commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Shigeru Katagiri

Japanese general (1892-1944)

Shigeru Katagiri is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas in 1943: 4 battles, all in present-day Papua New Guinea. Taken in date order, the sites lie 64 km apart end to end, 21 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (3), World War II (1).

4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Pacific War 3
World War II 1

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	From the last	Result
1943	Huon Peninsula campaign	Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea		Allied victory
1943	Battle of Finschhafen	Papua New Guinea	44 km SE	Allied victory
17 November 1943	Battle of Sattelberg	Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea	16 km NW	Allied victory
27 November 1943	Battle of Wareo	Wareo, Papua New Guinea	4 km NE	Allied 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.