Atlas of Battles

commander, 13 engagements

Battles of Ariel Sharon

Battles of Ariel Sharon

Prime Minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006 (1928-2014)

Ariel Sharon is recorded as a commander at 13 placed engagements in the atlas between 1955 and 1982: 5 battles, 1 siege and 7 campaigns across 4 present-day countries, most in Egypt (8), Palestine (2), Lebanon (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,808 km apart end to end, 151 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Yom Kippur War (5), Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency (4), 1982 Lebanon War (2).

Operation VolcanoOperation Black ArrowOperation ElkayamOperation EggedBattle of Abu-AgeilaBattle of IsmailiaBattle of the SinaiOperation Abirey-HalevSuez CrisisOperation BadrBattle of the Chinese FarmOperation Mole Cricket 19Siege of BeirutSuez CrisisOperation BadrBattle of the Chinese FarmOperation Mole Cricket 19Siege of BeirutAlexandriaTel AvivDamascusAmmanJerusalemBur SaidSuezGaza CityEl FaiyumGiza500 km31.754N, 34.233E
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1955: 4 engagements1957: 1 engagements1967: 1 engagements1973: 5 engagements5 in 19731982: 2 engagements19551982
13 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Operation Volcano, 1955Operation Black Arrow, 1955Operation Elkayam, 1955Operation Egged, 1955Suez Crisis, 1957Battle of Abu-Ageila, 1967Operation Badr, 1973Battle of the Chinese Farm, 1973Battle of Ismailia, 1973Battle of the Sinai, 1973Operation Abirey-Halev, 1973Operation Mole Cricket 19, 1982Siege of Beirut, 198219551982
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1955Operation VolcanoNitzana, IsraelIsraeli victory
1955Operation Black ArrowGaza City, Palestine70 km NIsraeli victory
1955Operation ElkayamKhan Yunis, Palestine25 km SWIsraeli victory
1955Operation EggedQ18191885, Egypt153 km SIsraeli victory
1957Suez CrisisSinai Peninsula, Egypt86 km SWSee § Aftermath
6 June 1967Battle of Abu-AgeilaEgypt151 km NIsraeli victory; Israeli complete control on Northern Sinai
1973Operation BadrSinai Peninsula, Egypt151 km SEgyptian victory
1973Battle of the Chinese FarmEgypt187 km NWIsraeli victory
1973Battle of IsmailiaEgypt8 km NWEgyptian victory; Israeli failure to cut supplies for the...
1973Battle of the SinaiSinai Peninsula, Egypt195 km SEIsraeli victory
1973Operation Abirey-HalevSuez Canal, Egypt208 km NWIsraeli victory
1982Operation Mole Cricket 19Beqaa Valley, Lebanon512 km NEDecisive Israeli victory
14 June 1982Siege of BeirutBeirut, Lebanon61 km WIsraeli victoryPalestinian militants PLO withdrawal from...

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, Avi Ohayon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.