Atlas of Battles

contested ground, 3 engagements

Volgograd: contested ground

The ground around Volgograd was fought over 3 times between 1918 and 1942: 3 battles, in 2 different wars. All 3 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

Battle of TsaritsynAttack on StalingradBattle of StalingradBattle of StalingradVolgodonskAkhtubinskVolzhskiyBelaya KalitvaFrolovoZhanibek200 km48.701N, 44.511E
3 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

In time order

Battle of Tsaritsyn, 1918Battle of Stalingrad, 1942Attack on Stalingrad, 194219181942
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
July 1918Battle of TsaritsynVolgogradSouthern Front of the Russian Civil War
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgogradEastern Front
13 September 1942Attack on StalingradVolgogradEastern Front

Contested ground is computed: recorded sites within six kilometres of one another, three or more engagements, in more than one war or across more than fifty years. Coordinates are those recorded in Wikidata and can be approximate.