Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Arthur Samuel Allen

Battles of Arthur Samuel Allen

Australian general, 1894 to 1959

Arthur Samuel Allen is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1941 and 1942: 3 battles and 1 campaign across 4 present-day countries, most in Greece (1), Lebanon (1), Iraq (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 13,969 km apart end to end, 4,656 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (3), Pacific War (1).

Battle of Tempe GorgeBattle of MerdjayounBattle of DamourKokoda Track campaignBattle of Tempe GorgeBattle of MerdjayounBattle of DamourKokoda Track campaignŌsakaManilaSeoulTehranKinshasaTaipeiBengaluruBangkokChengduÜrümqi5000 km15.500N, 85.152E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1941: 3 engagements3 in 19411942: 1 engagements19411942
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Tempe Gorge, 1941Battle of Merdjayoun, 1941Battle of Damour, 1941Kokoda Track campaign, 194219411942
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
18 April 1941Battle of Tempe GorgeVale of Tempe, GreeceAllied victory; German advance delayed.
19 June 1941Battle of MerdjayounMarjayoun, Lebanon1,366 km SEAllied victory
5 July 1941Battle of DamourDamour, Iraq783 km EAustralian victory
1942Kokoda Track campaignNew Guinea, Papua New Guinea11,821 km EAllied 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, Matson Collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.