- Operation Sea Breeze (Sri Lanka)
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Operation Sea Breeze Part of Sri Lankan Civil War Date September 1990 Location Mullaitivu, northern Sri Lanka Result Sri Lankan Military victory Belligerents Sri Lankan Military LTTE Commanders and leaders Major General (later Lieutenant General) Denzil Kobbekaduwa,
Brigadier (later Major General) Vijaya WimalaratneVelupillai Prabhakaran Operation Sea Breeze was a combined military operation launched by the Sri Lanka Armed Forces in Mullaitivu. It was the first amphibious operation launched by the Sri Lankan military in its history. The operation was carried out to break the siege and reinforce the Sri Lanka Army camp in Mullaitivu. It was successfully carried out and the area controlled by the camp was extended.[1]
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Categories:- Eelam War II
- Military campaigns involving Sri Lanka
- Military history of Sri Lanka
- Tamil Eelam
- 1990 in Asia
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