Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Józef Piłsudski

Battles of Józef Piłsudski

Polish politician, First Marshall, and Prime Minister (1867–1935)

Józef Piłsudski is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1914 and 1920: 9 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in Poland (6), Ukraine (2), Belarus (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,535 km apart end to end, 317 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Polish–Soviet War (4), World War I (3).

Battle of Laski and AnielinBattle of TarłówBattle of JastkówBattle of Dęblin and Mińsk MazowieckiBattle of ŁowczówekBattle of KostiuchnówkaBattle of WarsawKyiv offensiveBattle of the Niemen RiverBattle of ŁowczówekBattle of KostiuchnówkaBattle of WarsawKyiv offensiveBattle of the Niemen RiverMinskLvivBrestZhytomyrHomyelChernobylMahilyowLublinVinnytsyaHrodna200 km51.708N, 25.667E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1914: 2 engagements1915: 2 engagements1916: 1 engagements1920: 4 engagements4 in 192019141920
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Laski and Anielin, 1914Battle of Łowczówek, 1914Battle of Tarłów, 1915Battle of Jastków, 1915Battle of Kostiuchnówka, 1916Battle of Warsaw, 1920Kyiv offensive, 1920Battle of Dęblin and Mińsk Mazowiecki, 1920Battle of the Niemen River, 192019141920
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
22 October 1914Battle of Laski and AnielinPolandRussian victory
22 December 1914Battle of ŁowczówekŁowczówek, Poland176 km SInconclusive
30 June 1915Battle of TarłówWólka Tarłowska, Poland130 km NEAustro-Hungarian victory
1915Battle of JastkówPoland61 km NEAustro-Hungarian victory
1916Battle of KostiuchnówkaKostiukhnivka, Ukraine231 km EInconclusive
1920Battle of WarsawWarsaw, Poland356 km WPolish victory
1920Kyiv offensiveUkraine703 km ERed Army victory
1920Battle of Dęblin and Mińsk MazowieckiDęblin, Poland618 km WPolish victory
25 September 1920Battle of the Niemen RiverBelarus259 km NEPolish 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, Witold Pikiel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.