle fought between the Sri Lanka Navy and Sea Tigers on 23 March 1997, off the coast of town of Mullaitivu which has been under control of the LTTE since the Battle of Mullaitivu in 1996.
He played a leading role in the LTTE's military victories in the Vanni during Eelam War III, including Mullaitivu (1996), Kilinochchi (1998), Oddusuddan (1999) and Elephant Pass (2000). He was killed at the Battle of Ananthapuram in the last days of the Sri Lankan Civil War.