Eelam War II
| Eelam War II | |||||||
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| Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War | |||||||
Improvised armored bulldozer of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam used in First Battle of Elephant Pass. Today, it is one of the Sri Lankan Civil War memorials. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Sri Lanka | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ranasinghe Premadasa (1989–93) Lt Gen Denzil Kobbekaduwa (1989–92) Maj Gen Vijaya Wimalaratne (1989–92) Rea Adm H. R. Amaraweera (1989–92) Rea Adm Mohan Jayamaha (1989–92) | Velupillai Prabhakaran | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Unknow | |||||||
Eelam War II refers to the second phase of the armed conflict between the Sri Lankan military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, lasting from June 1990 to 1995. The war erupted after the breakdown of peace talks between the LTTE and the government of President Ranasinghe Premadasa, during which mutual distrust and provocations escalated tensions.