Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Władysław Anders

Battles of Władysław Anders

Polish general, politician and national hero (1892–1970)

Władysław Anders is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1918 and 1945: 7 battles across 4 present-day countries, most in Italy (4), Belarus (1), Poland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,247 km apart end to end, 374 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (5), 1939 Invasion of Poland (1).

Battle of WładypolBattle of MontecarottoBattle of BobruyskBattle of Tomaszów LubelskiOperation DiademBattle of AnconaBattle of BolognaBattle of BobruyskBattle of Tomaszów LubelskiOperation DiademBattle of AnconaBattle of BolognaBerlinViennaGenevaAmsterdamMilanFrankfurtNaplesBucharestHamburgWarsaw500 km47.275N, 20.298E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1918: 1 engagements1939: 2 engagements1944: 3 engagements3 in 19441945: 1 engagements19181945
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Bobruysk, 1918Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski, 1939Battle of Władypol, 1939Operation Diadem, 1944Battle of Ancona, 1944Battle of Montecarotto, 1944Battle of Bologna, 194519181945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
2 February 1918Battle of BobruyskBabruysk, BelarusPolish victory
1939Battle of Tomaszów LubelskiTomaszów Lubelski, Poland500 km SWGerman victory
27 September 1939Battle of WładypolVladipil', Ukraine91 km SSoviet victory
1944Operation DiademLiri, Italy1,166 km SWAllied victory
July 1944Battle of AnconaAncona, Italy247 km NAllied victory
25 July 1944Battle of MontecarottoMontecarotto, Italy36 km SAllied victory
9 April 1945Battle of BolognaBologna, Italy208 km NWAllied 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.