| 1997 Vavunathivu Offensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Sri Lankan civil war | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Military of Sri Lanka | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 75 killed & 70 wounded (SLA claim)[1] | 103 killed (Tamil Tiger claim)[2] | ||||||
The 1997 Vavunathivu Offensive[1] was a military operation in which the Tamil Tigers captured Vavunathivu Army camp from the Sri Lankan Army. The Tamil Tigers are believed to have captured large amounts of weapons & ammunitions[2] in this operation.
See also[]
- List of Sri Lankan Civil War battles
- Vavunathivu
- Batticaloa District
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tiger triple jump in the Eastern theatre". SundayTimesLanka. 1997-03-09. http://sundaytimes.lk/970309/sitrep.html. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Fighters killed in Vavunathivu SLA camp attack remembered". TamilNet. 2003-03-07. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=8485. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
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