Battle of Vavunathivu
The Battle of Vavunathivu took place during the Sri Lankan Civil War. It occurred on 7 March 1997 in which the LTTE militants attacked and overran the Sri Lanka Army military camp at Vavunathivu off Batticaloa.
| Battle of Vavunathivu | |||||||
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| Part of the Sri Lankan civil war | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Military of Sri Lanka | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Capt Sudath Dabare | Ram | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~250 | ~500 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 73 killed, 98 wounded, 2 missing (SLA claim) | 103 killed (LTTE claim) 160 killed (SLA claim) | ||||||
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