Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis

Battles of Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis

British military commander and field marshal; Governor General of Canada (1891-1969)

Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1940 and 1944: 3 battles and 1 naval action across 3 present-day countries, most in Italy (2), France (1), Libya (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,137 km apart end to end, 1,379 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (3), Western Front (1).

Dunkirk evacuationBattle of El AgheilaBattle of Monte CassinoBattle of AnzioDunkirk evacuationBattle of El AgheilaBattle of Monte CassinoBattle of AnzioMadridBerlinAthensCasablancaKyivViennaGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaAlexandria1000 km40.662N, 10.779E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1940: 1 engagements1942: 1 engagements1944: 2 engagements2 in 194419401944
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Dunkirk evacuation, 1940Battle of El Agheila, 1942Battle of Monte Cassino, 1944Battle of Anzio, 194419401944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
4 June 1940Dunkirk evacuationEnglish Channel, FranceSuccessful retreat
11 December 1942Battle of El AgheilaEl Agheila, Libya2,699 km SE(see Analysis section)
17 January 1944Battle of Monte CassinoMonte Cassino, Italy1,338 km NAllied victory
22 January 1944Battle of AnzioAnzio, Italy99 km WAllied 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, Department of National Defence of Canada, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.