Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Edward Almond

Battles of Edward Almond

United States Army general (1892–1979)

Edward Almond is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1945 and 1951: 7 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in South Korea (5), Brazil (1), North Korea (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,608 km apart end to end, 1,601 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Korean War (5), World War II (1).

Battle of HoengsongThird Battle of WonjuBattle of CollecchioBattle of InchonSecond Battle of SeoulBattle of Changjin ReservoirFirst and Second Battles of WonjuBattle of CollecchioBattle of InchonBattle of Changjin ReservoirŌsakaManilaTehranTaipeiBengaluruBangkokBaghdadChengduÜrümqiBerlin5000 km41.051N, 69.296E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1945: 1 engagements1950: 4 engagements4 in 19501951: 2 engagements19451951
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Collecchio, 1945Battle of Inchon, 1950Second Battle of Seoul, 1950Battle of Changjin Reservoir, 1950First and Second Battles of Wonju, 1950Battle of Hoengsong, 1951Third Battle of Wonju, 195119451951
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
26 April 1945Battle of CollecchioFornovo di Taro, BrazilAllied victory
15 September 1950Battle of InchonIncheon, South Korea8,868 km NEUnited Nations victory; Beginning of the North Korean...
1950Second Battle of SeoulSeoul, South Korea35 km EUnited Nations victory
27 November 1950Battle of Changjin ReservoirChangjin Reservoir, North Korea313 km NSee § Aftermath
31 December 1950First and Second Battles of WonjuWonju, South Korea341 km SUnited Nations victory
1951Battle of HoengsongHoengseong County, South Korea16 km NChinese victory
18 February 1951Third Battle of WonjuWonju, South Korea35 km EUnited Nations 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, Asfreeas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.