Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Ferdinand Schörner

Battles of Ferdinand Schörner

German field marshal (1892–1973)

Ferdinand Schörner is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1939 and 1945: 9 battles and 1 siege across 6 present-day countries, most in Germany (3), Ukraine (2), Poland (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,252 km apart end to end, 584 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eastern Front (7), World War II (2), World War II in the Balkans (1).

Battle of Tempe GorgeOdesa offensiveMoonsund Landing OperationBattle of KolbergBattle of the Oder–NeisseBattle of LwówCourland PocketBattle of BautzenBattle of BerlinBattle of the Seelow HeightsBattle of LwówCourland PocketBattle of BautzenBattle of BerlinBattle of the Seelow HeightsAthensKyivViennaStockholmGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaSt. PetersburgAnkaraMilan1000 km49.188N, 22.688E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1939: 1 engagements1941: 1 engagements1944: 3 engagements1945: 5 engagements5 in 194519391945
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Lwów, 1939Battle of Tempe Gorge, 1941Odesa offensive, 1944Moonsund Landing Operation, 1944Courland Pocket, 1944Battle of Bautzen, 1945Battle of Kolberg, 1945Battle of the Oder–Neisse, 1945Battle of Berlin, 1945Battle of the Seelow Heights, 194519391945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1939Battle of LwówLviv, UkraineGerman–Soviet victory
18 April 1941Battle of Tempe GorgeVale of Tempe, Greece1,114 km SAllied victory; German advance delayed.
1944Odesa offensiveUkraine1,259 km NESoviet victory
29 September 1944Moonsund Landing OperationWest Estonian archipelago, Estonia1,208 km NWSoviet victory
1944Courland PocketLatvia177 km SFree German/Soviet victory
1945Battle of BautzenBautzen, Germany813 km SWGerman victory; The German offensive did not achieve...
1945Battle of KolbergKołobrzeg, Poland342 km NPolish-Soviet victory; German evacuation by sea; 80% of...
April 1945Battle of the Oder–NeisseOder–Neisse line, Poland198 km SWSoviet victory
16 April 1945Battle of BerlinBerlin, Germany71 km WSoviet victory
16 April 1945Battle of the Seelow HeightsSeelow, Germany69 km ESoviet 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, Scheerer (e), CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.