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| Battle of Jaffna (1995) | |||||||
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| Part of the Sri Lankan civil war | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Major General (later General) Rohan Daluwatte, Brigadier (later Major General) Janaka Perera | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000 | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 500 killed (According to Sri Lankan Government claims)[1] | Unknown[1] | ||||||
The Battle of Jaffna was fought from October to December 1995 for the city of Jaffna.[2]
- ^ a b Sri Lanka – DangerFinder Archived November 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "1995: Jaffna falls to Sri Lankan army". BBC News. December 5, 1995.