Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Hermann Göring

Battles of Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)

Hermann Göring is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1940 and 1942: 8 battles and 1 naval action across 5 present-day countries, most in United Kingdom (4), Russia (2), Belgium (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 14,304 km apart end to end, 1,788 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (2), Western Front (2), Eastern Front (2).

AdlertagBattle of Britain DayClydebank BlitzGerman-Soviet air war 22 June 1941Battle of BritainBattle of FranceDunkirk evacuationBattle of MoscowBattle of StalingradBattle of BritainBattle of FranceDunkirk evacuationBattle of MoscowBattle of StalingradTehranMadridBaghdadÜrümqiKabulAthensCasablancaKyivViennaTashkent2000 km56.858N, 42.800E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1940: 5 engagements5 in 19401941: 3 engagements1942: 1 engagements19401942
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Britain, 1940Battle of France, 1940Dunkirk evacuation, 1940Adlertag, 1940Battle of Britain Day, 1940Battle of Moscow, 1941Clydebank Blitz, 1941German-Soviet air war 22 June 1941, 1941Battle of Stalingrad, 194219401942
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1940Battle of BritainUnited KingdomBritish victory
1940Battle of FranceFrance, Belgium587 km SEAxis victory
4 June 1940Dunkirk evacuationEnglish Channel, France169 km WSuccessful retreat
1940AdlertagEngland, United Kingdom315 km NWBritish victory
1940Battle of Britain DayLondon, United Kingdom176 km SBritish victory
the 1941sBattle of MoscowMoscow Oblast, Soviet Union2,501 km NESoviet victory
March 1941Clydebank BlitzClydebank, United Kingdom2,585 km WClydebank largely destroyed by German air raids
1941German-Soviet air war 22 June 1941Soviet Union, Russia4,773 km NEGerman victory
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgograd, Russia3,199 km WSoviet 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, Robert Röhr, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.