Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Frederick M. Franks, Jr.

Battles of Frederick M. Franks, Jr.

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal, born 1936

Frederick M. Franks, Jr. is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas in 1991: 6 battles, all in present-day Iraq. Taken in date order, the sites lie 530 km apart end to end, 106 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Gulf War (6).

Battle of Phase Line BulletBattle of 73 EastingBattle of Al BusayyahBattle of NorfolkBattle of Medina RidgeBattle of RumailaBattle of 73 EastingBattle of Al BusayyahBattle of NorfolkBattle of Medina RidgeBattle of RumailaKuwait CityAhvazBasraAbadanAn NasiriyahAs SamawahRafhaAz AubayrAl JahraAsh Shatrah200 km30.121N, 46.336E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1991: 6 engagements6 in 199119911991
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of 73 Easting, 1991Battle of Al Busayyah, 1991Battle of Phase Line Bullet, 1991Battle of Norfolk, 1991Battle of Medina Ridge, 1991Battle of Rumaila, 199119911991
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
26 February 1991Battle of 73 EastingIraqCoalition victory
26 February 1991Battle of Al BusayyahAl Muthanna Governorate, Iraq80 km NWU.S. victory
26 February 1991Battle of Phase Line BulletIraq78 km EIraqi victory
1991Battle of NorfolkAl Muthanna Governorate, Iraq151 km WCoalition victory
27 February 1991Battle of Medina RidgeBasra, Iraq152 km EAmerican victory
2 March 1991Battle of RumailaLake Hammar, Iraq69 km NEAmerican 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, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.