Atlas of Battles

commander, 12 engagements

Battles of William Halsey Jr.

Battles of William Halsey Jr.

United States admiral (1882–1959)

William Halsey Jr. is recorded as a commander at 12 placed engagements in the atlas between 1942 and 1945: 8 battles and 4 naval actions across 4 present-day countries, most in Solomon Islands (3), Papua New Guinea (3), Japan (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 11,668 km apart end to end, 1,061 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (9), World War II (1), South West Pacific theater of World War II (1).

New Georgia CampaignOperation CartwheelBattle of Munda PointLandings at Cape TorokinaFormosa Air BattleBattle of the Sibuyan SeaAttack on YokosukaBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsNaval Battle of GuadalcanalBattle of Rennell IslandBougainville CampaignBattle of Leyte GulfBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsNaval Battle of GuadalcanalBattle of Rennell IslandBougainville CampaignBattle of Leyte GulfŌsakaManilaSeoulTaipeiBangkokChengdu5000 km11.938N, 144.608E
12 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1942: 2 engagements1943: 6 engagements6 in 19431944: 3 engagements1945: 1 engagements19421945
12 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 1942Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 1942Battle of Rennell Island, 1943New Georgia Campaign, 1943Operation Cartwheel, 1943Battle of Munda Point, 1943Bougainville Campaign, 1943Landings at Cape Torokina, 1943Formosa Air Battle, 1944Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1944Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 1944Attack on Yokosuka, 194519421945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 October 1942Battle of the Santa Cruz IslandsSanta Cruz IslandsBoth sides claim victory; see Aftermath
13 November 1942Naval Battle of GuadalcanalGuadalcanal, Solomon Islands752 km WAmerican victory
29 January 1943Battle of Rennell IslandRennell Island273 km SEJapanese victory
20 June 1943New Georgia CampaignNew Georgia Islands, Solomon Islands511 km NWAllied victory
30 June 1943Operation CartwheelMelanesia, Papua New Guinea744 km NWAllied victory
1943Battle of Munda PointNew Georgia, Solomon Islands741 km SEAmerican victory
1 November 1943Bougainville CampaignBougainville Island, Papua New Guinea363 km NWAllied victory
3 November 1943Landings at Cape TorokinaBougainville Island, Papua New Guinea25 km SAllied victory
1944Formosa Air BattlePhilippine Sea, Japan3,548 km NWAmerican victory
23 October 1944Battle of Leyte GulfLeyte Gulf, Philippines1,260 km SWAllied victory
24 October 1944Battle of the Sibuyan SeaSibuyan Sea, Philippines408 km NWAllied victory
July 1945Attack on YokosukaYokosuka, Japan3,043 km NE

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, Official U.S. Navy photograph #80-G-K-15137, now in the National Archives collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.