Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Marc Mitscher

Battles of Marc Mitscher

United States admiral (1887–1947)

Marc Mitscher is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1945: 4 battles and 2 naval actions across 2 present-day countries, most in Japan (4), Papua New Guinea (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 7,192 km apart end to end, 1,438 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (3), South West Pacific theater of World War II (1), World War II (1).

Formosa Air BattleOperation CartwheelBattle of the Philippine SeaBattle of OkinawaBattle of Iwo JimaOperation Ten-GoOperation CartwheelBattle of the Philippine SeaBattle of OkinawaBattle of Iwo JimaOperation Ten-GoManilaTaipeiBangkokChengdu5000 km13.085N, 140.086E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 1 engagements1944: 2 engagements1945: 3 engagements3 in 194519431945
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Operation Cartwheel, 1943Formosa Air Battle, 1944Battle of the Philippine Sea, 1944Battle of Okinawa, 1945Battle of Iwo Jima, 1945Operation Ten-Go, 194519431945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
30 June 1943Operation CartwheelMelanesia, Papua New GuineaAllied victory
1944Formosa Air BattlePhilippine Sea, Japan3,172 km NWAmerican victory
19 June 1944Battle of the Philippine SeaPhilippine Sea, Japan476 km NWAmerican victory
1945Battle of OkinawaOkinawa Islands, Japan751 km NAllied victory
8 February 1945Battle of Iwo JimaIwo Jima, Japan1,348 km EAmerican victory
7 April 1945Operation Ten-GoPacific Ocean1,445 km NWAmerican 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, U.S. Navy photo 80-G-424169, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.