The Sri Lankan Civil War

[@craigsrck4382]

Sri lankans, both tamil and sinhalese are some of the most traumatised people in the world, each and every person above 25 years has had some experience related to the war. Thier was a tsunami and a Jvp insurrection. Yet Sri lankans still manage to be one of the most welcoming and friendly people, they will go out of their way to help a stranger in need. They have this rare ability to smile and forget even after facing unbelievable horrors.

[@tamarind1459]

Eelam war is not only war the islanders went through...the island had been invaded 21 times...but the islanders rise above each time..

[@chamarama9349]

​@@tamarind1459not islanders it was sinhalese

[@grimoirehe4rt]

​@@chamarama9349No islanders, Tamil and Sinhalese

[@vanisridhar5509]

@@chamarama9349 We indians only created sinhalese😂

[@ss-99995]

​@@vanisridhar5509North Indian indo aryans

[@Parmesan2309]

As a Sri Lankan I truly applaud you for putting the effort to make and share this country and it’s history as a Tamil my parents lived through the war and migrated to England, I am often called Indian as this country isn’t that recognised so I thank you!

[@firstconsul001]

well ur not sinhalese... so ur an indian

[@KtmrM]

⁠@@firstconsul001 Sinhalese look Indian too. You can’t tell whether someone is from Sri Lanka just by their appearance

[@firstconsul001]

wasnt my point. Original Sri Lankans are sinhalese, a majority of tamillians in Sri Lanka were slaves brought in by the british@@KtmrM

[@alchemyst6893]

@@firstconsul001 Incorrect, Sinhalese first came to Sri Lanka as migrants from Orissa. Balangoda people are the original inhabitants of Sri Lanka, who are direct ancestors of the Veddas.

[@firstconsul001]

Your correct. The sinhalese came from west bengal and odisha. Hapolotypical analysis shows their clear preserved ancestry to northern indian. This is not to disregard their genetic components shared with the west inidians. Espically the Kalingas. When the sinhalese came, its known they exterminted the original inhabitants, the yakkahs. @@alchemyst6893

[@AllAboutClimate]

Your series on recent Sri Lankan history is phenomenal. My mum is Sri Lankan and a lot of her work involves documenting the voices of civil war survivors from all sides. Watching your content has given me a new depth of insight and appreciation into what she does. Thank you!

[@judejeevanmahendran]

Bro, please ask her to document the voices of people who still suffer under the rule of fanatical politicians, even after all these years.

[@WastedBananas]

what is your dad?

[@AllAboutClimate]

@@judejeevanmahendran She does a bit of that too. There is some degree of overlap after all!

[@AllAboutClimate]

@@WastedBananas He's British & Irish

[@WastedBananas]

horrible. your mum should be ashamed of herself. @@AllAboutClimate

[@nisandi-b4v]

Your video series about Sri Lanka is seriously underrated. The production quality and the amount of effort you must have put into these videos are crazy. These videos are timeless and I love the way how it's sequenced.

[@AlexRothman]

Thanks a ton!

[@whatcanieat3327]

This video, even not saying, went to went the problem was started. Sinhala Only Act 1956. Tamil Tiger started 1976 Tamil University student not accept. He started to fight at age 16. And sri lanka 99% of people don’t know why the war begin.

[@hyroproto4364]

As a Sinhalese, I can agree that this is one of the most balanced documentaries about the Civil War I've seen

[@jgodwinperies]

Never , Sinhalese are our friends not Sinhalese politicians

[@e7engineering550]

@@jgodwinperies Sri Lanka n Buddhism was destroyed by the Sinhalese Buddhist monks

[@Russsia12]

​@@e7engineering550no it isn't ari Lanka is a Buddhist country even in its early days

[@dachu3122010]

Fifteen years ago, a Sri Lankan could not even dream of the peace they are experiencing today 🧡

[@e7engineering550]

@@dachu3122010 the Sinhala Only Act, 🔥 burning of Jaffna Library 📚, Black July 1983 etc were all created by the Sinhalese people and Buddhist Monks. Karma, Karma!!! The Lion 🦁 is begging for forex n petrol ⛽️

[@tani4532]

Thank you so much for this video! As a young Tamil Sri Lankan I am sad to hear what everyone and my parents had to go through.

[@mahima2md88]

not only yours everyone

[@ChannaJayawardhana-h1o]

Our fathers and uncles too went to the war😢..

[@sagebl0031]

@@mahima2md88 that's what they said, everyone

[@buwa0]

I am a Sinhalese and I feel so sorry for both our Tamil and Sinhalese people who had to go through this brutal war.

[@sumanadasawijayapala5372]

@@buwa0 Me too!

[@yasithwalpola2180]

There is a no winner in war, we do not have anything to celebrate here. poor civilians. Rest in peace brothers and sisters

[@patriotenfield3276]

There is always a winner in this war. whoever gains the most in the longer run.

[@eshikaudayanawanigasekara]

​@@patriotenfield3276 No winner on war.😢

[@hunterstrawberry]

History is Written by Winners

[@mingkern5618]

Was there for 2 weeks around 2018. I only visited mostly the south and the center. I really enjoyed Sri Lanka, people were nice and helpful. I would love to go back again and this time I would definitely want to visit the north and east side of the country

[@Therealtuxedo]

Thank you so much for shining light on the history of Sri Lanka, and our issues. Even Sri Lankans don’t care this much to learn or talk about this. Keep up the good work bro!

[@ravanalanka121]

Puka deepan gihin boru pathurawana diaspora kaarayanta.. Sakkiliya

[@sachds3333]

Ukraine army also use hospital as military based ?? Same did by LTTE

[@ravanalanka121]

@@sachds3333 Who told you? Any proof rather than propaganda fake news? Ukrainian army doesn't kill civilians like LTTE did. How you compare a terror organization with a professional army? Are you a terrorist sympathizer?

[@hiran4935]

​@user-dr2sh2pe8mIf the past is forgotten, it is doomed to repeat again. Best thing is to understand the whole thing and to makesure nothing like that to happen again.

[@kanishkamadurawala953]

@@sachds3333Ukraine government army.not a group

[@bdboy2871]

Love Sri Lanka from Bangladesh. I hope you will live peacefully and prosperously by overlooking the indifferences. I loved watching guys like Sangakara, Dilshan, Sanath, Muttiah, Malinga etc. You guys really produced some of the finest ever cricketers.

[@heshan1993]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. But you didn’t mention how many bombs were blasted in urban area as well in rural area during this period. There were so many casualties. Even they have killed farmers and their families. This is the two sides of the same coin. We can’t justify only one party was lesser brutal than the other. So it’s better to do your travel around the Sri Lanka without giving your thoughts and feelings regarding this cvil war. This will escalate the tension between the Tamil and Sinhalese again. We are now living in peace

[@gonzalesbuttmuncher8491]

Ltte dragged children from their homes and forced them to serve in yheir military

[@grimoirehe4rt]

But there isn't actual proof of LTTE bombing those areas. There is proof regarding the SL army bombing though.

[@muthukapuru1441]

Looks like you were in coma in that war period ...😂😂😂😂

[@gonzalesbuttmuncher8491]

@@grimoirehe4rt irony in asking for proof for comitting war crimes

[@grimoirehe4rt]

@@gonzalesbuttmuncher8491 I didn't say that, I said the guy's statement doesn't mean anything. He should be criticizing the Lanka government.

[@Dushmantha18]

You have done an exceptional job making this documentary. You were biased from all angles. As a Sri Lankan i thank you for speaking out the unfortunate truth our country had to undergo for 30 miserable years. The world needs to know the dark times sri lanka faced and overcame it all to be a resilient nation thats loved by many tourists.

[@ranilabeyasinghe]

Thanks again for this. Your content deserves way more views, especially among the younger generation in Sri Lanka. I haven't seen any other documentary that gives a balanced view of both sides like you have done here, usually it's one side or the other that's portrayed for whatever agenda.

[@warsil3735]

This is a factually inaccura bunch of lies with semi truths. 😂Tamils who joined the LTTe is considered as scum by most Tamils in Jaffna they are almost segregated .😂😂😂

[@judejeevanmahendran]

"The leading resistance group of Sri Lanka's Tamils were called the Tamil Tigers, or the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. They were nimble, fanatical, and absolutely ruthless in slaughtering civilians, both Tamils and Sinhalese!" this statement proves that everything he says is not a balanced view of both sides.

[@ranilabeyasinghe]

@@judejeevanmahendran It's an accurate statement.

[@judejeevanmahendran]

@@ranilabeyasinghe I don't think so!

[@ranilabeyasinghe]

@@judejeevanmahendran Because your opinion is one sided.

[@mohammedhashim2419]

What I like about your videos is that it is an excellent mix of history, political backdrop, journalism and tourism. Don’t find a good mix of these in tourism videos. Great job. Keep it up.

[@meridiansounds]

As much as I respect this man for shedding light onto this matter, you have to speak to those really effected by the war to understand the effects upon the Tamil community. As a second generation Srilankan Tamil, I can only say the I’ve witnessed the effects on my community e.g. depression, suicide, alcoholism, prostitution, gang crimes. All trickled down as an effect of the war.

[@vanisridhar5509]

suicide da bro??

[@joshuagunaselvam3168]

As a second generation Tamil Sri Lankan also, i hate how the majority of information is spreading hate towards us, we are civilians, my family were raped and murdered but we still get hate

[@vanisridhar5509]

@@joshuagunaselvam3168 So only Sinhalese begging to india for food. Don't care about beggers bro.

[@harsha4710]

They need medical attention sounds like it's a mental health issue

[@harsha4710]

​@@vanisridhar5509😂😂 init bruh u survived the war but now u wanna kill it self wtf people on

[@shanefranklin575]

A really great documentary. It is not biased, it’s the utter truth what we still fail to realize. No one won the war, we lost for 33 years. We killed each other because of politicians, Sinhalese & Tamil politicians. If it was not for the politicians we wouldn’t have killed each other. Rest in peace all Srilankans who died in the war.

[@seanvictor736]

The Sinhalese and the Tamils lived peacefully until the British government used divide and rule tactics which lodged a wedge between the two communities, they did the same in Malaysia between the Malays and the Chinese, and in India between the Hindus and the Muslims, in Africa too.

[@Aman-hm6cw]

Buddhists vs muslims in srilanka and Myanmar Jews vs muslims in isreal Christains vs muslims in Europe,Nigeria ,Hindus vs muslims in IndiaYajidis vs muslims in Iraq

[@looloolama]

Organized violence is as old as dirt. Religion, ethnicity, race, class, caste, clan, tribe and whatever the fuck. Pre colonial Sri Lanka was not very peaceful. There were many invasions from South India. How do you think the tamils got to North Sri Lanka in the first place? It was also never a unified country before British rule, and the states were at war with each other more often than not. Doesn't excuse Britain of taking over half the globe but this narrative that the world was a peaceful place prior to European colonialism is crazy 😂

[@katsullivan]

Same culprit everywhere man.

[@AymanAnual]

​@@katsullivanWell, shows that the " culprit" is better that the rest, since the rest are weak to face it 😂😂😂😂

[@manithrupasinghe8744]

@@AymanAnual culprit is now going down as a worst country in the world😂

[@har2252]

Been waiting a long time for this and you did not disappoint. I would love for you to conclude this series by discussing whether reconciliation could ever be achieved and if so what that would look like. Given the brutality of the war that took place and the sheer scale of the loss of life which occurred it would be good to discuss where the country could go from here. As always thank you for this series! Glad I discovered this gem of a channel.

[@kumaragurusubramanian581]

I am a mainland Tamil. Your documentary so far is the most well researched documentary I could find in this platform. I am not a supporter of ltte even though many tamils have netral or pro ltte. I could see lots of heat from srilankan people portraying this documentary as biased, failing to realise that they are the ones who are truly biased. Waiting for the end game part. Cheers 🥂

[@tyrant_hermit]

​@@thusharasilva5352Tamil Nadu, India.

[@grimoirehe4rt]

​@@tyrant_hermitThere are no such Mainland Tamils, there are Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian Tamils, both different.

[@tyrant_hermit]

@@grimoirehe4rt We are the same people ethnically.

[@patriotenfield3276]

​@@tyrant_hermitethnically same, culturally different. Sri Lankan Tamil dialect is more traditional compared to Indian Tamil dialect whivh has been influenced over the years by English , Sanskrit and other Dravidian languages , especially Telugu. The roots of Tamil language haven't changed at all in both since 5000 BCE , but in a way , Learning Sri Lankan Tamil will be more difficult than learning Indian Tamil.

[@patriotenfield3276]

Also I have watched many documentaries related to Sri Lankan civil war. And by far this one is the most neutral one I have ever seen in my life and also love both people are here mature in approach.

[@planetjupiter1628]

Still many innocent Sinhala people think that they won again Tamil people but honestly they have done a sin to them. I have no idea how much they are going to suffer inreturns. Thank you so much for speaking up the truth Alex 🙏🏽💖. #peace live and let live

[@lonesurvivor2793]

So what about bomb blast huh? Literally slaughtering child monks,preg mothers,muslims bros is it justifiable

[@justaperson1769]

Yes, now the country is worst, since Sinhala Buddhist took over the country fully since 2009.

[@hdesh9]

Ha ha same goes with tamils .

[@thamudaj1896]

We won against terrorists. Not with our own people

[@planetjupiter1628]

@@thamudaj1896 yeah bro! btw why they became terrorists?

[@anatomy1984]

I can imagine the research and effort you have put into this documentary to be impartially portray the history of events. Unbelievable and stunning. Great narrative and first class cinematography. Great observations in very subtle things.

[@grimoirehe4rt]

I don't understand why so many Sinhalese in the comment section denies the attrocities commitied by the SL army and government.

[@cameronpillay8050]

Watch all tamil tiger videos and read all yhe comments especially the sinhalese comments and you will see who are the real terrorists

[@ar1920]

Sinhala, Tamil, Muslim and Burgher are all same. As Sri lankens we need to change this corrupted system.

[@ShashakaArchana-lu6ys]

I deny it But you will also have to admit Prabhakaran was a terrorist Can you? Using poor people (mostly children) against a army full of heavy weapons ? Isn't that worth considering? Tamils mothers lost their children because once they were forcefully taken to Ltte, they will die by the hands of SL army... So he can play the victim card Tamils knew what Prabhakaran's ideology was... You gotta understand that I know the reason for this is Black July (Responsible man is the former president and his government) But It doesnt justify Ltte works

[@eshikaudayanawanigasekara]

Why we have faild our island. Why for one ethnicity Why 250$ B dollers vanished Who has to blame

[@jonstfrancis]

So do Americans, israelis, british, japanese, they all deny doing terrible things to people they have power over.

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

These "country portaits" are really great, keep them up. I especially enjoy your historic narrating Interrupted by acute "travel scenes". It makes all so much more tangible, especially as you portray countries often forgotten in the Western mind.

[@anamulhaquejasim1523]

I can't thank you enough for producing quality content like this ❤ Hats off man❤️

[@AlexRothman]

Thank you very much, the last video is right around the corner!

[@deemankajayakodi6948]

As Sri Lankans, We should not get divided as Sinhalese,Tamils,Muslims or etc..What we need is peace. Not a war. Past is past & lets be careful, not to given any chance to anyone who would use us for their personal propagandas.

[@InfiniteLK]

The balanced documentary I've ever heard as a sinhalese in Srilankan. Thank you so much for explaining the truth❤

[@tharushafernando6688]

This is the best documentary ever i have seen regarding my countries civil war. One thing i want to add is most people in my country has never ever seen any documentary regarding our army human rights violations. Some of them still believes what goverment said and never even tried to find those docs. Untill i saw those and heard from my own ears what some of those soldiers talking in sihala in those documentaries i also didn't believe that our army did anything wrong

[@thilinarajakaruna8478]

every tamilians know what happend leally...forign and some tamil politiciant didnt like to end that war..but it happend..now everyone feel the freedom..tamil and sinhalees now strongly got their unity..we all now in one familly..

[@Saran_tamil]

❤️Life for body and soil for Tamil❤️Tamil's thirst for Tamil Eelam motherland❤️

[@Kaile1789]

Ask it from where you belong in now..

[@ShashakaArchana-lu6ys]

THERE IS NO MOTHER LAND TO YOU You can live aa a SRIANKAN or go back to Tamilnadu

[@malithaw]

You really have outdone yourself with this video. Great analysis with unbiased insight into both sides. One thing I want to note, however, is that, like you said, the reason the bombing and shelling of NFZ could very well be the actual reason that is to compeltely destroy the Tamils will to fight similar to what happened with Nagasaki/Hiroshima bombing. US in WW2 knew that an invasion of Japanese main land would be hugely costly to them manpower wise. In fact, they believed in this to such an extent that they had probably millions of Purple heart medals prepared to be awarded to US soldiers in anticiaption of this costly invasion. But that never happened as terror of nuclear bombs resulted in unconditional surrender of Japanese forces. Similarly, in this case, the SL gov needed to put an end to the fighting immediately and declare victory over the LTTE, and they probably wanted this gial to be achieved with low casualties. Regardless, they did actually help civilians escaping the cage, unlike the diaspora claiming all those who escaped were shot down by the army. Also, I want to highlight another thing that I think is important and is not unique to the Eelam wars. While it is true that in most third world countries, indiscriminate shelling of contested areas with civilain populations are common, there is a more logical reason as to why this is the case rather than the popular view upheld by most westerners who think armies shell simply because they want to terrorize civilians. That is the fact that most armies only have access to indirect fire with limited recon abilities. In other words, they lack sophisticated tools to properly identify combatants from civilans or insirgent camps from civilian settlements. So when you get intel that there are enemies in particular areas, then it will be shelled as you can't take a chance on missing shelling some terroties or enemies. So they lack tools to either properly identify enemy combatants or tsrget them with precision to avoid colalteral damage or both. Precision munitions are still only widely available for developed countries or nations with significant military industrial complexes, and these were not certainly available to SL gov at the turn of the millennium. Anyway, this is not a justification to what happened ultimately, but rather something to think about.

[@lemonprofit5147]

What actually happened was bit different. Sri Lankan military did have UAV drones and monitored the movement of terrorist movement in this area. Soon after they declared No fire zone almost all the high ranking tiger leaders and their families went there along with their high value equipment. Military didn't hesitate to target these but unfortunately tigers always kept their most sensitive items and personal as much as close to civilians. There's so much more to that war than this video tells.

[@mejestic124]

You forgot to mention the assasination of Rajeev Gandhi ( prime minister of India) and the effects of 2004 Indian ocean Tsunami.

[@akainCRAZY9666]

As a sri lankan i felt that the sri lankan government was cunning and congrats the victory while the jaffna tamil and northern province was suffering and dying

[@akilaherath5646]

Thank you for the amazing video. History lessons in Sri Lankan schools skip these parts of our history.

[@dannygzz9286]

It’s crazy when you think about how politicians manipulated us for decades Sinhalese and Tamils a lot of share similar culture. and similar ancestry going back during the chola days and the pandya days. but for some reason ever since the British divided and conquered us. they had us separated by religion and caste and division amongst each other it’s sad tbh.

[@tamarind1459]

Yep it was started by the dutch by using the vellalars who were imported from the malabar coast.

[@dannygzz9286]

@@tamarind1459 this EXACTLY !!!

[@sltruth317]

​@@tamarind1459 nah its the karawas who came from Tamil Nadu after the 15th century who are the cause of the conflict, they are regarded as lower caste by govigama, so in order to raise their status they act like they are the saviours of sinhala race and start bashing the tamils as much as possible in devious and dishonest ways, like creating 'tobacco slave myths'. Jaffna vellalar mass migrated to sl much before the dutch period and much before the karawa. Prof Gananath Obeysekera, sinhala professor from Princeton university says this: “The Sinhalese identity nowadays is predicated on the view that since they speak an Indo-European language, they are of North Indian origin whereas the Dravidian-speaking Tamils are from the South. The historical reality, however, is totally different. Except perhaps for the oldest stratum of settlers prior to 500 BC, almost all subsequent settlers in Sri Lanka came from South India, mostly from Tamil Nadu, Orissa, and Kerala and quickly became Sinhalised. In fact, some of the most vociferously anti-Tamil castes among the Sinhalese were post-fifteenth century migrants from South India. By contrast, the Tamils of Jaffna and the East Coast have been in Sri Lanka from at least the tenth to the fourteenth centuries AD, if not earlier..” what is your scholarly source? Facebook or WhatsApp university? Jaffna vellalar mass migration is documented to the 13th century in the Jaffna Tamil chronicles, there are even some Tamils living to this day who can trace their ancestry back to named chieftains of that period.

[@alexfinch1007]

This video is a really outstanding piece of work. The whole narrative with sequences of Jaffna and Killinochchi to make this horrific war story manageable. It's also the most objective account I've come across and clearly draws from a lot of sources and perspectives. Unfortunately this film is unlikely to be seen by the everyday Sri Lankans who suffered so much but were told so little of substance about what was happening. Hopefully in time more of the truth will come to the surface and each side can begin to understand one another.

[@swamiontube]

No single report about the Srilankan conflict would be a complete report but full marks for your efforts. Well done.

[@ej4458]

The Sri Lankan army didn't win in the 4th war because of just the bigger size, if that was the case the US army would've been victorious in afghanistan. The army in the 2000s were much more competent and highly trained, especially among the regular troops which really made the difference in the fight against the ltte cadre. What's special about the ltte cadre was they was usually local to the area they were fighting in and had better knowledge of the terrain. To counter this the SLA with lessons learned by the Special Forces changed the training regiment of the regular soldier drastically and invested more in training schools to actually train than just pump out canon fodder. The prelude to that is, the rise of the competent officers, as you said the SLA was marred with nepotism like the govt. however, this didn't discourage the true officers who slowly rose through the ranks and made Sarath Fonseka the commander of the Army. This in turn led to a purge in the army hierarchy and change of structure. The clumsiness and inefficiency was beaten away from every rank and every camp, younger and more aggressive leaders that showed promise were promoted while the old men hogging the seat were forcibly retired. Along with this, the innovations in Special Forces concepts also had a huge impact, teams were operating way behind enemy lines where tiger leaders were now in fear of being ambushed, which hadn't been the case a decade earlier. In conclusion the army won due to the changes within it's own organization rather than size increase or arms from china nor intelligence from the US, if that had been the case the indian army would've wiped out the tigers. To add on to that, Mahinda Rajapakshe's platform wasn't war, even in his campaign booklet he specifically stated that he was going to lead peace talks, it was only after the operation to free Mavil Aru by the army and the gains they made along the East did Mahinda change his tune, who himself was convinced by Sarath Fonseka.

[@lemonprofit5147]

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[@lakshmankarunaratne3541]

Thank you so much for your much researched documentary of my country and presenting the facts. I wish the younger generation would watch this. Thank you once again.

[@AlexRothman]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@James-cq2bj]

If any of you think Sri Lankan government or the Tamil Eelam were bad, y’all should also see NATO and American actions in the Middle East

[@motionhits]

I am surprised that you always try to show that the Sri Lankan army is bad. First of all, the Sri Lankan army went to war to provide a peaceful Sri Lanka for all religions including the Tamils and Sinhalese. Moreover, the Sri Lankan army carried out the world largest humanitarian operation in the world by freeing more than 30000 the Tamils from the LTTE that who used them as a human war barrier by lTTE. .if theres a family the mother and father used separate transport because No one knows when a bomb will explode.. another more to tell. All these did by LTTE terrorist organisation. Not the tamil people. tamil peoples also wanted to end this terrorism. people in sri lanka don't wanted to devide. all these happend for the politician's needs. also people don't like to introduce themselves as a tamil or sinhalese.they would like to introduce them as a sri lankans. sri lankans only want to live in peace with all religions.

[@eshikaudayanawanigasekara]

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[@SocialStudiess]

I was born in Sudan, Africa but my ethnicity is from Eritrea, Africa. I have been in America (west coast), since I was 18. I am in university studying to be a high school geography/social studies teacher. I always try to think of area of the world that are not of Africa where my ancestors are, or America the culture I have grown up. When it comes to where Sri Lanka. It seems as if it’s never mentioned because where it is on the map. This area of the world is where humans turned into two different kinds of people. The people who like Indians and Sri Lanka and then east oriental. Where Myanmar is. I have never met anybody from Sri Lanka, seen anything about it on the news or anything related to it. This video taught me a lot and has given me a reason to always remember Sri Lanka. I hope to see it in real life one day.

[@nmarc]

27:49 As a fellow musician who was raised from self struggle in a rural area. This is so much mean to me. Someday I would help all homegrown musicians to make their dreams true.❤️🎶

[@arumainayagamjeyaraj3320]

Hi ALEX you did a fabulous job. You touched nook and corners and covered balanced content. You are brilliant, knowledgeable guy. Keep doing more.good luck

[@tealmer3528]

Thank you for putting out this valuable content even if you don't get promoted by the algorithm as much as you should.

[@AlexRothman]

Thanks a lot!

[@sivasbramaniamjeyakanthan2785]

Thank you for the documentary.

[@Nosaveddataretro]

I absolutely love your videos, very good videography makes me want to travel again

[@Kittycat1234582]

I have relatives in sri lanka and my mom was in Colombo when the 1983 riots happened, her sister / my aunt her house was bombed and my aunt , uncle , and cousins had to leave their house with the clothes on their backs . My mom's cousin was a soldier in the war and we still don't know what happened to him , one of my friends who lives in sri lanka her sister is missing .

[@summapradeep3184]

There are no war anymore. Be happy about that 🇱🇰🙏🏾💪🏾

[@MJGLove]

Now in debt to China and living in poverty forever

[@Fte105]

First off, there wasn’t a civil war it was all about terrorist and a country’s army. If it’s civil war why the hell USA and Europe banned LTTE as terrorist group. There are more tamil living in south part of the country with majority Sinhala population without an issue but Sinahala people aren’t allowed to live in north then you called it civil war? Even tamil people clash each other for their own cast so tamils leaving north to south to seek freedom. hope it cleared now!

[@blinkburrito7101]

learning more about the war, especially now, makes me draw a LOT of similarities between this and the israel/palestine conflict...

[@humanityFirst-x5r]

Moral of the story is that you can’t be nice during war. Sad for the misery face by both the civilians of Tamil and Sinhalese too. There was incident where whole sinahalese on the bus were killed and attack on Anuradhapura , kandy and many more but, here western media shows only tamils as victims. Many western countries, Tamil diaspora,India and state government of Tamil Nadu are also responsible because they train, funded and encouraged tiger to fight. Sri Lanka’s fault is that they should respect their language and give equal rights to them at first. Deal strongly at initial phase of war. Anyway it’s very brutal game when life is at stake. Don’t even blame army. It’s nature of war. I’m not Sri Lanka but used to follow everyday about this war in news paper and I was very surprised how it ended.

[@ShashakaArchana-lu6ys]

If India didn't interrupt we could have won it in the first place but Rajiv came up with IPKF and got blasted by ltte finally understanding who was the real bad sidw

[@ThamesEnglishAcademy]

There`s one thing to be happy about. Now it`s a peaceful country. Those days every day we heard about the deaths of hundreds of people due to the war. Anyway, We must thank President Mahinda Rajapaksha for ending the brutal war.

[@88dkith]

Wow.. What an amazing and informative series this has been even for us Sri Lankans. Thank you!

[@juzt_random_facts]

I served the Sri lankan Army. I love my country and I will protect it no matter what!

[@PasanMahindapala]

This series must definitely be a syllabus material for the Sri Lankan education system!

[@coffecoding]

Donno what to learn though, we won nothing, we only lost, yeah it's a good suggestion to include this to students' books, but the expected outcome of that should be really evaluated.

[@CHARI955]

You’ll be surprised how many locals know about the true story and the sinister war crimes gov/army committed. Mainstream media is so centralized all we saw was how bravely our army has ended a war, hiding all the dark secrets behind.

[@eshikaudayanawanigasekara]

Yeah.Cultural understand and Learn English,Sinhala and Tamil

[@oshaniravindi1989]

Good explanation. It is better to analyze both party experiences suffered from war. Not only North and East but also entire Sri Lankan affected by war. Also, the terrorists attacked civilians with suicide bombings while there was no military necessity. However, presently all Sri Lankans live, in harmony and peace. War is not a solution, and it can be found with love and kindness.

[@rushilabeykoon3162]

This is an excellent bit of documentation , Been following the Sri Lankan series from the beginning and loving it. You deserve more views

[@Man-of-Steel674]

Came and liked immediately I will finish watching later though. love your stuff.

[@Edmonddantes123]

Wow, that sounds incredibly familiar to current events…

[@pakpolitix]

Alex! Really impressed with the quality of work you did. Applause on your rational way of understanding each side of lens, from all perspectives in order to reach to a view which could help determine “Real Lessons Learned” approach. Your hard work (making visits to these spots, geographically pin pointing locations etc and mingling with local residents) add a great resonance to the subject. You deserve a very high ratings due to this hard work which also included research. Please accept my highest gratitude and applause for this great work. I will surely subscribe so I can see other content produced by yourself. Many Thanks Shozab Hussain

[@FlightNSurf]

this Sri Lanka series is Amazing..

[@SuperFeeltheburn]

Man, great documentary! Sangi's song playing on the backdrop of the market was the chef's kiss ! You deserve more viewers and subscribers my man! Keep it up

[@thebattle-axe8372]

Man I watched the entire Sri Lankan series of videos , you are a great documenter. Excellent work and very engaging.

[@mauryan01]

No one raised any protests across the world against the SL army's genocide, like they did for the Palestinians in Gaza. The world only runs political campaigns on behalf of certain populations and ignoring the plight of others.

[@michlwezenngraon7487]

Thank you for your commendable informative work.

[@binulwijayasundara6109]

People in my country are mostly friendly with each other. its always the people that appear as our leaders that inject racism to our people. You mentioned several brutal killing events in this video. I hope you could also include information about the 'Anuradhapura massacre' as well in your next videos.

[@sasankathushan8999]

Yes it good video, but it is one side. trying to see both sides

[@Ganji2009]

Thank you for this documentary 😢

[@davidbradley3227]

Was there in 2004 pre tsunami. Never had a better holiday! Was naive to the extent of conflict but having assault rifles pointed at me made me realise things were pretty heavy. Each time a gun was pointed my way it was quickly pointed away when they realised I was a tourist. with big apologies and even bigger smiles they’d say “you go, you go!”and off we’d go in our tuk tuk past others that were being ransacked. Felt bad for the locals who were obviously being abused at these random checkpoints/ambushes.

[@kanchanakarunaratne3391]

thanks for this movie, I m a Sri Lankan now living in Finland I was a student during the time of war, in Colombo,it s 14 years now but my motherland facing worst economic crisis which never even happen during the war time. The LTTE leader when he was dying at battle field presented Rajapaksha Regime Sri Lanka got cursed by it, Also civil war keep southern sri Lankan political balance and Sri Lankan society as well politicians did not have experienced how entire country will run without the civil war, i suggest your next video would be" 2022 Gallface Aragalaya "which we were took part chasing that time president Gotabhaya Rajapaksha who was the secretary of defense during 2008-2009.

[@anuradhavb]

Thank you for doing a documentary on the Civil War. If you like, let's do a program to protect tourist attractions in Sri Lanka. I can help you❤🙏👍

[@shadowleon659]

It was very similar to The Troubles of Northern Ireland, but far more violent. Both Sinhalese and Tamil suffered in this stupid conflict. It didn't just affect Sri Lanka, but also India and the Maldives. I didn't even know about this war's existence until 2016.

[@_ZiLLez]

We should not get divided as Sinhalese,Tamils,Muslims or etc..What we need is peace. Not a war .

[@commonnowpleasestop]

Great series. A lot of hard work went into this. Thank you for taking the time and interest. I liked and subscribed.

[@absolutezeroYT]

To all my fellow sri lankan brothers ans sisters, PLEASE dont vote for the Rajapaksha clan

[@gauravsanjay1586]

Great videos! Waiting for your next video

[@nishanlakmal1928]

කොටි සංවිධානය සිංහල සිවිල් ජනතාවට බෝම්බ තියපුවත් පෙන්නපන්

[@minindudissanayaka1700]

32:54 This statement is misleading the viewers . The government started shelling the No-fire-zone after taking control of the remaining terrorist held areas. After the borders were drawn for the No-fire-zone remaining terrorists were also entered the area and violated the rules so government had no choice but to attack . Even the terrorist leader was also found escaping into the No-fire-zone

[@ShashakaArchana-lu6ys]

Well said ❤

[@devittsiva]

Lie

[@ChanakaUdithaSandaruwan]

I never say I am Sinhalese; I say I am Sri Lankan. I don't want to teach my children Sinhala or Tamil. I want them to study in English because that's how I earn most of my income.

[@zerbutterftw]

teach them sinhala (or Tamil if you're mother tongue is that). They will feel like an outcast if they live in Sri Lanka. Plus, it's cool to know 2 languages.

[@yuvaraj9268]

You can teach them all the 3 languages it will empower them, All the Best to Sri Lanka!

[@ChanakaUdithaSandaruwan]

​@@zerbutterftw You're absolutely right-teaching Sinhala or Tamil is essential, especially if it's your mother tongue. It helps people feel connected and at home in Sri Lanka. Plus, knowing two languages is an amazing skill! Until 1956, English was our official language, but it changed, and now Sinhala and Tamil are the official languages. However, if you know English, you can communicate globally, do freelancing, and work with big companies. I work for an Australian company, and if I didn't know English, they would never have given me the job because communication is the main skill companies look for. If in 1956 Sinhala and Tamil had not become the official languages, English might still be our native language (Sri Lanka). I hope everyone who reads this comment will improve their English day by day and make their life happier than yesterday. I don't like Sinhala, but I really love English. My dream is to improve my English every day, and yes, I can.

[@sivarajaratnam8052]

Nice and fair presentation I am a Srilankan Tamil who has emigrated overseas, but have lived through the war and riots against the Tamils by the Sinhalese One Sinhalese leader I believe JR Jayawardane said once( also quoted on his wiki page) ] President Jayewardene saw these differences between the Sinhalese and Tamils as being ''an unbridgeable gap''.[25] Jayewardene said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, 11 July 1983, "Really, if I starve the Tamils out, the Sinhala people will be happy"[26][27][28][29] in reference to the widespread anti-Tamil sentiments among the Sinhalese at that time

[@dcu5387]

Oh, well, look who’s here with the Wikipedia page as their Bible! You know, citing Wikipedia as your ultimate source is like using a fortune cookie to predict the stock market-anyone can edit it, and if you believe it, you're the punchline. So, let’s talk about that Jayewardene quote. First off, throwing around a cherry-picked quote from a chaotic time without context is like reading half a joke and expecting the punchline to land. Sri Lanka in the '80s was a war zone of emotions, politics, and chaos-not a playground for one-liners. JR Jayewardene didn’t represent the entirety of the Sinhalese people or their centuries-old civilization. He made mistakes, but at least he wasn’t out there strapping bombs to teenagers like your beloved LTTE did. You might want to check Wilson, A. Jeyaratnam's work on Jayewardene for a clearer historical perspective. Speaking of the LTTE-you’ve got to hand it to them-they turned idiocy into an art form. Fighting for a "Tamil homeland" by... terrorising their own people and anyone else in their way. It’s like burning your house down because you don’t like the paint job. Genius! Meanwhile, the Sri Lankan Army-aka the real heroes-brought peace to the island in 2009. While the LTTE was busy being the world's favourite terrorist group, the Sri Lankan military was busy winning back the country, village by village. The same army that restored peace while the LTTE dream was sinking faster than the Titanic. For some factual sources, read Nubin, W. Mark's “Sri Lanka: Current Issues and Historical Background.” And for the record, if you’re still relying on manipulated Wikipedia pages to back up your arguments, it might be time to log off and pick up an actual book.

[@tbeniel]

You have touched on many aspects of the conflict, but have some misinformation regarding the origin of the conflict and initial wars. But, you had a very balanced view overall. The blood spill of innocent civilians is what haunting this Island. Sadly, still ultranationalists are trying for ethnic vilances. Last month itself, a prominent politician stated "This is Singhalese country, I will severe head of Tamils and bring them back to Kelaniya". Unless whole Srilankans turn against race hate, this curse will continue.

[@Kaile1789]

Regarding The quoted comment in your comment ..i think you definitely no people dont give a fk about that outcast anymore ...

[@eshikaudayanawanigasekara]

Do not Trust Sri Lankan Politicians mate. See What they done to us 😢. Tamil Politicians Lied tamil population and Sinhala Politicians Lied Sinhala population Both get voted and rich.

[@uraninite8151]

Karuna's men were extremely brutal. Many times people couldn't work out to which side groups of militants belonged. Lots of serious human rights violations. Also its interesting that many mercenaries, some of which were former Rhodesian military, were recruited to train Sri Lanka's special forces in the lead up to the 3rd and 4th stage of the war.

[@sathiyanrasendiram]

as a srilankan 100% agree with u THANK U

[@EdilbertFernando]

Vetrivel, veeravel!

[@tihafola2435]

Cant wait for the next episode bro❤️

[@Proust451]

That’ll be a war to remember, and today with so many under ground, I’m going to say fate will keep us safe from another war.

[@ThomasWatsonHG]

I love how unbias you tell stories. I have no idea who the good guys and bad guys are meant to be, and that is the best way to understand how these things happen in the first place.

[@Seth_Davis888]

Based Sri Lankans, no mercy for LTTE terrorists. Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰♥️🇱🇰

[@yehanravindu7221]

Reminder their were no good people here

[@salo2132]

Look who is talking about terrorism😂

[@butterowlet6774]

😑

[@siva_99]

Pakistan is main culprit for terrorist

[@uraninite8151]

Super high quality video. I have been interested in this civil war for a few years. One of the rare examples of a true military victory. Also just curious what is your accent?

[@awanthaudayaprasadfernando9415]

After 14 year of over terrorist problem , sri lanka has become a peaceful county in asia .

[@aarokiaraj4652]

I am proud Tamilian

[@ShashakaArchana-lu6ys]

No you are Sri Lankan

[@deemankajayakodi6948]

Why cant you just say a Sri Lankan?

[@zerbutterftw]

You are Sri Lankan. Sinhalese, Sri Lankan Tamils, we are all Sri Lankans.

[@harishantosh2228]

Fairness and equal treatment is important for all to leave in peace and harmony

[@eshikaudayanawanigasekara]

Animals kill animal for eat but Human kill human for eat. No no no Human kill Human for Unthinking and Craziness.😢

[@kasunmahesh1862]

The damage happened to the other part of the country is much larger than the damage that happened to the North and East part of the country by this bloody war. We people here experienced that, I was in the area which was middle of the boarder between Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE Territory and that time was terrifying. No one should experience something terrible like that. The LTTE literally destroyed everything, They attacked the Scared City Anuradhapura in 1985 and killed hundreds of buddhist monks, then the temple of tooth bomb. Not only that they attacked Airports, Schools, Government institutes, Central Bank as well leaving thousands of innocent civilians to die in pain, still here in this video you try to sympathize those blood thirsty beasts. In our villages, we never slept at night as the LTTE attacked our villages. They came to our homes slammed our babies of ground, killing pregnants, killing everyone they could. Literally it was a great massacre.

[@alucardhellsing1037]

So the Sri Lankan government and the Army was saints. Both are equally responsible.

[@kasunmahesh1862]

@@alucardhellsing1037 I never said that government was right but no body can expect the fairness from a war period.

[@sleekzofficial3377]

@@kasunmahesh1862but where on earth did you come to the conclusion the effect on the rest of the country was worse than a full on war zone, battlefield in the north and east🤣

[@heransd]

It damaged the whole country. How can you conclude it is just South. Knowing Mahinda Rajapaksha's capabilities of suppressing civilians during aragalaya times, can you imagine what he must have done to Tamil civilians? So don't be the victim.

[@kasunmahesh1862]

@@heransd I mean not the Government ever oppressed Tamil people during war time but it was LTTE, they recruited all teens to their terrorists organization forcibly and trained them as self-destructive fighters. Not the government did such things to Tamil people but the LTTE did those horrible things. In the last few days of war, those desperate terrorists tried to keep 300,000-400,000 people as hostages to buy some time for their leaders to flee the country but thanks to the military of the government, they could defeat those terrorists and rescue all the people who were kept as hostages. Not the government took Tamil people as hostages but the LTTE did.

[@mohammeddeeqiko9260]

I come from Somalia i like people Srilankan

[@1-spartan]

It's weird how high quality your videos are but so few views.

[@tomjones5916]

For those debating in the comments, remember people labelled terrorists by some, are called freedom fighters by others.

[@matalekalum]

It's wise to refrain from discussing topics that aren't well understood. Imagine someone with limited driving experience attempting to speed through a bustling city in a large vehicle - the outcome is easily predictable. Therefore, it's crucial to grasp the truth before expressing opinions about specific matters. It is truly disheartening to observe your inability to unearth the genuine truth obscured beneath the veneer of media narratives and self-proclaimed institutions.

[@kumaragurusubramanian581]

Sir, are you saying no civilian are killed by sla, no rapes were made by sla??? Eagerly waiting for your responce.

[@Wassupbro999]

@@kumaragurusubramanian581 didnt the ltte do the same? and arent they identified as terrorits?

[@boycottnok1466]

Ok criminal shut up

[@boycottnok1466]

​@@Wassupbro999it is natural to do that to make your own indipendent country. Sinhalese were invading foreign territory. It is Sinhalese fault

[@Kaile1789]

@@boycottnok1466theres no foreign lands in Sri lanka 😂..it was always being a one country its still and in the future too..

[@jw-vx8im]

There is no excuse for killing those school girls. Its just disgusting. Hope those invloved suffer in shame and anxiety