Atlas of Battles

commander, 19 engagements

Battles of Ferdinand Schörner

Battles of Ferdinand Schörner

German field marshal (1892–1973)

Ferdinand Schörner is recorded as a commander at 19 placed engagements in the atlas between 1939 and 1945: 15 battles, 1 siege and 3 campaigns across 8 present-day countries, most in Poland (5), Germany (3), Czech Republic (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 7,630 km apart end to end, 424 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (18).

Battle of LwówBattle of Tempe GorgeOdesa offensiveTallinn OffensiveMoonsund Landing OperationRiga OffensiveBattle of BautzenBattle of KolbergWestern Carpathian OffensiveLower Silesian OffensiveMoravia–Ostrava offensiveUpper Silesian OffensiveBattle of the Oder–NeisseBratislava-Brno OffensiveCourland PocketVistula–Oder OffensiveBattle of BerlinBattle of the Seelow HeightsPrague offensiveCourland PocketVistula–Oder OffensiveBattle of BerlinBattle of the Seelow HeightsPrague offensiveAthensKyivViennaStockholmGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaSt. PetersburgAnkaraMilan1000 km49.655N, 22.688E
19 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1939: 1 engagements1941: 1 engagements1944: 5 engagements1945: 12 engagements12 in 194519391945
19 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Lwów, 1939Battle of Tempe Gorge, 1941Odesa offensive, 1944Tallinn Offensive, 1944Moonsund Landing Operation, 1944Courland Pocket, 1944Riga Offensive, 1944Battle of Bautzen, 1945Battle of Kolberg, 1945Vistula–Oder Offensive, 1945Western Carpathian Offensive, 1945Lower Silesian Offensive, 1945Moravia–Ostrava offensive, 1945Upper Silesian Offensive, 1945Battle of the Oder–Neisse, 1945Battle of Berlin, 1945Battle of the Seelow Heights, 1945Bratislava-Brno Offensive, 1945Prague offensive, 194519391945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1939Battle of LwówLviv, UkraineGerman–Soviet victory
18 April 1941Battle of Tempe GorgeVale of Tempe, Greece1,114 km SAllied victory; German advance delayed.
1944Odesa offensiveUkraine1,259 km NESoviet victory
1944Tallinn OffensiveEstonia1,251 km NSoviet victory
29 September 1944Moonsund Landing OperationWest Estonian archipelago, Estonia144 km SWSoviet victory
1944Courland PocketCourland, Latvia177 km SFree German/Soviet victory
1944Riga OffensiveLatvia140 km ESoviet victory
1945Battle of BautzenBautzen, Germany910 km SWGerman victory; The German offensive did not achieve...
1945Battle of KolbergKołobrzeg, Poland342 km NPolish-Soviet victory; German evacuation by sea; 80% of...
1945Vistula–Oder OffensivePoland333 km SESoviet victory; Liberation of Auschwitz and other Nazi...
1945Western Carpathian OffensiveSlovak Republic, Slovakia451 km SAllied victory
1945Lower Silesian OffensiveLower Silesia, Poland330 km NSoviet victory
1945Moravia–Ostrava offensiveMoravia, Czechia178 km SSoviet victory
1945Upper Silesian OffensiveEurope, Poland457 km NSoviet victory
April 1945Battle of the Oder–NeisseOder–Neisse line, Poland130 km SWSoviet victory
16 April 1945Battle of BerlinBerlin, Germany71 km WSoviet victory
16 April 1945Battle of the Seelow HeightsSeelow, Germany69 km ESoviet victory
1945Bratislava-Brno OffensiveProtectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Czechia273 km SSoviet victory
1945Prague offensivePrague, Czech Republic3 km WAllied victory; End of World War II in Europe

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