Operation Rana Gosa | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Part of Sri Lankan civil war | |||||||||
| |||||||||
Belligerents | |||||||||
Military of Sri Lanka | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Lt. Gen. Srilal Weerasooriya | Velupillai Prabhakaran |
|
|
Operation Rana Gosa, (battle cry in Sinhala), was an operation fought during the Sri Lankan Civil War as part of Eelam War III launched on 4 March 1999. The Operation resulted in the Sri Lankan Army re-capturing of 535 square kilometres of territory previously occupied by the LTTE.[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Athas, Iqbal. "The Situation Report Tigers' mini-bomb campaign IRA style". The Sunday Times. http://sundaytimes.lk/990314/sitrep.html. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
External links[]
- 'Operation battle cry' amidst cry for peace
- Now, an artillery war
- Did LTTE misjudge Op. Rana Gosa II advance?
- Rana Gosa V disaster bares Tiger build-up
- SRI LANKA-update no.6. Rana gosa III & IV
- MADU RESCUED
The original article can be found at Operation Rana Gosa and the edit history here.