Operation Sath Jaya

Operation Sath Jaya (Sinhalese: Operation True Victory) was the military offensive carried out by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in July to September 1996 to recapture the town of Kilinochchi from the LTTE. The army launched the offensive from its base in Elephant Pass in June in response to Battle of Mullaitivu in which the 25 Brigade of the army was overrun at its base in the town of Mullaitivu resulting in the deaths of over 2,000 Sri Lankan Armed Forces personal. Units of the Sri Lanka Army fought its way south from Elephant Pass along the A9 highway to Kilinochchi which it was able to recapture in September.^[1][2][3] The LTTE recaptured Kilinochchi in late September 1998.^[4][5]

Operation Sath Jaya
Part of Sri Lankan Civil War
Date June to September 1996 Location Northern Province, Sri Lanka Result Sri Lankan Military victory
Belligerents
Sri Lanka Army Sri Lanka Navy	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Commanders and leaders
General Rohan Daluwatte	Velupillai Prabhakaran
Units involved
Sri Lanka Armed Forces Sri Lanka Army Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment 4th Battalion of the Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment Commando Regiment 1st Commando Regiment 2nd Commando Regiment Sinha Regiment Special Forces Regiment Light Infantry Sri Lanka Navy Sri Lanka Police Special Task Force	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Jeyanthan Brigade

See also

• List of Sri Lankan Civil War battles