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{{Infobox Military Conflict<br />
| conflict = Third Battle of Elephant Pass<br />
| partof = the [[Sri Lankan civil war]]<br />
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| date = January 9, 2009<br />
| place = [[Elephant Pass]], [[Sri Lanka]]<br />
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| result = Sri Lankan Army victory<br />
| combatant1 = {{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}} <br />
[[Sri Lanka]]<br />
*[[Image:Coat of arms of Sri Lanka.svg|18px]] [[Military of Sri Lanka]]<br />
| combatant2 = {{Flagicon image|Tamil Eelam Flag.svg|15px}} [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]]<br />
| commander1 = {{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Mahinda Rajapaksha|M. Rajapaksha]]<br />
| commander2 = {{Flagicon image|Tamil Eelam Flag.svg|15px}} [[V. Prabhakaran]]<br />
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{{Campaignbox Eelam War IV}}<br />
{{Campaignbox Sri Lankan Civil War}}<br />
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In the '''Third Battle of Elephant Pass''', [[Elephant Pass]] was recaptured from the [[LTTE|Tamil Tigers]] by the armed forces of the [[Sri Lankan Army]].<br />
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[[Mahinda Rajapaksa]], the president of Sri Lanka, declared that Elephant Pass was captured by the army on January 9, 2009.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Army 'takes key Sri Lanka pass'|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7819386.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=9 January 2009|access-date=13 November 2024}}</ref><br />
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==Conflict==<br />
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The base was overrun by the LTTE at the end of the Second Battle of Elephant Pass during the third [[Eelam War III|Eelam War]]. The base was a stronghold for LTTE until it was recaptured.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:2008–2009 Sri Lankan Army Northern offensive|Elephant Pass]]<br />
[[Category:2009 in Sri Lanka]]<br />
[[Category:Conflicts in 2009|Elephant Pass]]<br />
[[Category:January 2009 in Asia]]</div>imported>IDB.S