Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Erwin Rommel

Battles of Erwin Rommel

German field marshal (1891–1944)

Erwin Rommel is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1941 and 1944: 5 battles and 1 siege across 4 present-day countries, most in Libya (2), France (2), Egypt (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,315 km apart end to end, 863 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Mediterranean and Middle East Theater of World War II (1), Battles of El Alamein (1), World War II (1).

Battle of El AgheilaSiege of TobrukFirst Battle of El AlameinBattle of Kasserine PasseNormandy landingsBattle for CaenSiege of TobrukFirst Battle of El AlameinBattle of Kasserine PasseNormandy landingsBattle for CaenMadridAthensCasablancaKyivViennaGenevaBarcelonaAlexandriaAnkaraAlgiers1000 km39.803N, 14.171E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1941: 1 engagements1942: 2 engagements2 in 19421943: 1 engagements1944: 2 engagements2 in 194419411944
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Tobruk, 1941First Battle of El Alamein, 1942Battle of El Agheila, 1942Battle of Kasserine Passe, 1943Normandy landings, 1944Battle for Caen, 194419411944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
10 April 1941Siege of TobrukTobruk, LibyaAllied victory
1 July 1942First Battle of El AlameinEl Alamein, Egypt492 km EStalemate
11 December 1942Battle of El AgheilaEl Agheila, Libya935 km W(see Analysis section)
1943Battle of Kasserine PasseTunisia1,124 km NWSee Aftermath section
6 June 1944Normandy landingsNormandy, France1,741 km NWAllied victory
6 June 1944Battle for CaenCaen, France24 km SEAllied 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, Winkelmann, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.