Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Matthew Ridgway

Battles of Matthew Ridgway

United States Army general (1895–1993)

Matthew Ridgway is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1944 and 1951: 10 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in South Korea (6), France (2), North Korea (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,734 km apart end to end, 1,082 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Korean War (7), Operation Overlord (1), Invasion of Normandy (1).

First and Second Battles of WonjuThird Battle of WonjuOperation ThunderboltBattle of the Soyang RiverBattle of the PunchbowlBattle of CherbourgAmerican airborne landings in NormandyThird Battle of SeoulBattle of KapyongFirst Battle of Maryang-sanBattle of CherbourgThird Battle of SeoulBattle of KapyongManilaTehranTaipeiBengaluruBangkokMadridBaghdadChengduÜrümqiBerlin5000 km43.496N, 63.376E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1944: 2 engagements1950: 2 engagements1951: 6 engagements6 in 195119441951
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Cherbourg, 1944American airborne landings in Normandy, 1944Third Battle of Seoul, 1950First and Second Battles of Wonju, 1950Third Battle of Wonju, 1951Operation Thunderbolt, 1951Battle of Kapyong, 1951Battle of the Soyang River, 1951Battle of the Punchbowl, 1951First Battle of Maryang-san, 195119441951
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
6 June 1944Battle of CherbourgCherbourg, FranceAllied victory
1944American airborne landings in NormandyFrance18 km SEAllied victory
31 December 1950Third Battle of SeoulSeoul, South Korea9,091 km NEDPRK/Chinese victory
31 December 1950First and Second Battles of WonjuWonju, South Korea89 km EUnited Nations victory
18 February 1951Third Battle of WonjuWonju, South Korea39 km EUnited Nations victory
20 February 1951Operation ThunderboltHan River, North Korea196 km WUnited Nations victory
22 April 1951Battle of KapyongGapyeong County, South Korea119 km EUN victory
1951Battle of the Soyang RiverSoyang River, South Korea17 km Esee #Aftermath
31 August 1951Battle of the PunchbowlPunchbowl, Korea, South Korea56 km NEUN tactical victory
8 October 1951First Battle of Maryang-sanImjin River, North Korea108 km WUnited Nations 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, United States Army Japan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.