Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Konstantin Rokossovsky

Battles of Konstantin Rokossovsky

Soviet and Polish military commander (1896-1968), 1889 to 1968

Konstantin Rokossovsky is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1941 and 1945: 10 battles and 1 siege across 5 present-day countries, most in Poland (4), Soviet Union (2), Russia (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,393 km apart end to end, 439 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eastern Front (11).

Battle of the DnieperBattle of RadzyminSiege of DanzigHeiligenbeil PocketEast Pomeranian OffensiveBattle of the Oder–NeisseBattle of SmolenskBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskThird Battle of KharkovBattle of BerlinBattle of SmolenskBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskThird Battle of KharkovBattle of BerlinKyivViennaBucharestWarsawBudapestMunichPragueKøbenhavnMinskNizhny Novgorod1000 km50.640N, 28.954E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1941: 1 engagements1942: 1 engagements1943: 3 engagements1944: 1 engagements1945: 5 engagements5 in 194519411945
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Smolensk, 1941Battle of Stalingrad, 1942Battle of Kursk, 1943Third Battle of Kharkov, 1943Battle of the Dnieper, 1943Battle of Radzymin, 1944Siege of Danzig, 1945Heiligenbeil Pocket, 1945East Pomeranian Offensive, 1945Battle of the Oder–Neisse, 1945Battle of Berlin, 194519411945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1941Battle of SmolenskSmolensk, Soviet UnionGerman victory
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgograd, Russia1,090 km SESoviet victory
1943Battle of KurskKursk, Soviet Union685 km NWSoviet victory
19 February 1943Third Battle of KharkovKharkiv, Ukraine193 km SGerman victory
1943Battle of the DnieperUkraine488 km SWSoviet victory
1944Battle of RadzyminRadzymin, Poland1,036 km NWGerman victory
1945Siege of DanzigGdańsk, Poland273 km NWPolish-Soviet victory; Mass deportation of Germans; Poland...
26 January 1945Heiligenbeil PocketEast Prussia, Russia84 km ESoviet victory
1945East Pomeranian OffensivePomerania Province, Poland372 km WSoviet victory
April 1945Battle of the Oder–NeisseOder–Neisse line, Poland101 km SSoviet victory
16 April 1945Battle of BerlinBerlin, Germany71 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.