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commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Nobutake Kondō

Battles of Nobutake Kondō

Japanese admiral (1886-1953)

Nobutake Kondō is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas in 1942: 2 battles and 2 naval actions across 2 present-day countries, most in Solomon Islands (2), United States (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,930 km apart end to end, 1,977 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (3), World War II (1).

Battle of MidwayBattle of the Eastern SolomonsBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsNaval Battle of GuadalcanalBattle of MidwayNaval Battle of GuadalcanalBuenos AiresŌsakaManilaSeoulChicagoLimaTehranKinshasaTaipeiBengaluru5000 km0.000N, 0.000E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1942: 4 engagements4 in 194219421942
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Midway, 1942Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 1942Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 1942Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 194219421942
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
4 June 1942Battle of MidwayMidway Atoll, United StatesAmerican victory
24 August 1942Battle of the Eastern SolomonsSolomon Islands4,739 km SWAmerican victory
25 October 1942Battle of the Santa Cruz IslandsSanta Cruz Islands439 km EBoth sides claim victory; see Aftermath
13 November 1942Naval Battle of GuadalcanalGuadalcanal, Solomon Islands752 km WAmerican 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, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.