Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Joseph Stalin

Battles of Joseph Stalin

politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953, 1878 to 1953

Joseph Stalin is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1918 and 1945: 8 battles across 5 present-day countries, most in Russia (3), Soviet Union (2), Romania (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,369 km apart end to end, 767 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eastern Front (5).

Battle of TsaritsynBattle of RzhevBattle of RomaniaBattle of MoscowBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskKamenets-Podolsky PocketBattle of BerlinBattle of MoscowBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskKamenets-Podolsky PocketBattle of BerlinKyivViennaStockholmBucharestWarsawBudapestMunichPragueKøbenhavnMinsk500 km51.575N, 28.954E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1918: 1 engagements1941: 1 engagements1942: 2 engagements2 in 19421943: 1 engagements1944: 2 engagements2 in 19441945: 1 engagements19181945
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Tsaritsyn, 1918Battle of Moscow, 1941Battle of Rzhev, 1942Battle of Stalingrad, 1942Battle of Kursk, 1943Battle of Romania, 1944Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket, 1944Battle of Berlin, 194519181945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
July 1918Battle of TsaritsynVolgograd, RussiaWhite Army; White Army captures city in June 1919; Red Army...
the 1941sBattle of MoscowMoscow Oblast, Soviet Union913 km NWSoviet victory
1942Battle of RzhevTver Oblast, Russia243 km NWGerman victory
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgograd, Russia1,148 km SESoviet victory
1943Battle of KurskKursk, Soviet Union685 km NWSoviet victory
1944Battle of RomaniaRomania1,028 km SWAllied victory; Romania defects to the Allies following a...
8 April 1944Kamenets-Podolsky PocketTernopil, Ukraine352 km NStrategic Soviet victory; 1st Panzer Army encircled...
16 April 1945Battle of BerlinBerlin, Germany1,001 km NWSoviet 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, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.