Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Eberhard von Mackensen

Battles of Eberhard von Mackensen

German general (1889–1969)

Eberhard von Mackensen is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1941 and 1944: 11 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in Ukraine (4), Italy (4), Russia (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,544 km apart end to end, 554 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (10).

Battle of RostovIzyum-Barvenkovo OffensiveDonbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943)Battle of the CaucasusBattle of CisternaOperation DiademBattle of KievBattle of StalingradThird Battle of KharkovBattle of Monte CassinoBattle of AnzioBattle of KievBattle of StalingradThird Battle of KharkovBattle of Monte CassinoBattle of AnzioBerlinAthensViennaAnkaraBucharestWarsawBudapestMunichPragueMinsk1000 km45.927N, 28.579E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1941: 1 engagements1942: 2 engagements1943: 4 engagements4 in 19431944: 4 engagements4 in 194419411944
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Kiev, 1941Battle of Rostov, 1942Battle of Stalingrad, 1942Third Battle of Kharkov, 1943Izyum-Barvenkovo Offensive, 1943Donbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943), 1943Battle of the Caucasus, 1943Battle of Monte Cassino, 1944Battle of Anzio, 1944Battle of Cisterna, 1944Operation Diadem, 194419411944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1941Battle of KievKyiv, UkraineGerman victory; Encirclement and destruction of Soviet...
1942Battle of RostovRostov-on-Don, Russia762 km SEGerman victory
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgograd, Russia395 km NESoviet victory
19 February 1943Third Battle of KharkovKharkiv, Ukraine611 km WGerman victory
1943Izyum-Barvenkovo OffensiveIzium, Ukraine110 km SEAxis victory
1943Donbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943)Donbas, Ukraine138 km SSoviet victory
1943Battle of the CaucasusCaucasus, Russia783 km SESoviet victory
17 January 1944Battle of Monte CassinoMonte Cassino, Italy2,521 km WAllied victory
22 January 1944Battle of AnzioAnzio, Italy99 km WAllied victory
30 January 1944Battle of CisternaAnzio, Italy113 km EGerman victory
1944Operation DiademLiri, Italy10 km WAllied 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.