Military operations
“The Unceasing Waves and a Battle Lost” In July 1991, after a heroic battle lasting a little over a month, the military retained the strategically vital Elephant Pass (EPS) linking the Jaffna peninsula to the Northern mainland in Sri Lanka. The military occupied this region for another nine years till April 2000. The LTTE came back with vengeance having learnt many lessons from the first battle at Elephant Pass and demolished this vital military base to take control of a…
14th July 1991 to 9th August 1991 Elephant Pass (EPS) occupies a strategically vital position, the gateway linking the Jaffna peninsula to the Northern mainland. In 1991, the Sri Lankan military was in control of only two regions in the Jaffna peninsula: the High-Security Zone in Palaly and Elephant Pass. This was after the military withdrew from the Jaffna Fort in September 1990. The Army had one main camp and four satellite camps at EPS occupying an area of 10km…
History The Jaffna Fort is a pentagon-shaped fortress occupying fifty-five acres of land in the Jaffna city facing the Jaffna lagoon. It is Sri Lanka’s lasting legacy of the country’s colonial past. The Jaffna Fort was built by the Portuguese in 1618 by Phillipe de Olivera following the Portuguese invasion of Jaffna. The Fort was captured by the Dutch in 1658 and expanded, to make it the country’s second-largest Dutch Fort. In 1795, it was taken over by the British…