Atlas of Battles

commander, 16 engagements

Battles of Erich von Manstein

Battles of Erich von Manstein

German field marshal (1887-1973)

Erich von Manstein is recorded as a commander at 16 placed engagements in the atlas between 1941 and 1944: 14 battles and 2 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Ukraine (7), Russia (6), Soviet Union (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 7,503 km apart end to end, 500 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eastern Front (11).

Siege of Odesa 1941Battle of the Sea of AzovBattle of the Kerch PeninsulaBattle of the Kerch PeninsulaSinyavino OffensiveDonbass Strategic OffensiveIzyum-Barvenkovo OffensiveBattle of BelgorodBattle of the Korsun–Cherkassy PocketNikopol–Krivoi Rog OffensiveKamenets-Podolsky PocketSiege of SevastopolBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskThird Battle of KharkovBattle of the DnieperSiege of SevastopolBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskThird Battle of KharkovBattle of the DnieperKyivViennaStockholmSt. PetersburgBucharestWarsawBudapestHelsinkiMinskNizhny Novgorod1000 km52.256N, 35.516E
16 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1941: 4 engagements1942: 3 engagements1943: 6 engagements6 in 19431944: 3 engagements19411944
16 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Odesa 1941, 1941Battle of the Sea of Azov, 1941Siege of Sevastopol, 1941Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, 1941Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, 1942Sinyavino Offensive, 1942Battle of Stalingrad, 1942Battle of Kursk, 1943Third Battle of Kharkov, 1943Donbass Strategic Offensive, 1943Izyum-Barvenkovo Offensive, 1943Battle of Belgorod, 1943Battle of the Dnieper, 1943Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket, 1944Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive, 1944Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket, 194419411944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
8 August 1941Siege of Odesa 1941Odesa, UkraineAxis victory; Successful evacuation of Red Army troops...
1941Battle of the Sea of Azov485 km EAxis victory; Encirclement & destruction of Soviet 9th &...
30 October 1941Siege of SevastopolSevastopol, Russia312 km SWAxis victory
26 December 1941Battle of the Kerch PeninsulaRussia205 km EAxis victory
1942Battle of the Kerch PeninsulaCrimea, Russia158 km WAxis victory
19 August 1942Sinyavino OffensiveRussia1,669 km NSoviet offensive defeated, German offensive cancelled.
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgograd, Russia1,514 km SESoviet victory
1943Battle of KurskKursk, Soviet Union685 km NWSoviet victory
19 February 1943Third Battle of KharkovKharkiv, Ukraine193 km SGerman victory
1943Donbass Strategic OffensiveDonbas, Ukraine244 km SEGerman victory
1943Izyum-Barvenkovo OffensiveIzium, Ukraine138 km NAxis victory
1943Battle of BelgorodRussia164 km NSoviet victory
1943Battle of the DnieperUkraine556 km SWSoviet victory
24 January 1944Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy PocketCherkasy, Ukraine334 km NSoviet victory
30 January 1944Nikopol–Krivoi Rog OffensiveNikopol, Soviet Union276 km SESoviet victory
8 April 1944Kamenets-Podolsky PocketTernopil, Ukraine571 km WStrategic Soviet victory; 1st Panzer Army encircled...

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, UnknownUnknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.