Kokkilai offensive
Military attack on Sri Lanka during the Sri Lanka Civil War
Kokkilai Offensive | ||||||
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Part of the Sri Lankan civil war , Eelam War I | ||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | ||||||
Lt. Shantha Wijesinghe | Velupillai Prabhakaran | |||||
Strength | ||||||
Unknown | 100 | |||||
Casualties and losses | ||||||
4 killed | 16 killed |
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The Kokkilai offensive was an attack on the Sri Lanka Army encampment in Kokkilai , Mullaitivu District , Sri Lanka , on the night of 13 February 1985 by the Tamil Tigers . It was the first direct assault on a Sri Lanka military base by a Tamil militant group in the early stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War . [1]
The outpost in the Kokkilai was commanded by Lieutenant Shantha Wijesinghe when it came under attack on the night of 13 February 1985 by a large group of militants. It was the first time the militants made use of RPGs . The garrison held out and received reinforcements by morning. 14 bodies of militants were found outside the camp perimeter dressed in military type uniforms and with night vision glasses. [2] Ravi Jayewardene , National Security Adviser of then President of Sri Lanka J.R. Jayewardene reported to the National Security Council that the Kokkilai attack was a full-scale armed confrontation and said the Tamil Tigers were becoming a ‘sophisticated enemy.’ It is believed the Tamil Tiger Ranjan Kanagaratnam [3] died in this attack. Lieutenant Shantha Wijesinghe received a field promotion to Captain , the first time in the army’s history.
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"An examination of the lifecycle of liberation of Tigers of Tamil Eelam"
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