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Message: <blockquote data-quote="castellain" data-source="post: 25097397" data-attributes="member: 263589">I read it in Malith Jayatilake’s book on Elephant Pass defeat. Bhatiya’s dad expired one or two months before that defeat according to my memory. As we know Elephant Pass battle was a major disaster for Sri Lankan Army. It was seen before months that the camp had been the target and this disaster was possible to prevent if correct decisions were taken. Yet, commanders risked others’ lives while Chandrika and Anurudda Ratwatte did political gambles. Finally the situation erupted to a position where no none knew what to do.LTTE surrounded the camp and in the April 2000 Army gave an order to withdraw suddenly in the scorching heat where many died from dehydration and LTTE had the every possibility to kill. You can see how bad it was by comparing the strength shown in the Wikipedia article.Army- strength- 17500.  ,  LTTE - strength- 1200Died - 5000+. While.      , only 35</blockquote>

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