Third Battle of Elephant Pass
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{{Infobox Military Conflict
|conflict=Third Battle of Elephant Pass
|partof=the Sri Lankan civil war
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|date= January 9, 2009
|place=Elephant Pass, Sri Lanka
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|result=Sri Lankan Army victory
|combatant1={{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}}
|combatant2={{Flagicon|Tamil Eelam}} Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
|commander1= {{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}} M. Rajapaksha
|commander2= {{Flagicon|Tamil Eelam}} V. Prabhakaran
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{{Campaignbox Eelam War IV}}
{{Campaignbox Sri Lankan Civil War}}
In the Third Battle of Elephant Pass, Elephant Pass was recaptured from the Tamil Tigers by the armed forces of the Sri Lankan Army.
Mahinda Rajapaksa, the president of Sri Lanka, declared that Elephant Pass was captured by the army on January 9, 2009.{{Cite news|title=Army 'takes key Sri Lanka pass'|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7819386.stm|work=BBC News|date=9 January 2009|access-date=13 November 2024}}
Conflict
The base was overrun by the LTTE at the end of the Second Battle of Elephant Pass during the third Eelam War. The base was a stronghold for LTTE until it was recaptured.
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