Second Battle of Elephant Pass

BelligerentsMilitary of Sri LankaLiberation Tigers of Tamil EelamCommanders and leadersLt. GenSrilal Weerasooriya

BrigPercy Fernando†
ColBhathiya Jayatilleka†
ColNeil Akmeemana†
Col†
Lt. Col†Velupillai Prabhakaran
BrigadierVithusha
ColonelSoosai
ColonelBalraj
ColonelTheepan
ColonelBhanu
Lt. Colonel†Strength ~15,000 ~5,000Casualties and losses 1,000+ killed
100+ missing
1,687 wounded

LTTE Claim: 303 killed across all three phases, including 35 killed at the final battle for the base.

Government claim: 1,000 KIA during all three phases of the fighting.

The Second Battle of Elephant Pass (code-named Operation Unceasing Waves III (ஓயாத அலைகள் மூன்று) by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), was fought from December 1999 to April 2000 for the control of the Sri Lankan military base in Elephant Pass, Jaffna.