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Third Battle of Elephant Pass
Part of the Sri Lankan civil war
DateJanuary 9, 2009
Location
Elephant Pass, Sri Lanka
Result Sri Lankan Army victory
Belligerents

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

Tamil Eelam Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Commanders and leaders
Sri Lanka M. Rajapaksha Tamil Eelam V. Prabhakaran

In the Third battle of Elephant Pass, Elephant Pass was recaptured from the Tamil Tigers by the armed forces of the Sri Lankan Army.

Mahinda Rajapaksa, the president of Sri Lanka, declared that Elephant Pass was captured by the army on January 9, 2009.

Conflict

The base got overrun by the LTTE at the end of the Second Battle of Elephant Pass during the third Eelam War. The base was a stronghold for LTTE until it was recaptured.

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