Atlas of Battles

commander, 18 engagements

Battles of Adolf Hitler

Battles of Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 (1889–1945)

Adolf Hitler is recorded as a commander at 18 placed engagements in the atlas between 1940 and 1945: 15 battles and 3 campaigns across 8 present-day countries, most in United Kingdom (4), Russia (4), France (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 15,683 km apart end to end, 923 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (16), home front during World War II (2).

German invasion of BelgiumBirmingham Blitzthe BlitzBelfast BlitzClydebank BlitzBattle of RzhevCase BlueOperation UranusKamenets-Podolsky PocketOperation OverlordInvasion of NormandyFalaise PocketLiberation of BelgiumBattle of MoscowOperation BarbarossaBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskBattle of BerlinBattle of MoscowOperation BarbarossaBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskBattle of BerlinMadridKyivViennaStockholmGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaSt. PetersburgAnkaraMilan1000 km52.186N, 19.126E
18 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1940: 3 engagements1941: 4 engagements1942: 3 engagements1943: 2 engagements1944: 5 engagements5 in 19441945: 1 engagements19401945
18 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

German invasion of Belgium, 1940Birmingham Blitz, 1940the Blitz, 1940Battle of Moscow, 1941Belfast Blitz, 1941Clydebank Blitz, 1941Operation Barbarossa, 1941Battle of Rzhev, 1942Battle of Stalingrad, 1942Case Blue, 1942Battle of Kursk, 1943Operation Uranus, 1943Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket, 1944Operation Overlord, 1944Invasion of Normandy, 1944Falaise Pocket, 1944Liberation of Belgium, 1944Battle of Berlin, 194519401945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1940German invasion of BelgiumBelgiumGerman victory
1940Birmingham BlitzBirmingham, United Kingdom498 km NWHeavy damage to city by German air raids
1940the BlitzUnited Kingdom163 km SEAxis strategic failure
the 1941sBattle of MoscowMoscow Oblast, Soviet Union2,502 km NESoviet victory
1941Belfast BlitzCounty Antrim, United Kingdom2,734 km W
March 1941Clydebank BlitzClydebank, United Kingdom165 km NEClydebank largely destroyed by German air raids
1941Operation BarbarossaUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Lithuania1,776 km EAxis strategic failure
1942Battle of RzhevTver Oblast, Russia690 km NEGerman victory
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgograd, Russia1,148 km SESoviet victory
1942Case BlueRostov-on-Don, Russia395 km SWSoviet victory
1943Battle of KurskKursk, Soviet Union562 km NWSoviet victory
1943Operation UranusVolgograd, Russia685 km SESoviet victory
8 April 1944Kamenets-Podolsky PocketTernopil, Ukraine1,316 km WStrategic Soviet victory; 1st Panzer Army encircled...
1944Operation OverlordNormandy, France1,958 km WAllied victory
1944Invasion of NormandyNormandy, France0 km NAllied victory
12 August 1944Falaise PocketNormandy, France56 km SEAllied victory
1944Liberation of BelgiumBelgium399 km NEAllied victory
16 April 1945Battle of BerlinBerlin, Germany636 km NESoviet 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 authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.