Operation Sea Breeze (Sri Lanka)
Appearance
Operation Sea Breeze | |||||||
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Part of Sri Lankan Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
![]() | LTTE | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Major General (later Lieutenant General) Denzil Kobbekaduwa, Brigadier (later Major General) Vijaya Wimalaratne | Velupillai Prabhakaran |
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (July 2023) |
Operation Sea Breeze was a combined military operation launched by the Sri Lanka Armed Forces in Mullaitivu. It was the first amphibious operation launched by the Sri Lankan military in its history. The operation was carried out to break the siege and reinforce the Sri Lanka Army camp in Mullaitivu. It was successfully carried out and the area controlled by the camp was extended.[1]