commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Oliver P. Smith

United States Marine Corps general (1893–1977)

Oliver P. Smith is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1944 and 1951: 5 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in South Korea (3), Papua New Guinea (1), North Korea (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,937 km apart end to end, 1,484 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Korean War (3), World War II (1).

5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Korean War 3
World War II 1

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	From the last	Result
9 March 1944	Battle of Talasea	New Britain, Papua New Guinea		Allied victory
15 September 1950	Battle of Inchon	Incheon, South Korea	5,334 km NW	United Nations victory; Beginning of the North Korean...
1950	Second Battle of Seoul	Seoul, South Korea	35 km E	United Nations victory
27 November 1950	Battle of Changjin Reservoir	Changjin Reservoir, North Korea	313 km N	See § Aftermath
26 April 1951	Battle of Hwacheon	South Korea	255 km S	UN 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.