Eelam War II
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.
Date 1990–1995 (5 years) Location Sri Lanka Result Indecisive
Belligerents
Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka Army	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Commanders and leaders
Ranasinghe Premadasa (1989–93) Dingiri Banda Wijetunge (1993–94) Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994–1995) 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

Eelam War II is the name given to the second phase of armed conflict between Sri Lankan military and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The war started after the failure of peace talks between the Premadasa government and the LTTE. This phase of the war was initiated by the LTTE who massacred almost 600 Sinhalese and Muslim police personnel after they were ordered by the Premadasa government to surrender to the LTTE. The truce was broken on June 10, 1990 when the LTTE in October expelled all the 28,000 Muslims residing in Jaffna.

Civilian killings

Palliyagodella massacre

The background to this attack was seen as a retaliation by the LTTE against Muslims are working as an informers for the government forces in the Eastern region of Sri Lanka, allegedly for their roles as Home Guards. The Palliyagodella villagers had asked the Sri Lankan military, fearing an attack by the LTTE. The Sri Lankan forces issued shotguns to the Muslims and singalese villagers, which some Muslims used to attack Tamil civilians and LTTE.Because of these incidents in October 1991 in which LTTE cadres killed 109 Muslims in Palliyagodella.

See also

• Phases of the Sri Lankan Civil War
• Eelam War I
• Eelam War III
• Eelam War IV
• Sri Lankan Civil War