Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of George Alan Vasey

Battles of George Alan Vasey

Australian general (1895-1945)

George Alan Vasey is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1941 and 1944: 6 battles and 3 campaigns across 2 present-day countries, most in Papua New Guinea (8), Greece (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 14,214 km apart end to end, 1,777 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (8), World War II (1).

Finisterre Range campaignBattle of The PimpleBattle of Crater HillBattle of MadangBattle of VeviKokoda Track campaignBattle of Buna–GonaSalamaua–Lae campaignLanding at NadzabBattle of VeviSalamaua–Lae campaignLanding at NadzabŌsakaManilaSeoulTehranKinshasaTaipeiBengaluruBangkokBaghdadChengdu5000 km15.944N, 84.983E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1941: 1 engagements1942: 2 engagements1943: 4 engagements4 in 19431944: 2 engagements19411944
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Vevi, 1941Kokoda Track campaign, 1942Battle of Buna–Gona, 1942Salamaua–Lae campaign, 1943Landing at Nadzab, 1943Finisterre Range campaign, 1943Battle of The Pimple, 1943Battle of Crater Hill, 1944Battle of Madang, 194419411944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1941Battle of VeviVevi, GreeceGerman victory
1942Kokoda Track campaignNew Guinea, Papua New Guinea13,656 km EAllied victory
16 November 1942Battle of Buna–GonaBuna, Papua New Guinea72 km EAllied victory
1943Salamaua–Lae campaignMorobe Province, Papua New Guinea274 km NWAllied victory
5 September 1943Landing at NadzabNadzab, Papua New Guinea32 km NAllied victory
1943Finisterre Range campaignFinisterre Range, Papua New Guinea57 km NWAllied victory
1943Battle of The PimpleFinisterre Range, Papua New Guinea50 km NWAllied victory
1944Battle of Crater HillFinisterre Range, Papua New Guinea0 km NAllied victory
April 1944Battle of MadangMadang, Papua New Guinea73 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, Stuckey, Norman Bradford, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.