Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of August von Mackensen

Battles of August von Mackensen

German field marshal (1849–1945)

August von Mackensen is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1914 and 1916: 10 battles across 4 present-day countries, most in Poland (4), Romania (3), Russia (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,281 km apart end to end, 253 km between engagements on average. Most belong to WWI Eastern Front (4), World War I (3), Romania in World War I (3).

Battle of BolimówFall of Belgrade (1915)Second Battle of CobadinBattle of the ArgeşBattle of BucharestBattle of ŁódźBattle of GumbinnenFirst Battle of the Masurian LakesBattle of the Vistula RiverGorlice–Tarnów OffensiveBattle of ŁódźBattle of GumbinnenFirst Battle of the Masurian LakesBattle of the Vistula RiverGorlice–Tarnów OffensiveBerlinKyivViennaBucharestHamburgBudapestMunichPragueKøbenhavnBelgrade500 km49.422N, 23.695E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1914: 4 engagements4 in 19141915: 3 engagements1916: 3 engagements19141916
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Łódź, 1914Battle of Gumbinnen, 1914First Battle of the Masurian Lakes, 1914Battle of the Vistula River, 1914Battle of Bolimów, 1915Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive, 1915Fall of Belgrade (1915), 1915Second Battle of Cobadin, 1916Battle of the Argeş, 1916Battle of Bucharest, 191619141916
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1914Battle of ŁódźŁódź, PolandSee #Aftermath; German plan of encirclement and destruction...
20 August 1914Battle of GumbinnenGusev, Russia363 km NERussian victory
7 September 1914First Battle of the Masurian LakesMasurian Lake District, Russia68 km SGerman victory
1914Battle of the Vistula RiverWarsaw, Poland208 km SRussian victory
31 January 1915Battle of BolimówBolimów, Poland60 km WInconclusive
22 June 1915Gorlice–Tarnów OffensiveTarnów, Poland278 km SCentral Powers victory
5 October 1915Fall of Belgrade (1915)Belgrade, Serbia540 km SCentral Powers victory
1916Second Battle of CobadinRomania596 km ECentral Powers victory
1 December 1916Battle of the ArgeşBucharest, Romania150 km WCentral Powers victory
1916Battle of BucharestBucharest, Romania17 km NCentral Powers 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, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.