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commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Shōzō Sakurai

Battles of Shōzō Sakurai

Japanese general, 1889 to 1985

Shōzō Sakurai is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1942 and 1945: 4 battles, all in present-day Myanmar. Taken in date order, the sites lie 942 km apart end to end, 314 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Sino-Japanese War (2), Japanese conquest of Burma (1), South-East Asian theater of World War II (1).

Battle of Sittang BridgeBattle of YenangyaungBattle of Yunnan-Burma RoadBattle of the Sittang BendBattle of Sittang BridgeBattle of YenangyaungBattle of Yunnan-Burma RoadBattle of the Sittang BendNaypyidawChiang MaiSittweBagoPyayMagwayPyuLampangHinthadaLetpadan500 km19.183N, 95.951E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1942: 3 engagements3 in 19421945: 1 engagements19421945
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Sittang Bridge, 1942Battle of Yenangyaung, 1942Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road, 1942Battle of the Sittang Bend, 194519421945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
23 February 1942Battle of Sittang BridgeMyanmarJapanese victory
19 April 1942Battle of YenangyaungYenangyaung, Myanmar405 km NWJapanese victory
June 1942Battle of Yunnan-Burma RoadBurma Road, Myanmar225 km EAxis victory
7 August 1945Battle of the Sittang BendPegu Range, Myanmar312 km SBritish 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.