Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Aleksandr Michajlovič Vasilevskij

Battles of Aleksandr Michajlovič Vasilevskij

Marshal of the Soviet Union (1895-1977)

Aleksandr Michajlovič Vasilevskij is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1942 and 1945: 5 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Russia (4), Ukraine (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,553 km apart end to end, 638 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eastern Front (4), World War II (1).

Battle of StalingradVoronezh–Kastornoye OffensiveBattle of the DnieperHeiligenbeil PocketBattle of KönigsbergBattle of StalingradVoronezh–Kastornoye OffensiveBattle of the DnieperBattle of KönigsbergKyivBucharestWarsawBudapestMinskNizhny NovgorodBelgradeRigaChișinăuSevastopol500 km50.607N, 32.237E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1942: 1 engagements1943: 2 engagements2 in 19431945: 2 engagements2 in 194519421945
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Stalingrad, 1942Voronezh–Kastornoye Offensive, 1943Battle of the Dnieper, 1943Heiligenbeil Pocket, 1945Battle of Königsberg, 194519421945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgograd, RussiaSoviet victory
1943Voronezh–Kastornoye OffensiveRussia501 km NWSoviet victory
1943Battle of the DnieperUkraine764 km SWSoviet victory
26 January 1945Heiligenbeil PocketEast Prussia, Russia1,241 km NWSoviet victory
6 April 1945Battle of KönigsbergKönigsberg, Russia47 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 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.