Operation Sath Jaya (Sinhalese: Operation True Victory) was the military offensive carried out by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in July to September 1996 to recapture the town of Kilinochchi from the LTTE. 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. Units of the Sri Lanka Army fought its way south from Elephant Pass along the A9 highway to Kilinochchi which it was able to recapture in September.[1][2][3] The LTTE recaptured Kilinochchi in late September 1998.[4][5]
| Sath Jaya | |||||||
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| Part of Sri Lankan Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Sri Lanka Navy |
 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 General Rohan Daluwatte |
Velupillai Prabhakaran | ||||||
See also
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edit- ^ de Silva, K. M. (2000). Reaping The Whirlwind: Ethnic Conflict, Ethnic Politics in Sri Lanka. Penguin Books. ISBN 9351184285.
- ^ "Kilinochchi Offensive Displaces 200,000 People" (PDF). Tamil Times. Vol. XV, no. 8. Sutton, U.K. 15 August 1996. pp. 3–4. ISSN 0266-4488. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ "Kilinochchi Falls Under Army Control" (PDF). Tamil Times. Vol. XV, no. 10. Sutton, U.K. 15 October 1996. p. 4. ISSN 0266-4488. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ "900 dead in battle for key town". BBC News. London, U.K. 30 September 1998. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ "Kilinochchi base captured - LTTE". TamilNet. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.