Operation Sea Breeze (Sri Lanka)

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Operation Sea Breeze

Date	September 1990
Location	Mullaitivu, northern Sri Lanka
Result	Sri Lankan Military victory

Belligerents

Sri Lankan Military

LTTE

Commanders and leaders

Major General (later Lieutenant General) Denzil Kobbekaduwa,
Brigadier (later Major General) Vijaya Wimalaratne

Velupillai Prabhakaran

Eelam War II

Kokavil Sea Breeze Thrividha Balaya Balavegaya Sathbala Balavegaya II Welioya Elephant Pass Pooneryn

Sri Lankan Civil War

Mass graves: Chemmani; Duraiappa; Mirusuvil; Sooriyakanda

Massacres: Black July; 1985 Valvettiturai; Kumudini; Akkaraipattu; Prawn farm; Eastern University; 1990 Batticaloa; 1991 Kokkadichcholai; Jaffna lagoon; Navaly; Nagerkovil-Allaipiddy; Vankalai; Muttur; Kent and Dollar Farm; Anuradhapura; Aranthalawa; Kattankudi mosque; Palliyagodella; Kallarawa; October 1995; Gonagala; Kebithigollewa; Jaffna Hospital; 1989 Valvettiturai

Operation Sea Breeze was a combined military operation launched by the Sri Lanka Armed Forces in Mullaitivu. It was the first amphibious operation launched by the Sri Lankan military in its history. The operation was carried out to break the siege and reinforce the Sri Lanka Army camp in Mullaitivu. It was successfully carried out and the area controlled by the camp was extended.^[1]

References

↑ Eelam War II - "Operation Balavegaya"

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