Atlas of Battles

commander, 16 engagements

Battles of Fedor von Bock

Battles of Fedor von Bock

German field marshal (1880–1945)

Fedor von Bock is recorded as a commander at 16 placed engagements in the atlas between 1939 and 1942: 14 battles, 1 siege and 1 campaign across 8 present-day countries, most in Russia (4), Poland (2), Belgium (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 8,340 km apart end to end, 556 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (16).

Siege of GdyniaGerman invasion of BelgiumBattle of MaastrichtBattle of SmolenskBattle of Białystok–MinskYelnya OffensiveBattle of BryanskBattle of VoronezhBarvenkovo–Lozovaya offensiveVyazma Airborne OperationCase BlueBattle of FranceGerman invasion of the NetherlandsBattle of MoscowOperation BarbarossaSecond Battle of KharkovBattle of FranceGerman invasion of the NetherlandsBattle of MoscowOperation BarbarossaSecond Battle of KharkovKyivViennaStockholmGenevaSt. PetersburgMilanFrankfurtBucharestHamburgWarsaw1000 km51.487N, 22.189E
16 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1939: 1 engagements1940: 4 engagements1941: 6 engagements6 in 19411942: 5 engagements19391942
16 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Gdynia, 1939Battle of France, 1940German invasion of Belgium, 1940Battle of Maastricht, 1940German invasion of the Netherlands, 1940Battle of Moscow, 1941Battle of Smolensk, 1941Operation Barbarossa, 1941Battle of Białystok–Minsk, 1941Yelnya Offensive, 1941Battle of Bryansk, 1941Battle of Voronezh, 1942Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive, 1942Vyazma Airborne Operation, 1942Second Battle of Kharkov, 1942Case Blue, 194219391942
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
8 September 1939Siege of GdyniaGdynia, PolandGerman victory
1940Battle of FranceFrance, Belgium1,029 km WAxis victory
1940German invasion of BelgiumBelgium0 km NGerman victory
10 May 1940Battle of MaastrichtMaastricht, Netherlands75 km EGerman victory
1940German invasion of the NetherlandsNetherlands163 km NGerman victory
the 1941sBattle of MoscowMoscow Oblast, Soviet Union2,110 km NESoviet victory
1941Battle of SmolenskSmolensk, Soviet Union370 km WGerman victory
1941Operation BarbarossaUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Lithuania515 km WAxis strategic failure
1941Battle of Białystok–MinskBelarus, Poland485 km SWGerman victory
1941Yelnya OffensiveRussia982 km ESoviet victory
1941Battle of BryanskBryansk, Russia167 km SEGerman victory
1942Battle of VoronezhVoronezh, Russia372 km SEAxis victory
31 January 1942Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensiveUkraine345 km SWSoviet victory
1942Vyazma Airborne OperationSmolensk Oblast, Germany732 km NGerman victory
12 May 1942Second Battle of KharkovKharkiv, Ukraine700 km SEAxis victory
1942Case BlueRostov-on-Don, Russia294 km SESoviet 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, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.