Operation Sea Breeze (Sri Lanka)
Operation Sea Breeze | |||||||
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Part of Sri Lankan Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Sri Lankan Military | LTTE | ||||||
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Major General (later Lieutenant General) Denzil Kobbekaduwa, Brigadier (later Major General) Vijaya Wimalaratne | Velupillai Prabhakaran |
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]
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- Battles of Eelam War II
- 1990 in Sri Lanka
- September 1990 events in Asia
- Naval battles involving Sri Lanka
- Conflicts in 1990