Operation Sath Jaya (
Sinhalese
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: ''Operation True Victory'') was the military offensive carried out by the
Sri Lankan Armed Forces
The Sri Lanka Armed Forces is the overall unified military of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka encompassing the Sri Lanka Army, the Sri Lanka Navy, and the Sri Lanka Air Force; they are governed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Th ...
in July to September 1996 to recapture the town of
Kilinochchi
Kilinochchi ( ta, கிளிநொச்சி, translit=Kiḷinocci; si, කිලිනොච්චි, translit=Girānika) is the main town of Kilinochchi District, Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Kilinochchi is situated at the A9 road som ...
from the
LTTE
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...
. 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. The LTTE
recaptured Kilinochchi in late September 1998.
See also
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List of Sri Lankan Civil War battles
After defeating the insurgency led by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) in 1971, the Sri Lanka Armed Forces were confronted with a new conflict, this time with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and other Tamil militant groups. The w ...
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