commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Takuma Nishimura

Japanese general (1889–1951)

Takuma Nishimura is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1941 and 1942: 4 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Malaysia (3), Singapore (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 630 km apart end to end, 210 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (2), Pacific War (2).

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

World War II 2
Pacific War 2

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	From the last	Result
14 December 1941	Battle of Gurun	Gurun, Malaysia		Japanese victory
1942	Battle of Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	326 km SE	Japanese victory
1942	Battle of Muar	Malaysia	156 km SE	Japanese victory
1942	Battle of Kranji	Singapore	149 km SE	Japanese 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.