Third Battle of Elephant Pass

In the Third Battle of Elephant Pass, Elephant Pass was recaptured from the Tamil Tigers by the armed forces of the Sri Lankan Army.

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

Mahinda Rajapaksa, the president of Sri Lanka, declared that Elephant Pass was captured by the army on January 9, 2009.^[1]

Conflict

The base was overrun by the LTTE at the end of the Second Battle of Elephant Pass during the third Eelam War. The base was a stronghold for LTTE until it was recaptured.