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| rdfs:label | - 2008–09 Sri Lankan Army Northern offensive
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| rdfs:comment | - The 2008–2009 SLA Northern offensive was an armed conflict in the northern Province of Sri Lanka between the military of Sri Lanka and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The battle broke with the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) offensive attempting to break through the LTTE defence lines in the north of the island, aiming to conclude the country's 25-year-old civil war by military victory.
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| Partof | - the Sri Lankan Civil War, Eelam War IV, Northern Theater of Eelam War IV
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| Commander | - Sarath Fonseka
- General
- Velupillai Prabhakaran
- Major General G. A. Chandrasiri
- Major General Jagath Jayasuriya
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| Territory | - The LTTE loses all of its territory, which is retaken by government forces
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| Casualties | - 396
- 2200
- 2515
- 3500
- 4073
- 16000
- 20000
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| abstract | - The 2008–2009 SLA Northern offensive was an armed conflict in the northern Province of Sri Lanka between the military of Sri Lanka and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The battle broke with the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) offensive attempting to break through the LTTE defence lines in the north of the island, aiming to conclude the country's 25-year-old civil war by military victory.
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