Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Angelo Iachino

Battles of Angelo Iachino

Naval officer (1889–1976)

Angelo Iachino is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1940 and 1942: 4 naval actions, all in present-day Greece. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,654 km apart end to end, 551 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Mediterranean and Middle East Theater of World War II (3), World War II (1).

Battle of Cape SpartiventoBattle of Cape MatapanFirst Battle of SirteSecond Battle of SirteBattle of Cape SpartiventoBattle of Cape MatapanFirst Battle of SirteSecond Battle of SirteTripoliTunisPalermoVallettaCataniaSousseZuwara500 km36.214N, 15.433E
4 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: 1 engagements19401942
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Cape Spartivento, 1940Battle of Cape Matapan, 1941First Battle of Sirte, 1941Second Battle of Sirte, 194219401942
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
27 November 1940Battle of Cape SpartiventoMediterranean SeaInconclusive
27 March 1941Battle of Cape MatapanCape Matapan, Greece1,216 km EAllied victory
17 December 1941First Battle of SirteGulf of Sidra394 km WInconclusive
22 March 1942Second Battle of SirteGulf of Sidra44 km WSee Analysis

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, unattributed, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.