Atlas of Battles

commander, 14 engagements

Battles of August von Mackensen

Battles of August von Mackensen

German field marshal (1849–1945)

August von Mackensen is recorded as a commander at 14 placed engagements in the atlas between 1914 and 1918: 11 battles and 3 campaigns across 7 present-day countries, most in Poland (4), Romania (3), Russia (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,856 km apart end to end, 374 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (14).

Battle of ŁódźBattle of the Vistula RiverBattle of BolimówFall of Belgrade (1915)Flămânda OffensiveSecond Battle of CobadinBattle of the ArgeşBattle of BucharestSecond Romanian Campaign of World War IBattle of GumbinnenFirst Battle of the Masurian LakesGorlice–Tarnów OffensiveGreat RetreatSerbian campaignBattle of GumbinnenFirst Battle of the Masurian LakesGorlice–Tarnów OffensiveGreat RetreatSerbian campaignBerlinKyivViennaStockholmGenevaAmsterdamSt. PetersburgMilanFrankfurtHamburg1000 km51.494N, 23.695E
14 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1914: 4 engagements1915: 5 engagements5 in 19151916: 4 engagements1918: 1 engagements19141918
14 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Łódź, 1914Battle of Gumbinnen, 1914First Battle of the Masurian Lakes, 1914Battle of the Vistula River, 1914Battle of Bolimów, 1915Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive, 1915Great Retreat, 1915Fall of Belgrade (1915), 1915Serbian campaign, 1915Flămânda Offensive, 1916Second Battle of Cobadin, 1916Battle of the Argeş, 1916Battle of Bucharest, 1916Second Romanian Campaign of World War I, 191819141918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

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Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1914Battle of ŁódźŁódź, PolandSee #Aftermath; German plan of encirclement and destruction...
20 August 1914Battle of GumbinnenGusev, Russia363 km NERussian victory
7 September 1914First Battle of the Masurian LakesMasurian Lake District, Russia68 km SGerman victory
1914Battle of the Vistula RiverWarsaw, Poland208 km SRussian victory
31 January 1915Battle of BolimówBolimów, Poland60 km WInconclusive
22 June 1915Gorlice–Tarnów OffensiveTarnów, Poland278 km SCentral Powers victory
1915Great RetreatBelarus, Estonia1,085 km NCentral Powers victory
5 October 1915Fall of Belgrade (1915)Belgrade, Serbia1,621 km SCentral Powers victory
1915Serbian campaignKingdom of Serbia, Republic of Serbia1 km SESerbian victory (1914); Central Powers victory (1915)...
1916Flămânda OffensiveRyahovo, Bulgaria468 km ECentral Powers victory; Romanian withdrawal
1916Second Battle of CobadinRasova, Romania138 km ECentral Powers victory
1 December 1916Battle of the ArgeşBucharest, Romania150 km WCentral Powers victory
1916Battle of BucharestBucharest, Romania17 km NCentral Powers victory
1918Second Romanian Campaign of World War IBukovina, Ukraine399 km NRomanian 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, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.