Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Max von Gallwitz

Battles of Max von Gallwitz

German general (1852-1937)

Max von Gallwitz is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1915 and 1918: 7 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in France (5), Poland (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,773 km apart end to end, 296 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Western Front (4), WWI Eastern Front (2), World War I (1).

Battle of GuillemontBattle of the AncreBattles of PrzasnyszNarew OffensiveBattle of VerdunBattle of the Ancre HeightsBattle of Saint-MihielBattles of PrzasnyszNarew OffensiveBattle of VerdunBattle of the Ancre HeightsBattle of Saint-MihielBerlinViennaGenevaAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsWarsawBudapestMunich500 km50.953N, 11.680E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1915: 2 engagements1916: 4 engagements4 in 19161918: 1 engagements19151918
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battles of Przasnysz, 1915Narew Offensive, 1915Battle of Verdun, 1916Battle of Guillemont, 1916Battle of the Ancre Heights, 1916Battle of the Ancre, 1916Battle of Saint-Mihiel, 191819151918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
18 February 1915Battles of PrzasnyszPrzasnysz, PolandRussian victory; German plans to encircle Russians in...
1915Narew OffensivePrzasnysz, Poland113 km NEGerman victory
21 February 1916Battle of VerdunVerdun, France1,157 km WFrench victory
3 September 1916Battle of GuillemontGuillemont, France207 km NWBritish victory
1 October 1916Battle of the Ancre HeightsAncre, France28 km SWBritish victory
13 November 1916Battle of the AncreAncre, France24 km NEBritish victory
12 September 1918Battle of Saint-MihielSaint-Mihiel, France244 km SEAllied 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, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.