Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Walter Krueger

Battles of Walter Krueger

United States Army officer (1881-1967)

Walter Krueger is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1945: 7 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in Papua New Guinea (3), Philippines (2), Indonesia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 6,199 km apart end to end, 1,033 km between engagements on average. Most belong to South West Pacific theater of World War II (2), World War II (2), Pacific War (2).

Battle of Lone Tree HillBattle of BaguioOperation CartwheelOperation DexterityBattle of NoemfoorBattle of Driniumor RiverBattle of LeyteOperation CartwheelOperation DexterityBattle of NoemfoorBattle of Driniumor RiverBattle of LeyteManila2000 km5.126N, 136.383E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 2 engagements1944: 4 engagements4 in 19441945: 1 engagements19431945
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Operation Cartwheel, 1943Operation Dexterity, 1943Battle of Noemfoor, 1944Battle of Driniumor River, 1944Battle of Lone Tree Hill, 1944Battle of Leyte, 1944Battle of Baguio, 194519431945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
30 June 1943Operation CartwheelMelanesia, Papua New GuineaAllied victory
1943Operation DexterityArawe, Papua New Guinea412 km SWAllied victory
2 July 1944Battle of NoemfoorNetherlands New Guinea, Indonesia1,669 km WAllied victory
10 July 1944Battle of Driniumor RiverPapua New Guinea863 km EAllied victory
2 September 1944Battle of Lone Tree Hill446 km NWAmerican victory
17 October 1944Battle of LeyteLeyte, Philippines2,056 km NWAllied victory
1945Battle of BaguioPhilippines753 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, U.S. Army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.