Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Erhard Raus

German general (1889–1956)

Erhard Raus is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1945: 5 battles and 3 campaigns across 4 present-day countries, most in Ukraine (4), Lithuania (2), Russia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,354 km apart end to end, 193 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (8).

Zhitomir–Berdichev OffensiveOperation DoppelkopfGumbinnen OperationBattle of KievKamenets-Podolsky PocketLvov–Sandomierz OffensiveBattle of MemelEast Prussian OffensiveBattle of KievKamenets-Podolsky PocketLvov–Sandomierz OffensiveBattle of MemelEast Prussian OffensiveWarsawMinskVilniusLvivKrakówGdańskBryanskSmolenskBrest500 km52.417N, 25.517E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 2 engagements1944: 5 engagements5 in 19441945: 1 engagements19431945
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Kiev, 1943Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive, 1943Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket, 1944Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive, 1944Operation Doppelkopf, 1944Battle of Memel, 1944Gumbinnen Operation, 1944East Prussian Offensive, 194519431945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1943Battle of KievKyiv, UkraineSoviet victory
1943Zhitomir–Berdichev OffensiveUkraine152 km SWSoviet victory
8 April 1944Kamenets-Podolsky PocketTernopil, Ukraine180 km SWStrategic Soviet victory; 1st Panzer Army encircled...
1944Lvov–Sandomierz OffensiveWestern Ukraine, Ukraine117 km NSoviet victory
1944Operation DoppelkopfLithuania676 km NInconclusive
5 October 1944Battle of MemelKlaipėda, Lithuania106 km WSoviet victory
1944Gumbinnen OperationEast Prussia, Russia124 km SWGerman victory
1945East Prussian OffensiveEast Prussia, Poland0 km NSoviet 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. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.