Battle of Kilinochchi (1998)

Battle of Kilinochchi
Operation Unceasing Waves II
Part of the Sri Lankan civil war
DateSeptember 27, 1998 – September 29, 1998
Location
Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka
Result Tamil Tiger victory
Territorial
changes		 LTTE captured Kilinochchi
Belligerents
Sri Lanka Military of Sri Lanka Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Commanders and leaders
Sri Lanka Chandrika Kumaratunga Velupillai Prabhakaran
Strength

3,500+ troops [1][2]

troops number Unknown

  • Intelligence Attack Team
  • Special Reconnaissance Unit
  • Mayooran Sniper Unit
  • Land Leopard Force
  • Jeyanthan Regiment
  • Charles Antony Special Regiment
  • Anparasi Regiment
  • Malathy Regiment
  • Sothiya Regiment
  • Santhosam Regiment
  • Manalaaru Regiment
  • Victor Anti-Armor Regiment

Fire Support:

  • Kittu Artillery Brigade
  • Ratha Anti-Aircraft Team

Auxiliary Force:

  • Special Border Force
Casualties and losses

Sept 27–29:

  • 1,250+ killed and ~2,000 wounded (LTTE & UNP claims)[2][3]
  • 857 killed, 936 wounded,171 missing (SLA claims)[4]
  • 3 Tanks & 1 APC destroyed [5]

By Sept 30:

520 killed (SLA claims)[6] 403 killed (LTTE claim) [7]

The Battle of Kilinochchi (codenamed Operation Unceasing Waves II by the Tamil Tigers) occurred in September 1998 over the control of the city of Kilinochchi in Sri Lanka (geographical coordinates 9°23′00″N 80°24′00″E / 9.383333°N 80.4°E / 9.383333; 80.4). The battle was fought between the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

  1. ^ "TamilNet". www.tamilnet.com.
  2. ^ a b c "TamilNet". www.tamilnet.com.
  3. ^ "TamilNet". www.tamilnet.com.
  4. ^ Humanitarian Operation Factual Analysis July 2006 – May 2009 (PDF). Ministry Of Defence Democratic Socialist Republic Of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  5. ^ "TamilNet". www.tamilnet.com.
  6. ^ "CNN - Rebels launch heavy assault on Sri Lankan army - October 7, 1998". www.cnn.com.
  7. ^ "SLA suffers heavy losses in Kilinochchi - VoT". TamilNet, 29 September 1998.