First Battle of Elephant Pass
The 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 Sri Lankan military base of Elephant Pass, which was of strategic importance as it linked the northern mainland known as Wanni with the Jaffna Peninsula. The battle was fought between troops of the Sri Lankan army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly known as LTTE.
| First Battle of Elephant Pass | |||||||
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| Part of the Sri Lankan civil war | |||||||
Improvised armored bulldozer of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam used in the battle. Today, it is one of the Sri Lankan Civil War memorials. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Military of Sri Lanka | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 800 (10,000 reinforcements) | 5,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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202-400+ killed 156 killed, 748 wounded (SL claim) | 602 killed | ||||||
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