Three conflicts during the Sri Lankan Civil War were known as the Battle of Elephant Pass:
First Battle of Elephant Pass, fought in July, 1991, for control of the Sri Lankan military base of Elephant Pass
Second Battle of Elephant Pass, fought in April, 2000, for control of the Sri Lankan military base of Elephant Pass
Third Battle of Elephant Pass, fought in January, 2009, for control of the Jaffna Peninsula
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ElephantPass, (Tamil: ஆனையிறவு, romanized: Āṉaiyiṟavu, Sinhala: අලිමංකඩ Alimankada) Northern Province, Sri Lanka is located in the gateway of Jaffna Peninsula...
First BattleofElephantPass (Codenamed Operation Aakaya Kadal Veli, which means 'Air-Sea-Plain' by LTTE) was fought in July 1991 for the control of the...
final battle for Eelam (an accurate prediction, since the LTTE were defeated as a conventional army on 19 May). In the Second BattleofElephantPass, Balraj...
the Battle of Mullaitivu, the Battle of Kilinochchi, the Second BattleofElephantPass and the LTTE's Operation Unceasing Waves (Oyatha Alaigal) I, II...
location. The fort was used during the Second BattleofElephantPass, where the LTTE bombed ElephantPass from Poonakary and bombed soldiers who retreated...
for specific military units using elephant-mounted troops. War elephants played a critical role in several key battles in antiquity, especially in ancient...
Machine THEEPAN OF THE LTTE: HEROIC SAGA OF A NORTHERN WARRIOR Archived 14 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine "The taking ofElephantPass". HinduOnNet....
1971 JVP insurrection and early part of the Sri Lankan Civil War most notably during the First BattleofElephantPass in which at least one Daimler was...
served as the Deputy GOC, 54 Division based at ElephantPass during the Second BattleofElephantPass in 2000. Following orders from the GOC 54 Division...
Brigade commander 54-1 brigade of the 54 Division based at ElephantPass at the out set of the Second BattleofElephantPass in 2000. Following orders from...
Brigade which was attached to the 54 Division during the Second BattleofElephantPass in April 2000. Having joined the Sri Lanka Army as an officer cadet...
the siege ofElephantPass by the LTTE. It is believed that Operation Balavegaya was the largest and most successful military operation of the Sri Lankan...
their backs. The largest battleof the war took place in July 1991, when 5,000 LTTE fighters surrounded the army's ElephantPass base, which controlled...
Kanakarayankulam Army HQ. After the fall of the base LTTE recaptured most part of Vanni . Second BattleofElephantPass: LTTE after liberating Vanni launched...
warfare in some of their successful battles such as Battleof Pooneryn in 1992 and Second BattleofElephantPass in 2000 to overrun and capture Srilankan...
eventually lead to the recapture of Jaffna and other rebel strongholds. The table below lists all major battlesof the Sri Lankan Civil War. The information...
africana), the African forest elephant (L. cyclotis), and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae...
as well as the North and played an important role during Second BattleofElephantPass. The regiment was named after the LTTE's first Eastern Sea Black...
ElephantPass Fort (Tamil: ஆனையிறவுக் கோட்டை, romanized: Āṉaiyiṟavuk Kōṭṭai; Sinhala: අලිමංකඩ බලකොටුව Alimankada Balakotuwa) was a small fort in the strategically...
government suffering major defeats against the LTTE such as the Second BattleofElephantPass and Bandaranaike Airport attack. UNP Government 2001–2004 In December...
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