Operation Combine

Counterinsurgency during the second JVP insurrection
Part of 1987-1989 JVP insurrection
Date1989-1990
Location
Result Sri Lankan Government captures and executes major rebel leaders
Belligerents
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
JVP
Commanders and leaders
Sri Lanka Ranjan Wijeratne Rohana Wijeweera  Executed
Saman Piyasiri Fernando  Executed
Upatissa Gamanayake  Executed
Operation Combine
AllegianceSri Lanka Armed Forces
RoleGround warfare
Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment
Janaka Perera
FounderRanjan Wijeratne

Operation Combine ( Ops Combine) was a special operation established by the Sri Lanka Army from 4 August 1989 to February 1990 as counterinsurgency operation with support of the Sri Lanka Police against the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) which had launched a its second insurgency in 1987.[1]

  1. ^ Ferdinando, Shamindra (17 March 2013). "President fails to capitalize on victory over JVP War on terror revisited". The Island. Sri Lanka. Retrieved 30 June 2020.