Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Maxwell D. Taylor

Battles of Maxwell D. Taylor

American military officer and diplomat (1901-1987)

Maxwell D. Taylor is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1944 and 1953: 4 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in France (3), North Korea (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,077 km apart end to end, 3,026 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Operation Overlord (2), Invasion of Normandy (1), Korean War (1).

American airborne landings in NormandyBattle of CarentanBattle of Bloody GulchBattle of KumsongAmerican airborne landings in NormandyBattle of KumsongŌsakaManilaTehranTaipeiBengaluruBangkokMadridBaghdadChengduÜrümqi5000 km43.960N, 63.047E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1944: 3 engagements3 in 19441953: 1 engagements19441953
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

American airborne landings in Normandy, 1944Battle of Carentan, 1944Battle of Bloody Gulch, 1944Battle of Kumsong, 195319441953
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1944American airborne landings in NormandyFranceAllied victory
10 June 1944Battle of CarentanCarentan, France28 km SEAmerican victory
13 June 1944Battle of Bloody GulchMéautis, France3 km SWAmerican victory
1953Battle of KumsongNorth Korea9,046 km NEChina and DPRK victory, South Korea lost Kumsong sailent...

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, Defense Technical Information Center[1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.