Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Dwight D. Eisenhower

Battles of Dwight D. Eisenhower

president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (1890–1969)

Dwight D. Eisenhower is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1942 and 1945: 4 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in France (2), Morocco (1), Germany (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,627 km apart end to end, 876 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Invasion of Normandy (1), Operation Overlord (1), Western Allied invasion of Germany (1).

Battle of Port LyauteyNormandy landingsFalaise PocketBattle of NurembergBattle of Port LyauteyNormandy landingsFalaise PocketBattle of NurembergMadridCasablancaViennaGenevaBarcelonaAlgiersMilanFrankfurtLisbonNaples1000 km41.862N, 2.211E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1942: 1 engagements1944: 2 engagements2 in 19441945: 1 engagements19421945
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Port Lyautey, 1942Normandy landings, 1944Falaise Pocket, 1944Battle of Nuremberg, 194519421945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
8 November 1942Battle of Port LyauteyKenitra, MoroccoAmerican victory
6 June 1944Normandy landingsNormandy, France1,748 km NAllied victory
12 August 1944Falaise PocketNormandy, France58 km SEAllied victory
16 April 1945Battle of NurembergNuremberg, Germany821 km EAmerican 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, White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.