Atlas of Battles

commander, 18 engagements

Battles of Enver Pasha

Battles of Enver Pasha

Ottoman politician and general (1881–1922)

Enver Pasha is recorded as a commander at 18 placed engagements in the atlas between 1911 and 1922: 14 battles, 1 siege and 3 campaigns across 7 present-day countries, most in Libya (4), Turkey (4), Jordan (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 22,221 km apart end to end, 1,307 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (7), Italo-Turkish War (3), First Balkan War (2).

Italian invasion of LibyaBattle of GargarescBattle of DernaBattle of BulairBattle of ŞarköySecond Battle of AdrianopleFirst Battle of AmmanFirst Transjordan attack on AmmanDagestan CampaignSecond Transjordan attack on Shunet Nimrin and Es SaltBattles for DushanbeSiege of DushanbeBattle of Cegan HillBattle of TobrukCaucasus campaignBergmann OffensivePersian CampaignGerman Caucasus ExpeditionBattle of TobrukCaucasus campaignBergmann OffensivePersian CampaignGerman Caucasus ExpeditionBaghdadChengduÜrümqiBerlinKabulAthensKyivViennaTashkentDubai2000 km46.708N, 53.679E
18 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1911: 2 engagements1912: 2 engagements1913: 3 engagements1914: 3 engagements1918: 5 engagements5 in 19181921: 1 engagements1922: 2 engagements19111922
18 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Italian invasion of Libya, 1911Battle of Tobruk, 1911Battle of Gargaresc, 1912Battle of Derna, 1912Battle of Bulair, 1913Battle of Şarköy, 1913Second Battle of Adrianople, 1913Caucasus campaign, 1914Bergmann Offensive, 1914Persian Campaign, 1914First Battle of Amman, 1918First Transjordan attack on Amman, 1918Dagestan Campaign, 1918Second Transjordan attack on Shunet Nimrin and Es Salt, 1918German Caucasus Expedition, 1918Battles for Dushanbe, 1921Siege of Dushanbe, 1922Battle of Cegan Hill, 192219111922
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1911Italian invasion of LibyaLibyaItalian victory
22 December 1911Battle of TobrukTobruk, Libya878 km NEOttoman–Senussi victory
1912Battle of GargarescGargaresc, Libya1,022 km WItalian victory
3 March 1912Battle of DernaLibya890 km EOttoman victory
26 January 1913Battle of BulairBolayır, Turkey940 km NBulgarian victory
1913Battle of ŞarköyŞarköy, Turkey29 km EBulgarian victory
22 July 1913Second Battle of AdrianopleTurkey127 km NOttoman victory
1914Caucasus campaignEastern Anatolia Region, Turkey1,509 km ESee #Aftermath
2 November 1914Bergmann OffensiveErzurum vilayet, Georgia228 km NOttoman victory
1914Persian CampaignQajar Iran, Iran881 km SEAllied victory; British control of Persia; Armistice of...
27 March 1918First Battle of AmmanAmman, Jordan1,488 km WOttoman-German victory
2 April 1918First Transjordan attack on AmmanJordan1 km SWOttoman-German victory
1918Dagestan CampaignRussia5,389 km NE1st phase: Russian White victory; 2nd phase: Ottoman victory
1918Second Transjordan attack on Shunet Nimrin and Es SaltJordan Valley, Jordan5,367 km WOttoman victory
1918German Caucasus ExpeditionSouth Caucasus, Georgia1,326 km NEInconclusive
1921Battles for DushanbeDushanbe, Tajikistan2,062 km EBolshevik victory
1922Siege of DushanbeDushanbe, Tajikistan0 km NDima\Batu/Haidi victory
1922Battle of Cegan HillBaljuvon, Tajikistan84 km EBolshevik 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, Unidentified photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.