Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Richard O'Connor

Battles of Richard O'Connor

British Army general (1889-1981)

Richard O'Connor is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1940 and 1944: 4 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in Libya (2), Egypt (1), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,206 km apart end to end, 1,069 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Operation Compass (3), Operation Overlord (1).

Battle of NibeiwaAction at Mechili, 24 January 1941Battle of Beda FommBattle for CaenBattle of NibeiwaAction at Mechili, 24 January 1941Battle of Beda FommBattle for CaenMadridAthensCasablancaKyivViennaGenevaBarcelonaAnkaraAlgiersTel Aviv1000 km40.214N, 12.760E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1940: 1 engagements1941: 2 engagements2 in 19411944: 1 engagements19401944
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Nibeiwa, 1940Action at Mechili, 24 January 1941, 1941Battle of Beda Fomm, 1941Battle for Caen, 194419401944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
9 December 1940Battle of NibeiwaEgyptBritish victory
24 January 1941Action at Mechili, 24 January 1941Mechili, Libya353 km WBritish victory
6 February 1941Battle of Beda FommCyrenaica, Libya213 km SWBritish victory
6 June 1944Battle for CaenCaen, France2,640 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, No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit : Hewitt (Sgt), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.