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Battles of Hisaichi Terauchi

Battles of Hisaichi Terauchi

Japanese general (1879-1946)

Hisaichi Terauchi is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1938 and 1944: 5 battles across 4 present-day countries, most in People's Republic of China (2), Solomon Islands (1), Papua New Guinea (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 10,904 km apart end to end, 2,726 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Sino-Japanese War (2), World War II (1), South West Pacific theater of World War II (1).

Battle of Northern and Eastern HenanBattle of XuzhouNew Georgia CampaignOperation CartwheelBattle of LeyteBattle of Northern and Eastern HenanBattle of XuzhouNew Georgia CampaignOperation CartwheelBattle of LeyteŌsakaManilaSeoulTaipeiBangkokChengdu5000 km12.883N, 135.416E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1938: 2 engagements2 in 19381943: 2 engagements2 in 19431944: 1 engagements19381944
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan, 1938Battle of Xuzhou, 1938New Georgia Campaign, 1943Operation Cartwheel, 1943Battle of Leyte, 194419381944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1938Battle of Northern and Eastern HenanPeople's Republic of ChinaJapanese victory
24 March 1938Battle of XuzhouXuzhou, People's Republic of China340 km EJapanese victory
20 June 1943New Georgia CampaignNew Georgia Islands, Solomon Islands6,363 km SEAllied victory
30 June 1943Operation CartwheelMelanesia, Papua New Guinea744 km NWAllied victory
17 October 1944Battle of LeyteLeyte, Philippines3,457 km NWAllied 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.