Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Ariel Sharon

Battles of Ariel Sharon

Prime Minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006 (1928-2014), 1928 to 2014

Ariel Sharon is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1967 and 1982: 3 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in Egypt (3), Lebanon (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 674 km apart end to end, 225 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Yom Kippur War (2), Six-Day War (1), 1982 Lebanon War (1).

Battle of Abu-AgeilaBattle of the Chinese FarmBattle of IsmailiaSiege of BeirutBattle of Abu-AgeilaBattle of the Chinese FarmDamascus200 km32.170N, 33.910E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1967: 1 engagements1973: 2 engagements2 in 19731982: 1 engagements19671982
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Abu-Ageila, 1967Battle of the Chinese Farm, 1973Battle of Ismailia, 1973Siege of Beirut, 198219671982
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
6 June 1967Battle of Abu-AgeilaEgyptIsraeli victory; Israeli complete control on Northern Sinai
1973Battle of the Chinese FarmEgypt183 km WIsraeli victory
1973Battle of IsmailiaEgypt8 km NWEgyptian victory; Israeli failure to cut supplies for the...
14 June 1982Siege of BeirutBeirut, Lebanon483 km NEIsraeli victoryPalestinian militants PLO withdrawal from...

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, Avi Ohayon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.