Third Battle of Elephant Pass

Third Battle of Elephant Pass
	Part of the Sri Lankan civil war
Date	January 9, 2009
Location	Elephant Pass, Sri Lanka
Result	Sri Lankan Army victory
Belligerents
Sri Lanka Military of Sri Lanka;	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Commanders and leaders
M. Rajapaksha	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 the Elephant Pass during the third Eelam War. The base was a stronghold for LTTE until it was recaptured.

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