Denzil Kobbekaduwa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Sri Lankan general
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Place of Birth: Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka
About Denzil Kobbekaduwa
- Lieutenant General Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, rcds, psc, SLAC (Sinhala: ???????? ???????? ??????????; 27 July 1940 – 8 August 1992) was a Sri Lankan General.
- He led some of the most successful military operations in the early part of the Sri Lankan Civil War, such as Vadamarachchi Operation and Operation Balavegaya.
- He was mortally wounded and his commanders and staff killed when the Land Rover they were travelling in hit a land mine in the island of Kayts while making preparations for Operation Final Countdown the proposed invasion of the Jaffna Peninsula.
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