First Battle of Elephant Pass (Codenamed Operation Aakaya Kadal Veli, which means 'Air-Sea-Land' by LTTE) was fought in July 1991 for the control of the...

The Second Battle of Elephant Pass (code-named Operation Unceasing Waves III (ஓயாத அலைகள் மூன்று) by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), was fought...

Elephant Pass (Tamil: ஆனையிறவு, romanized: Āṉaiyiṟavu; Sinhala: අලිමංකඩ, romanized: Alimankada) is located at the gateway of the Jaffna Peninsula in Northern...

as the Battle of Elephant Pass: First Battle of Elephant Pass, fought in July, 1991, for control of the Sri Lankan military base of Elephant Pass Second...

Elephant Pass Military Base is a military base located in strategic Elephant Pass, Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Elephant Pass is the gateway of the...

1971 JVP insurrection and early part of the Sri Lankan civil war most notably during the First Battle of Elephant Pass in which at least one Daimler was...

in the First Battle of Elephant Pass in which the LTTE besieged the army garrison of a full battalion strength at the strategic Elephant Pass from 10...

for specific military units using elephant-mounted troops. War elephants played a critical role in several key battles in antiquity, especially in ancient...

their backs. The largest battle of the war took place in July 1991, when 5,000 LTTE fighters surrounded the army's Elephant Pass base, which controlled...

primarily the result of the Greek kingdom of Epirus. King Pyrrhus of Epirus brought twenty elephants to attack the Romans at the battle of Heraclea in 280...

LTTE's first conventional fighting formation, the Charles Anthony Brigade, which distinguished itself during the Second Battle of Elephant Pass in which...

africana), the African forest elephant (L. cyclotis), and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae...

3 Miletus 2 Granicus 1 Pella     The Battle of the Hydaspes also known as Battle of Jhelum, or First Battle of Jhelum, was fought between the Macedonian...

the battle for Elephant Pass was the largest offensive operation of the LTTE. It began its first assault on the camp from the south of Elephant Pass. On...

Province. The brigade made history during the Second Battle of Elephant Pass when it became the first non-state military regiment to defeat an entire infantry...

"individual acts of gallantry and conspicuous bravery of the most exceptional order in the face of the enemy". Corporal Gamini Kularatne, was the first recipient...

Khyber Pass (Urdu: درۂ خیبر[pronunciation?]; Pashto: د خيبر دره, romanized: De Xēber Dara, lit. 'Valley of Khyber' [d̪ə xebər d̪ara]) is a mountain pass in...

First Battle of Elephant Pass took was fought between the Sri Lankan army and the LTTE over control of the Sri Lankan military base of Elephant Pass,...

The Battle of Thermopylae took place on 24 April 191 BC. It was fought as part of the Roman–Seleucid War, pitting forces of the Roman Republic led by...

Commander. In the First Battle of Elephant Pass, the Sri Lankan armed forces were able to beat back the LTTE owing to the tenacity of the besieged troops...

Juliet. On the night of 10 July 1991 over 5000 LTTE fighters surrounded the 600 strong army garrison located at Elephant Pass. The base was known as...

the conventional warfare tactics adopted by the LTTE with the First Battle of Elephant Pass. He proposed a long term strategy to defeat the LTTE aimed at...

Lankan Civil War Battle of Kokavil (1990) – Sri Lankan Civil War First Battle of Elephant Pass (1991) – Sri Lankan Civil War Battle of the Barracks (1991)...

eventually lead to the recapture of Jaffna and other rebel strongholds. The table below lists all major battles of the Sri Lankan Civil War. The information...

with a war elephant. The defeat allowed the Seleucids to continue their campaign and besiege the Jewish holy city of Jerusalem. The Battle of Beth Zechariah...

manoeuvre around such a large quantity of elephants. This 'elephant manoeuvre' was the decisive moment in the battle, but it is not clear how it came about;...

the passengers of a private bus; 16 civilians were killed and eight wounded. July: First Battle of Elephant Pass: The army's Elephant Pass base, which controls...

captured the large and important city of Panormus in 254 BC. Thereafter they avoided battle for fear of the war elephants which the Carthaginians had shipped...

to the 16th-17th century writer Firishta, in the battle, "the Chauhan army consisted of 3,000 elephants, 300,000 cavalry and infantry", which is considered...

allow him to pass. Enraged, Shiva engaged in battle against Ganesha, ultimately beheading him with his trishula. When Parvati learnt of what had transpired...