Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Oscar Griswold

Battles of Oscar Griswold

United States Army general (1886-1959)

Oscar Griswold is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1945: 9 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in Solomon Islands (6), Papua New Guinea (2), Philippines (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 6,263 km apart end to end, 783 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (4), World War II (3), South West Pacific theater of World War II (1).

Drive on Munda PointNew Georgia counterattackBattle of Munda PointBattle of Arundel IslandNew Georgia CampaignOperation CartwheelLand Battle of Vella LavellaBougainville CampaignBattle of ManilaNew Georgia CampaignOperation CartwheelLand Battle of Vella LavellaBougainville CampaignBattle of Manila2000 km3.042N, 139.233E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 8 engagements8 in 19431945: 1 engagements19431945
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

New Georgia Campaign, 1943Operation Cartwheel, 1943Drive on Munda Point, 1943New Georgia counterattack, 1943Battle of Munda Point, 1943Battle of Arundel Island, 1943Land Battle of Vella Lavella, 1943Bougainville Campaign, 1943Battle of Manila, 194519431945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
20 June 1943New Georgia CampaignNew Georgia Islands, Solomon IslandsAllied victory
30 June 1943Operation CartwheelMelanesia, Papua New Guinea744 km NWAllied victory
1943Drive on Munda PointNew Georgia, Solomon Islands741 km SEJapanese victory
1943New Georgia counterattackNew Georgia, Solomon Islands0 km NAllied victory
1943Battle of Munda PointNew Georgia, Solomon Islands0 km NAmerican victory
27 August 1943Battle of Arundel IslandSolomon Islands41 km WAmerican victory
6 October 1943Land Battle of Vella LavellaVella Lavella, Solomon Islands76 km NWAllied victory
1 November 1943Bougainville CampaignBougainville Island, Papua New Guinea255 km NWAllied victory
1945Battle of ManilaManila, Philippines4,406 km NWAllied 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.