Atlas of Battles

commander, 16 engagements

Battles of Hermann Göring

Battles of Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)

Hermann Göring is recorded as a commander at 16 placed engagements in the atlas between 1940 and 1944: 13 battles, 1 naval action and 2 campaigns across 7 present-day countries, most in United Kingdom (7), Russia (3), Germany (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 22,126 km apart end to end, 1,475 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (13), home front during World War II (1), Pacific War (1).

Dunkirk evacuationBirmingham BlitzAdlertagthe BlitzBattle of Britain DayClydebank BlitzGerman-Soviet air war 22 June 1941Axis and Soviet air operations during Operation BarbarossaBaedeker BlitzAir battle of BerlinBig WeekBattle of BritainBattle of FranceBattle of MoscowOperation BarbarossaBattle of StalingradBattle of BritainBattle of FranceBattle of MoscowOperation BarbarossaBattle of StalingradTehranMadridBaghdadÜrümqiKabulAthensCasablancaKyivViennaTashkent2000 km56.858N, 42.800E
16 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1940: 7 engagements7 in 19401941: 5 engagements1942: 2 engagements1943: 1 engagements1944: 1 engagements19401944
16 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Britain, 1940Battle of France, 1940Dunkirk evacuation, 1940Birmingham Blitz, 1940Adlertag, 1940the Blitz, 1940Battle of Britain Day, 1940Battle of Moscow, 1941Clydebank Blitz, 1941Operation Barbarossa, 1941German-Soviet air war 22 June 1941, 1941Axis and Soviet air operations during Operation Barbarossa, 1941Baedeker Blitz, 1942Battle of Stalingrad, 1942Air battle of Berlin, 1943Big Week, 194419401944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1940Battle of BritainUnited KingdomBritish victory
1940Battle of FranceFrance, Belgium587 km SEAxis victory
4 June 1940Dunkirk evacuationEnglish Channel, France169 km WSuccessful retreat
1940Birmingham BlitzBirmingham, United Kingdom333 km NWHeavy damage to city by German air raids
1940AdlertagEngland, United Kingdom84 km NEBritish victory
1940the BlitzUnited Kingdom176 km SAxis strategic failure
1940Battle of Britain DayLondon, United Kingdom0 km NBritish victory
the 1941sBattle of MoscowMoscow Oblast, Soviet Union2,501 km NESoviet victory
March 1941Clydebank BlitzClydebank, United Kingdom2,585 km WClydebank largely destroyed by German air raids
1941Operation BarbarossaUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Lithuania1,776 km EAxis strategic failure
1941German-Soviet air war 22 June 1941Soviet Union, Russia3,627 km NEGerman victory
1941Axis and Soviet air operations during Operation BarbarossaSoviet Union, Russia0 km NInconclusive, Axis strategic failure
1942Baedeker BlitzEngland, United Kingdom4,892 km NWGerman strategic failure
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgograd, Russia3,176 km ESoviet victory
1943Air battle of BerlinBerlin, Germany2,218 km NWGerman victory
1944Big WeekNazi Germany, Germany3 km Wsee Aftermath

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, Robert Röhr, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.