Atlas of Battles

commander, 26 engagements

Battles of Erich von Manstein

Battles of Erich von Manstein

German field marshal (1887-1973)

Erich von Manstein is recorded as a commander at 26 placed engagements in the atlas between 1941 and 1944: 17 battles, 2 sieges, 1 naval action and 6 campaigns across 3 present-day countries, most in Russia (11), Ukraine (11), Soviet Union (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 11,693 km apart end to end, 468 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (23).

Leningrad Strategic DefensiveSiege of Odesa 1941Battle of the Sea of AzovCrimean CampaignBattle of the Kerch PeninsulaBattle of the Kerch PeninsulaCase BlueOperation Winter StormOperation GallopOperation CitadelDonbass Strategic OffensiveIzyum-Barvenkovo OffensiveBattle of BelgorodMirgorod direction offensiveDonbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943)Zhitomir–Berdichev OffensiveBattle of the Korsun–Cherkassy PocketNikopol–Krivoi Rog OffensiveRovno–Lutsk OffensiveKamenets-Podolsky PocketSiege of SevastopolBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskThird Battle of KharkovBattle of the DnieperSiege of SevastopolBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskThird Battle of KharkovBattle of the DnieperKyivBucharestWarsawBudapestMinskNizhny NovgorodSamaraKazanBelgradeRiga500 km51.125N, 35.507E
26 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1941: 6 engagements1942: 5 engagements1943: 11 engagements11 in 19431944: 4 engagements19411944
26 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Leningrad Strategic Defensive, 1941Siege of Odesa 1941, 1941Battle of the Sea of Azov, 1941Crimean Campaign, 1941Siege of Sevastopol, 1941Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, 1941Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, 1942Sinyavino Offensive, 1942Battle of Stalingrad, 1942Case Blue, 1942Operation Winter Storm, 1942Battle of Kursk, 1943Operation Gallop, 1943Third Battle of Kharkov, 1943Operation Citadel, 1943Donbass Strategic Offensive, 1943Izyum-Barvenkovo Offensive, 1943Battle of Belgorod, 1943Mirgorod direction offensive, 1943Battle of the Dnieper, 1943Donbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943), 1943Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive, 1943Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket, 1944Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive, 1944Rovno–Lutsk Offensive, 1944Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket, 194419411944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1941Leningrad Strategic DefensivePskov Oblast, RussiaGerman victory; Beginning of the Siege of Leningrad
8 August 1941Siege of Odesa 1941Odesa, Ukraine1,209 km SAxis victory; Successful evacuation of Red Army troops...
1941Battle of the Sea of AzovSea of Azov485 km EAxis victory; Encirclement & destruction of Soviet 9th &...
1941Crimean CampaignCrimea, Soviet Union255 km SWAxis victory
30 October 1941Siege of SevastopolSevastopol, Russia57 km SWAxis victory
26 December 1941Battle of the Kerch PeninsulaRussia205 km EAxis victory
1942Battle of the Kerch PeninsulaCrimea, Russia158 km WAxis victory
19 August 1942Sinyavino OffensiveRussia1,669 km NSoviet offensive defeated, German offensive cancelled.
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgograd, Russia1,514 km SESoviet victory
1942Case BlueRostov-on-Don, Russia395 km SWSoviet victory
1942Operation Winter StormVolgograd, Russia394 km NESoviet victory
1943Battle of KurskKursk, Soviet Union684 km NWSoviet victory
1943Operation GallopDonets coal basin, Ukraine433 km SGerman victory
19 February 1943Third Battle of KharkovKharkiv, Ukraine251 km NWGerman victory
1943Operation CitadelKursk, Russia197 km NSoviet victory
1943Donbass Strategic OffensiveDonbas, Ukraine431 km SGerman victory
1943Izyum-Barvenkovo OffensiveIzium, Ukraine138 km NAxis victory
1943Battle of BelgorodBelgorod, Russia164 km NSoviet victory
1943Mirgorod direction offensiveOkhtyrka, Ukraine125 km WSoviet victory
1943Battle of the DnieperDnieper, Ukraine466 km SWSoviet victory
1943Donbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943)Donbas, Ukraine448 km NESoviet victory
1943Zhitomir–Berdichev OffensiveUkraine706 km WSoviet victory
24 January 1944Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy PocketCherkasy, Ukraine202 km ESoviet victory
30 January 1944Nikopol–Krivoi Rog OffensiveNikopol, Soviet Union276 km SESoviet victory
1944Rovno–Lutsk OffensivePolesia, Russia649 km NWSoviet victory
8 April 1944Kamenets-Podolsky PocketTernopil, Ukraine181 km SStrategic Soviet victory; 1st Panzer Army encircled...

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, UnknownUnknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.