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commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Heitarō Kimura

Battles of Heitarō Kimura

Japanese general (1888-1948)

Heitarō Kimura is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1945: 4 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Myanmar (3), China (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 673 km apart end to end, 224 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (3), Second Sino-Japanese War (1).

Battle of Northern Burma and Western YunnanBattle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operationsBattle of Meiktila and MandalayBattle of the Sittang BendBattle of Northern Burma and Western YunnanBattle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operationsBattle of Meiktila and MandalayBattle of the Sittang BendChattogramNaypyidawMandalayChiang MaiSittweMonywaPyayMagwayPyuLampang500 km20.528N, 96.099E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 1 engagements1945: 3 engagements3 in 194519431945
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan, 1943Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations, 1945Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay, 1945Battle of the Sittang Bend, 194519431945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
October 1943Battle of Northern Burma and Western YunnanYunnan, People's Republic of ChinaAllied victory
4 February 1945Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operationsPakokku, Myanmar272 km SWAllied victory
March 1945Battle of Meiktila and MandalayMyanmar97 km SEAllied victory
7 August 1945Battle of the Sittang BendPegu Range, Myanmar304 km SBritish 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, The Occupation administration, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.