Global Information Lookup Global Information

Third Battle of Elephant Pass information


Third Battle of Elephant Pass
Part of the Sri Lankan civil war
DateJanuary 9, 2009
Location
Elephant Pass, Sri Lanka
Result Sri Lankan Army victory
Belligerents

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

  • Military of Sri Lanka
Tamil Eelam Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Commanders and leaders
Sri Lanka M. Rajapaksha Tamil Eelam V. Prabhakaran

In the Third battle of Elephant Pass, Elephant Pass was recaptured from the Tamil Tigers by the armed forces of the Sri Lankan Army.

Mahinda Rajapaksa, the president of Sri Lanka, declared that Elephant Pass was captured by the army on January 9, 2009.

and 28 Related for: Third Battle of Elephant Pass information

Request time (Page generated in 1.1041 seconds.)

Third Battle of Elephant Pass

Last Update:

In the Third battle of Elephant Pass, Elephant Pass was recaptured from the Tamil Tigers by the armed forces of the Sri Lankan Army. Mahinda Rajapaksa...

Word Count : 77

Elephant Pass

Last Update:

of the pass to the LTTE on April 22, 2000 in the Second Battle of Elephant Pass. The pass was finally captured by Sri Lankan force in Third Battle of...

Word Count : 801

First Battle of Elephant Pass

Last Update:

First Battle of Elephant Pass (Codenamed Operation Aakaya Kadal Veli, which means 'Air-Sea-Plain' by LTTE) was fought in July 1991 for the control of the...

Word Count : 621

Second Battle of Elephant Pass

Last Update:

The Second Battle of Elephant Pass (code-named Operation Unceasing Waves III (ஓயாத அலைகள் மூன்று) by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), was fought...

Word Count : 2138

Battle of Elephant Pass

Last Update:

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...

Word Count : 105

Elephant Pass Military Base

Last Update:

Elephant Pass Military Base is a military base located in strategic Elephant Pass, Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Elephant Pass is the gateway of the...

Word Count : 307

Jagath Jayasuriya

Last Update:

major battles which included the Battle of Vidattaltivu, the Battle of Paranthan, the Battle of Kilinochchi, the Third Battle of Elephant Pass and the...

Word Count : 1255

Elephant

Last Update:

africana), the African forest elephant (L. cyclotis), and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae...

Word Count : 14374

Battle of Ipsus

Last Update:

manoeuvre around such a large quantity of elephants. This 'elephant manoeuvre' was the decisive moment in the battle, but it is not clear how it came about;...

Word Count : 3948

List of battles in the 21st century

Last Update:

Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of wars: 2003–present "Syria: at...

Word Count : 2759

Khyber Pass

Last Update:

The Khyber Pass (Urdu: درۂ خیبر; Pashto: د خيبر دره, romanized: De Xēber Dara, lit. 'Valley of Khyber' [d̪ə xebər d̪ara]) is a mountain pass in the Khyber...

Word Count : 2464

List of military operations of the Sri Lankan Civil War

Last Update:

eventually lead to the recapture of Jaffna and other rebel strongholds. The table below lists all major battles of the Sri Lankan Civil War. The information...

Word Count : 204

Battle of Zama

Last Update:

inland to confront the Romans and a battle quickly ensued. The fighting opened with a charge by the Carthaginian elephants. These were repulsed, some retreating...

Word Count : 8392

Battle of Pydna

Last Update:

The Battle of Pydna took place in 168 BC between Rome and Macedon during the Third Macedonian War. The battle saw the further ascendancy of Rome in the...

Word Count : 2075

Melophobia

Last Update:

Melophobia is the third studio album by American rock band Cage the Elephant. Recorded at St. Charles in Nashville, Tennessee and produced by Jay Joyce...

Word Count : 976

Battle of Haldighati

Last Update:

led to the battle. The site of the battle was a narrow mountain pass at Haldighati near Gogunda in Rajasthan. Sources differ on the strength of the respective...

Word Count : 3003

Battle of the Metaurus

Last Update:

000 cavalry, and 15 elephants. Livy claims that there were 61,400 slain or captured Carthaginian soldiers at the end of the battle and there were still...

Word Count : 2543

Operation Balavegaya

Last Update:

the siege of Elephant Pass by the LTTE. It is believed that Operation Balavegaya was the largest and most successful military operation of the Sri Lankan...

Word Count : 1624

Indian campaign of Alexander the Great

Last Update:

the charge of the war elephants. The Macedonians eventually surrounded Porus's force. Diodorus wrote about the battle tactics of war elephants: Upon this...

Word Count : 4940

Cultural depictions of elephants

Last Update:

the Stone Age, when elephants were represented by ancient petroglyphs and cave art, they have been portrayed in various forms of art, including pictures...

Word Count : 6711

Battle of Gaugamela

Last Update:

also had 15 Indian elephants supported by Indian chariots. However, the absence of any mention of those elephants during the battle and their later capture...

Word Count : 5715

Battle of Karnal

Last Update:

martial character of Khan Dowran, to which he responded zealously by donning armour and mounting his war elephant in preparation for battle. Khan-i Dauran...

Word Count : 6341

Decline of the Mughal Empire

Last Update:

following the Third Battle of Panipat. In 1771, Mahadaji Shinde recaptured Delhi from the Rohilla Pashtuns. Shinde captured the family of Zabita Khan,...

Word Count : 13101

Eelam War III

Last Update:

Kanakarayankulam Army HQ. After the fall of the base LTTE recaptured most part of Vanni . Second Battle of Elephant Pass: LTTE after liberating Vanni launched...

Word Count : 1950

Deadliest Warrior season 3

Last Update:

any category of season 3. Genghis Khan is the only warrior of season 3 to win after getting the battle field tactics edge. The War Elephant is the sixteenth...

Word Count : 13127

Hannibal

Last Update:

elephants. In his first few years in Italy, as the leader of a Carthaginian and partially Celtic army, he won a succession of victories at the Battle...

Word Count : 12514

List of World War II battles

Last Update:

November 1942 Naval Battle of Casablanca Tunisia Campaign: November 1942 – May 1943 Battle of the Kasserine Pass: February 1943 Battle of Sidi Bou Zid: February...

Word Count : 3585

Battle of the Pelennor Fields

Last Update:

and the Easterlings. It was the largest battle in the War of the Ring. It took place at the end of the Third Age in the Pelennor Fields, the townlands...

Word Count : 4078

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net