Atlas of Battles

commander, 28 engagements

Battles of Erich von Falkenhayn

Battles of Erich von Falkenhayn

Chief of Germany's General Staff during the first two years of the First World War (1861-1922)

Erich von Falkenhayn is recorded as a commander at 28 placed engagements in the atlas between 1914 and 1918: 28 battles across 7 present-day countries, most in France (12), Romania (7), Belgium (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 13,341 km apart end to end, 494 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Western Front (14), World War I (4), Middle Eastern theater of World War I (3).

First Battle of PicardyFirst Battle of ArtoisFirst Battle of ChampagneSecond Battle of ChampagneAction of the Hohenzollern RedoubtActions of the Bluff, 1916Hohenzollern RedoubtBattle of Mont SorrelBattle of the Boar's HeadLeipzig salientCapture of La BoisselleCapture of OvillersFirst Battle of PetrozsényCapture of ComblesSecond Battle of PetrozsényRomanian Army offensive in Transylvania in 1916Battle of SălătrucuBattle of the Southern CarpathiansBattle of the ArgeşBattle of BucharestBattle of El Buggar RidgeThird Battle of GazaBattle of Mughar RidgeFirst Battle of YpresGorlice–Tarnów OffensiveBattle of VerdunBattle of JerusalemOperation FaustschlagFirst Battle of YpresGorlice–Tarnów OffensiveBattle of VerdunBattle of JerusalemOperation FaustschlagMadridBaghdadBerlinAthensKyivViennaGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaAlexandria1000 km41.171N, 18.733E
28 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1914: 4 engagements1915: 3 engagements1916: 16 engagements16 in 19161917: 4 engagements1918: 1 engagements19141918
28 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

First Battle of Picardy, 1914First Battle of Ypres, 1914First Battle of Artois, 1914First Battle of Champagne, 1914Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive, 1915Second Battle of Champagne, 1915Action of the Hohenzollern Redoubt, 1915Actions of the Bluff, 1916, 1916Battle of Verdun, 1916Hohenzollern Redoubt, 1916Battle of Mont Sorrel, 1916Battle of the Boar's Head, 1916Leipzig salient, 1916Capture of La Boisselle, 1916Capture of Ovillers, 1916First Battle of Petrozsény, 1916Capture of Combles, 1916Second Battle of Petrozsény, 1916Romanian Army offensive in Transylvania in 1916, 1916Battle of Sălătrucu, 1916Battle of the Southern Carpathians, 1916Battle of the Argeş, 1916Battle of Bucharest, 1916Battle of El Buggar Ridge, 1917Third Battle of Gaza, 1917Battle of Mughar Ridge, 1917Battle of Jerusalem, 1917Operation Faustschlag, 191819141918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
26 September 1914First Battle of PicardyPicardy, FranceInconclusive
19 October 1914First Battle of YpresYpres, Belgium150 km NIndecisive
17 December 1914First Battle of ArtoisArtois, France48 km SWIndecisive
20 December 1914First Battle of ChampagneChampagne-Ardenne, France220 km SEInconclusive
22 June 1915Gorlice–Tarnów OffensiveTarnów, Poland1,207 km ECentral Powers victory
25 September 1915Second Battle of ChampagneChampagne, France1,243 km WGerman victory
13 October 1915Action of the Hohenzollern RedoubtHohenzollern Redoubt, France188 km NWGerman victory
1916Actions of the Bluff, 1916Belgium37 km NBritish victory
21 February 1916Battle of VerdunVerdun, France252 km SEFrench victory
2 March 1916Hohenzollern RedoubtLoos-en-Gohelle, France234 km NWBritish victory
13 June 1916Battle of Mont SorrelYpres Salient, Belgium42 km NInconclusive
30 June 1916Battle of the Boar's HeadArtois, France32 km SWSee Aftermath section
July 1916Leipzig salientPicardy, France62 km SBritish victory
6 July 1916Capture of La BoissellePicardy, France1 km EBritish victory
16 July 1916Capture of OvillersPicardy, France2 km NBritish victory
1916First Battle of PetrozsényPetroșani, Romania1,623 km EGerman victory
26 September 1916Capture of ComblesPicardy, France1,611 km NWBritish–French victory
1916Second Battle of PetrozsényPetroșani, Romania1,611 km ERomanian victory
16 October 1916Romanian Army offensive in Transylvania in 1916Transylvania, Romania133 km NCentral Powers victory Romanian invasion repulsed...
1916Battle of SălătrucuRomania158 km SERomanian victory
1916Battle of the Southern CarpathiansRomania34 km NERomanian strategic victory
1 December 1916Battle of the ArgeşBucharest, Romania181 km SECentral Powers victory
1916Battle of BucharestBucharest, Romania17 km NCentral Powers victory
27 October 1917Battle of El Buggar RidgeIsrael1,643 km SEBritish victory
1 November 1917Third Battle of GazaGaza City, Palestine32 km NAllied victory
13 November 1917Battle of Mughar RidgeIsrael49 km NEBritish Empire victory
17 November 1917Battle of JerusalemJerusalem, Israel43 km EAllied victoryEnd of the Ottoman rule in Jerusalem and...
1918Operation FaustschlagBelarus2,486 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, Albert Meyer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.