Atlas of Battles

commander, 12 engagements

Battles of Paul von Hindenburg

Battles of Paul von Hindenburg

Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)

Paul von Hindenburg is recorded as a commander at 12 placed engagements in the atlas between 1914 and 1916: 12 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in Poland (8), Russia (3), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,062 km apart end to end, 278 km between engagements on average. Most belong to WWI Eastern Front (7), World War I (4), Western Front (1).

Russian invasion of East PrussiaBattle of Bzurą 1914Battle of AugustówBattle of the Vistula RiverBattle of BolimówBattles of PrzasnyszNarew OffensiveBattle of ŁódźBattle of TannenbergFirst Battle of the Masurian LakesSecond Battle of the Masurian LakesBattle of VerdunBattle of ŁódźBattle of TannenbergBattle of VerdunBerlinViennaAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsWarsawBudapestMunichPrague500 km51.959N, 14.194E
12 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1914: 7 engagements7 in 19141915: 4 engagements1916: 1 engagements19141916
12 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Łódź, 1914Russian invasion of East Prussia, 1914Battle of Bzurą 1914, 1914Battle of Tannenberg, 1914Battle of Augustów, 1914First Battle of the Masurian Lakes, 1914Battle of the Vistula River, 1914Battle of Bolimów, 1915Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes, 1915Battles of Przasnysz, 1915Narew Offensive, 1915Battle of Verdun, 191619141916
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1914Battle of ŁódźŁódź, PolandSee #Aftermath; German plan of encirclement and destruction...
1914Russian invasion of East PrussiaEast Prussia, Russia334 km NGerman victory
1914Battle of Bzurą 1914Kutno, Poland286 km SRussian victory
23 August 1914Battle of TannenbergOlsztyn, Poland185 km NEGerman victory
1914Battle of AugustówPoland162 km E
7 September 1914First Battle of the Masurian LakesMasurian Lake District, Russia65 km WGerman victory
1914Battle of the Vistula RiverWarsaw, Poland208 km SRussian victory
31 January 1915Battle of BolimówBolimów, Poland60 km WInconclusive
7 February 1915Second Battle of the Masurian LakesMasurian Lake District, Russia247 km NEGerman victory
18 February 1915Battles of PrzasnyszPrzasnysz, Poland245 km SWRussian victory; German plans to encircle Russians in...
1915Narew OffensivePrzasnysz, Poland113 km NEGerman victory
21 February 1916Battle of VerdunVerdun, France1,157 km WFrench 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, Codexbox1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.