Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Chen Cheng

Battles of Chen Cheng

Chinese politician and soldier (1897–1965)

Chen Cheng is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1937 and 1944: 5 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in People's Republic of China (4), Taiwan (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,651 km apart end to end, 413 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Sino-Japanese War (5).

Battle of ShanghaiBattle of WuhanBattle of ChangshaBattle of West HubeiBattle of Central HenanBattle of ShanghaiBattle of WuhanBattle of ChangshaBattle of West HubeiBattle of Central HenanNanjingHangzhouNanchangHuainanPingxiangWenzhouXuzhouHefeiSuzhouNanyang500 km31.050N, 116.857E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1937: 1 engagements1 in 19371938: 1 engagements1 in 19381939: 1 engagements1 in 19391943: 1 engagements1 in 19431944: 1 engagements1 in 194419371944
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Shanghai, 1937Battle of Wuhan, 1938Battle of Changsha, 1939Battle of West Hubei, 1943Battle of Central Henan, 194419371944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
13 August 1937Battle of ShanghaiShanghai, TaiwanJapanese victory
27 October 1938Battle of WuhanWuhan, People's Republic of China691 km WJapanese victory
1939Battle of ChangshaChangsha, People's Republic of China292 km SWChinese victory
12 May 1943Battle of West HubeiHubei, China127 km NWChinese victory
17 April 1944Battle of Central HenanPeople's Republic of China541 km NJapanese 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, Chan Cheng, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.