What the records say
- When
- 2 Jan 2009 – 25 Jan 2009
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 9.28° N, 80.80° E
- Description
- occurred in January 2009 as part of the 2008 – 2009 SLA Northern offensive
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Mullaitivu (2009)
Battle of the Sri Lankan civil war
The Battle of Mullaitivu was a land battle fought between the Sri Lankan Military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for the control of the town of Mullaitivu in the Northern Theatre of Eelam War IV during the Sri Lankan civil war. The town of Mullaitivu was the last stronghold of the LTTE.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Sri Lankan Army captures Mullaitivu, the Tamil Tigers' final stronghold in the ongoing Civil War”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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