Operation Jayasikurui

Operation Jayasikuru
	Part of the Sri Lankan civil war
Date	13 May 1997 – 9 February 1999; (1 year, 8 months and 27 days);
Location	Sri Lanka
Result	See aftermath
Belligerents
Military of Sri Lanka	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Commanders and leaders
Chandrika Kumaratunga; General Rohan Daluwatte; Brigadier Vasantha Perera; Brigadier Sarath Fonseka	Velupillai Prabhakaran; Colonel Theepan; Colonel Karuna Amman;
Strength
5 Divisions: 50,000 soldiers 53 Division; 21 Division; 54 Division; 55 Division; 56 Division	5,000 soldiers:; Charles Antony Special Regiment; Jeyanthan Regiment
Casualties and losses
4 months before the official end:; 3,566 killed; 11,200 wounded; 1 Mil Mi-17 & 1 Mil Mi-24 destroyed; 21 Tanks (13 May-27 August 1997) & other armoured vehicles destroyed;	2,146 killed; unknown wounded

Operation Jayasikurui (Certain Victory in Sinhala), was a Sri Lankan military operation launched on 13 May 1997, it lasted until 1999, when it was called off. The operation was initially launched for 6 months but cancelled after 18 months as Sri Lankan government faced huge loss. It was the largest military operation undertaken by the armed forces at the time.^[6]^[7]

The primary objective of this operation was to clear a land route to the government-held Jaffna peninsula (which had no land supply routes) through territory held by the LTTE (or Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, popularly known as the Tamil Tigers), by linking the government-held towns of Vavuniya and Kilinochchi.^[8]

At the time it was the largest military operation undertaken by the Sri Lankan military. Initially, the Sri Lankan military experienced success by forcing the LTTE out of Killinochchi, capturing large areas, however, the LTTE managed to launch an effective counter-attack which reversed some gains made by the government forces. After failing to achieve the original objective, the government called off the operation.

^ ^a ^b Operation Jayasikuru, Sri Lanka Army
^ "TamilNet".
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^ TamilNet: 13.05.98 A long year on the road
^ Rotberg, Robert I (2003). State failure and state weakness in a time of terror. Cambridge (Mass.): World peace Foundation. pp. 231, 232. ISBN 978-0-8157-7574-4. OCLC 470859618.
^ Taras, Ray; Ganguly, Rajat (2017). Understanding ethnic conflict. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-34282-3. OCLC 1124389310.
^ Trawick, Margaret (2007). Enemy Lines : Warfare, Childhood, and Play in Batticaloa. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-520-93887-8. OCLC 133797750.

[SLA1-1] Operation Jayasikuru, Sri Lanka Army

[2] "TamilNet".

[3] "TamilNet".

[4] "TamilNet".

[tn1-5] TamilNet: 13.05.98 A long year on the road

[6] Rotberg, Robert I (2003). State failure and state weakness in a time of terror. Cambridge (Mass.): World peace Foundation. pp. 231, 232. ISBN 978-0-8157-7574-4. OCLC 470859618.

[7] Taras, Ray; Ganguly, Rajat (2017). Understanding ethnic conflict. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-34282-3. OCLC 1124389310.

[8] Trawick, Margaret (2007). Enemy Lines : Warfare, Childhood, and Play in Batticaloa. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-520-93887-8. OCLC 133797750.

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