Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Roy Geiger

Battles of Roy Geiger

United States Marine Corps general (1885-1947)

Roy Geiger is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1945: 4 battles across 4 present-day countries, most in Papua New Guinea (1), United States (1), Palau (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 6,055 km apart end to end, 2,018 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (2), World War II (2).

Bougainville CampaignBattle of GuamBattle of PeleliuBattle of OkinawaBougainville CampaignBattle of GuamBattle of PeleliuBattle of OkinawaManilaTaipeiBangkok2000 km10.240N, 141.550E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 1 engagements1944: 2 engagements2 in 19441945: 1 engagements19431945
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Bougainville Campaign, 1943Battle of Guam, 1944Battle of Peleliu, 1944Battle of Okinawa, 194519431945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1 November 1943Bougainville CampaignBougainville Island, Papua New GuineaAllied victory
10 August 1944Battle of GuamGuam, United States2,448 km NWAmerican victory
27 November 1944Battle of PeleliuPeleliu, Palau1,342 km SWAmerican victory
1945Battle of OkinawaOkinawa Islands, Japan2,265 km NAllied 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, US gov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.