Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Stepa Stepanović

Battles of Stepa Stepanović

Serbian field marshal (1856-1929), 1856 to 1929

Stepa Stepanović is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1912 and 1918: 6 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in Serbia (3), North Macedonia (2), Turkey (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,572 km apart end to end, 314 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (4), First Balkan War (2).

Battle of Niš (1915)Battle of KumanovoBattle of AdrianopleBattle of DrinaBattle of KolubaraBattle of Dobro PoleBattle of KumanovoBattle of AdrianopleBattle of DrinaSofiaCraiovaTuzlaPlevenKhaskovoKyustendilPrizrenLezhë200 km42.709N, 22.927E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1912: 2 engagements2 in 19121914: 2 engagements2 in 19141915: 1 engagements1918: 1 engagements19121918
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Kumanovo, 1912Battle of Adrianople, 1912Battle of Drina, 1914Battle of Kolubara, 1914Battle of Niš (1915), 1915Battle of Dobro Pole, 191819121918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
23 October 1912Battle of KumanovoKumanovo, North MacedoniaSerbian victory
3 November 1912Battle of AdrianopleEdirne, Turkey404 km EBulgarian-Serbian victory
6 September 1914Battle of DrinaMačkov Kamen, Republic of Serbia660 km NWInconclusive; (See Aftermath)
16 November 1914Battle of KolubaraKolubara, Serbia77 km ESerbian victory; Liberation of Belgrade; Withdrawal of...
4 November 1915Battle of Niš (1915)Niš, Serbia176 km SEDecisive Bulgarian victory
15 September 1918Battle of Dobro PoleNovaci Municipality, North Macedonia254 km SAllied 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, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.