Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Georg von der Marwitz

Battles of Georg von der Marwitz

German general (1856–1929)

Georg von der Marwitz is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1914 and 1918: 7 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in France (5), Belgium (1), Russia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,958 km apart end to end, 493 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Western Front (6), World War I (1).

First Battle of Villers-BretonneuxSecond Battle of Villers-BretonneuxBattle of HaelenBattle of Le CateauSecond Battle of the Masurian LakesBattle of ÉpehyBattle of the Canal du NordBattle of HaelenBattle of Le CateauSecond Battle of the Masurian LakesBattle of ÉpehyBerlinViennaAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsWarsawBudapestMunichPrague500 km51.934N, 12.260E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1914: 2 engagements1915: 1 engagements1918: 4 engagements4 in 191819141918
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Haelen, 1914Battle of Le Cateau, 1914Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes, 1915First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, 1918Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, 1918Battle of Épehy, 1918Battle of the Canal du Nord, 191819141918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
12 August 1914Battle of HaelenHalen, BelgiumBelgian victory
26 August 1914Battle of Le CateauLe Cateau-Cambrésis, France145 km SWGerman victory
7 February 1915Second Battle of the Masurian LakesMasurian Lake District, Russia1,330 km NEGerman victory
30 March 1918First Battle of Villers-BretonneuxVillers-Bretonneux, France1,407 km WBritish Empire victory
25 April 1918Second Battle of Villers-BretonneuxVillers-Bretonneux, France0 km NAllied victory
18 September 1918Battle of ÉpehyÉpehy, France45 km EAllied victory
27 September 1918Battle of the Canal du NordCanal du Nord, France32 km NAllied 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.