Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Seishirō Itagaki

Battles of Seishirō Itagaki

Japanese general (1885-1948)

Seishirō Itagaki is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1937 and 1938: 4 battles, all in present-day People's Republic of China. Taken in date order, the sites lie 910 km apart end to end, 303 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Sino-Japanese War (4).

Battle of TaiyuanBattle of XinkouBattle of PingxingguanBattle of XuzhouBattle of TaiyuanBattle of XinkouBattle of PingxingguanBattle of XuzhouTianjinXianZiboJinanZhengzhouQingdaoShijiazhuangZaozhuangLinyiHandan500 km36.806N, 114.584E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1937: 3 engagements3 in 19371938: 1 engagements19371938
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Taiyuan, 1937Battle of Xinkou, 1937Battle of Pingxingguan, 1937Battle of Xuzhou, 193819371938
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1 September 1937Battle of TaiyuanTaiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaJapanese victory
13 September 1937Battle of XinkouNiangzi Pass, People's Republic of China51 km WJapanese victory
24 September 1937Battle of PingxingguanPingxing Pass, People's Republic of China227 km NEJapanese victory
24 March 1938Battle of XuzhouXuzhou, People's Republic of China633 km SEJapanese 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.