About: Vadamarachchi Operation

The Operation Liberation or Vadamarachchi Operation, the military offensive carried out by the Sri Lankan military during May to June 1987, to re-gain the territory of Vadamarachchi in Jaffna peninsula from the LTTE control. This military offensive marked in Sri Lankan military history as first ever engaged in conventional warfare in Sri Lankan soil after the British colonial rule.

Property	Value
dbpedia-owl:Event/date	1987-05-26 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/causalties	689 killed
dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/combatant	18px Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam 18px Military of Sri Lanka
dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/commander	dbpedia:Brigadier dbpedia:Denzil_Kobbekaduwa dbpedia:Lieutenant_General dbpedia:Major_General dbpedia:Nalin_Seneviratne dbpedia:Colonel dbpedia:Vijaya_Wimalaratne dbpedia:General
dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/partOf	dbpedia:Eelam_War_I dbpedia:Sri_Lankan_civil_war
dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/place	dbpedia:Sri_Lanka dbpedia:Jaffna
dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/result	Partial Sri Lankan Army victory
dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/strength	8,000 Unknown
dbpedia-owl:causalties	689 killed
dbpedia-owl:combatant	18px Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam 18px Military of Sri Lanka
dbpedia-owl:commander	dbpedia:Brigadier dbpedia:Denzil_Kobbekaduwa dbpedia:Lieutenant_General dbpedia:Major_General dbpedia:Nalin_Seneviratne dbpedia:Colonel dbpedia:Vijaya_Wimalaratne dbpedia:General
dbpedia-owl:date	1987-05-26 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:partOf	dbpedia:Eelam_War_I dbpedia:Sri_Lankan_civil_war
dbpedia-owl:place	dbpedia:Sri_Lanka dbpedia:Jaffna
dbpedia-owl:result	Partial Sri Lankan Army victory
dbpedia-owl:strength	8,000 Unknown
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dbpprop:abstract	The Operation Liberation or Vadamarachchi Operation, the military offensive carried out by the Sri Lankan military during May to June 1987, to re-gain the territory of Vadamarachchi in Jaffna peninsula from the LTTE control. This military offensive marked in Sri Lankan military history as first ever engaged in conventional warfare in Sri Lankan soil after the British colonial rule.
dbpprop:casualties	631 killed
dbpprop:combatant	dbpedia:Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam dbpedia:Image:Coat_of_arms_of_Sri_Lanka.svg dbpedia:Image:Tamil-tigers-flag.svg dbpedia:Military_of_Sri_Lanka
dbpprop:commander	Velupillai Pirabakaran dbpedia:Brigadier dbpedia:Denzil_Kobbekaduwa dbpedia:Lieutenant_General dbpedia:Nalin_Seneviratne dbpedia:Colonel dbpedia:Vijaya_Wimalaratne
dbpprop:conflict	Vadamarachchi Operation
dbpprop:date	May 26, 1987 - June 1987
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dbpprop:partof	dbpedia:Eelam_War_I dbpedia:Sri_Lankan_civil_war
dbpprop:place	dbpedia:Sri_Lanka dbpedia:Jaffna
dbpprop:reference	http://www.defence.lk/ http://www.peaceinsrilanka.org/ http://www.asiafoundation.org/Locations/srilanka_publications.html http://www.slmm.lk/ http://www.c-r.org/our-work/accord/sri-lanka/key-texts.php http://www.ltteps.org/ http://www.hweb.org.uk/content/view/27/4/ http://www.airforce.lk/hist/hist1/h3c2p2.htm
dbpprop:result	Partial Sri Lankan Army victory
dbpprop:strength	Unknown 8000 (xsd:integer)
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rdfs:comment	The Operation Liberation or Vadamarachchi Operation, the military offensive carried out by the Sri Lankan military during May to June 1987, to re-gain the territory of Vadamarachchi in Jaffna peninsula from the LTTE control. This military offensive marked in Sri Lankan military history as first ever engaged in conventional warfare in Sri Lankan soil after the British colonial rule.
rdfs:label	Vadamarachchi Operation
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foaf:name	Vadamarachchi Operation
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