Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Erwin Rommel

Battles of Erwin Rommel

German field marshal (1891–1944)

Erwin Rommel is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1940 and 1944: 6 battles, 1 siege and 3 campaigns across 4 present-day countries, most in France (4), Libya (3), Egypt (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,520 km apart end to end, 613 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (9), Battles of El Alamein (1).

Siege of TobrukOperation FlipperBattle of El AgheilaBattle for CaenInvasion of NormandyNorth African campaignFirst Battle of El AlameinBattle of Kasserine PasseNormandy landingsOperation OverlordNorth African campaignFirst Battle of El AlameinBattle of Kasserine PasseNormandy landingsOperation OverlordMadridAthensCasablancaKyivViennaGenevaBarcelonaAlexandriaAnkaraAlgiers1000 km39.695N, 15.308E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1940: 1 engagements1941: 2 engagements1942: 2 engagements1943: 1 engagements1944: 4 engagements4 in 194419401944
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

North African campaign, 1940Siege of Tobruk, 1941Operation Flipper, 1941First Battle of El Alamein, 1942Battle of El Agheila, 1942Battle of Kasserine Passe, 1943Normandy landings, 1944Operation Overlord, 1944Battle for Caen, 1944Invasion of Normandy, 194419401944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1940North African campaignKingdom of Egypt, EgyptAllied victory
10 April 1941Siege of TobrukTobruk, Libya727 km WAllied victory
1941Operation FlipperItalian Libya, Libya229 km NWAxis victory
1 July 1942First Battle of El AlameinEl Alamein, Egypt718 km EStalemate
11 December 1942Battle of El AgheilaEl Agheila, Libya935 km W(see Analysis section)
1943Battle of Kasserine PasseTunisia1,124 km NWSee Aftermath section
6 June 1944Normandy landingsNormandy, France1,741 km NWAllied victory
1944Operation OverlordNormandy, France3 km EAllied victory
6 June 1944Battle for CaenCaen, France22 km SEAllied victory
1944Invasion of NormandyNormandy, France22 km NWAllied 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, Winkelmann, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.