Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Adolf Hitler

Battles of Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 (1889–1945)

Adolf Hitler is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1940 and 1945: 9 battles across 7 present-day countries, most in Soviet Union (2), Russia (2), Belgium (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 12,743 km apart end to end, 1,593 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eastern Front (4), Western Front (1), World War II (1).

Clydebank BlitzBattle of RzhevKamenets-Podolsky PocketFalaise PocketGerman invasion of BelgiumBattle of MoscowBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskBattle of BerlinGerman invasion of BelgiumBattle of MoscowBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskBattle of BerlinMadridKyivViennaStockholmGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaSt. PetersburgMilanNaples1000 km52.933N, 20.066E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1940: 1 engagements1941: 2 engagements2 in 19411942: 2 engagements2 in 19421943: 1 engagements1944: 2 engagements2 in 19441945: 1 engagements19401945
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

German invasion of Belgium, 1940Battle of Moscow, 1941Clydebank Blitz, 1941Battle of Rzhev, 1942Battle of Stalingrad, 1942Battle of Kursk, 1943Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket, 1944Falaise Pocket, 1944Battle of Berlin, 194519401945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1940German invasion of BelgiumBelgiumGerman victory
the 1941sBattle of MoscowMoscow Oblast, Soviet Union2,245 km NESoviet victory
March 1941Clydebank BlitzClydebank, United Kingdom2,585 km WClydebank largely destroyed by German air raids
1942Battle of RzhevTver Oblast, Russia2,363 km EGerman victory
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgograd, Russia1,148 km SESoviet victory
1943Battle of KurskKursk, Soviet Union685 km NWSoviet victory
8 April 1944Kamenets-Podolsky PocketTernopil, Ukraine744 km WStrategic Soviet victory; 1st Panzer Army encircled...
12 August 1944Falaise PocketNormandy, France1,939 km WAllied victory
16 April 1945Battle of BerlinBerlin, Germany1,035 km NESoviet victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.