
Légende
The Sri Lankan Civil War was a conflict fought on the island of Sri Lanka. Beginning on 23 June, 1983, there was an on-and-off insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers and other few rebel groups), a separatist militant organization which fought to create an independent Tamil state named Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island. After a 26 year long military campaign, the Sri Lankan military defeated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009
Date
07 sept. 2006
Crédit
Photo12/imageBROKER/Sri Lanka Ministry of Defence PD
Notre référence
BRK25G74_475
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
49,4Mo (2,0Mo) / 40,6cm x 30,5cm / 4800 x 3600 (300dpi)