Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Walton H. Walker

Battles of Walton H. Walker

United States Army general (1889-1950)

Walton H. Walker is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1944 and 1950: 4 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in South Korea (3), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,204 km apart end to end, 3,068 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Korean War (3).

Fort DriantBattle of TaeguBattle of Pusan PerimeterBattle of P'ohang-dongFort DriantBattle of TaeguŌsakaManilaTehranTaipeiBengaluruBangkokBaghdadChengduÜrümqiBerlin5000 km42.087N, 67.710E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1944: 1 engagements1950: 3 engagements3 in 195019441950
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Fort Driant, 1944Battle of Taegu, 1950Battle of Pusan Perimeter, 1950Battle of P'ohang-dong, 195019441950
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
27 September 1944Fort DriantFranceGerman victory
1950Battle of TaeguDaegu, South Korea8,985 km NEUnited Nations victory
4 August 1950Battle of Pusan PerimeterPusan Perimeter, South Korea110 km SEUnited Nations victory
5 August 1950Battle of P'ohang-dongPohang, South Korea108 km NUnited Nations 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 photographer. Original autograph has become illegible with time. Published on Army Historical Foundation web sit, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.