Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Wolfram von Richthofen

Battles of Wolfram von Richthofen

German military officer and aviator (1895–1945)

Wolfram von Richthofen is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1937 and 1943: 9 battles and 1 siege across 4 present-day countries, most in Russia (6), France (2), Spain (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 11,996 km apart end to end, 1,333 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eastern Front (3), World War II (2), Spanish Civil War (1).

Battle of BilbaoGerman-Soviet air war 22 June 1941Battle of the Kerch PeninsulaBattle of the Kerch PeninsulaBattle of RostovBattle of SedanBattle of MontcornetSiege of SevastopolBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskBattle of SedanBattle of MontcornetSiege of SevastopolBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskTehranMadridBaghdadÜrümqiBerlinKabulAthensCasablancaKyivVienna2000 km54.125N, 43.542E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1937: 1 engagements1940: 2 engagements1941: 3 engagements3 in 19411942: 3 engagements3 in 19421943: 1 engagements19371943
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Bilbao, 1937Battle of Sedan, 1940Battle of Montcornet, 1940German-Soviet air war 22 June 1941, 1941Siege of Sevastopol, 1941Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, 1941Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, 1942Battle of Rostov, 1942Battle of Stalingrad, 1942Battle of Kursk, 194319371943
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
13 June 1937Battle of BilbaoBilbao, SpainNationalist victory
13 May 1940Battle of SedanSedan, France935 km NEGerman victory
17 May 1940Battle of MontcornetMontcornet, France66 km WFrench victory
1941German-Soviet air war 22 June 1941Soviet Union, Russia4,975 km NEGerman victory
30 October 1941Siege of SevastopolSevastopol, Russia4,071 km WAxis victory
26 December 1941Battle of the Kerch PeninsulaRussia205 km EAxis victory
1942Battle of the Kerch PeninsulaCrimea, Russia158 km WAxis victory
1942Battle of RostovRostov-on-Don, Russia505 km NEGerman victory
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgograd, Russia395 km NESoviet victory
1943Battle of KurskKursk, Soviet Union685 km NWSoviet 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, o.Ang. = ohne Angabe (= no information available / unknown), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.