Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Holland Smith

Battles of Holland Smith

United States Marine Corps general (1882–1967)

Holland Smith is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1916 and 1945: 5 battles and 2 campaigns across 5 present-day countries, most in Dominican Republic (1), Kiribati (1), Marshall Islands (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 17,419 km apart end to end, 2,903 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (6), United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1).

Battle of GuayacanasBattle of KwajaleinBattle of TarawaMariana and Palau Islands campaignBattle of SaipanBattle of Iwo JimaVolcano and Ryukyu Islands campaignBattle of TarawaBattle of SaipanBattle of Iwo JimaVolcano and Ryukyu Islands campaignBuenos AiresŌsakaSeoulChicagoLimaTehranKinshasaBengaluruMiamiMadrid5000 km13.213N, 51.138E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1916: 1 engagements1943: 1 engagements1944: 3 engagements3 in 19441945: 2 engagements19161945
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Guayacanas, 1916Battle of Tarawa, 1943Battle of Kwajalein, 1944Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, 1944Battle of Saipan, 1944Battle of Iwo Jima, 1945Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign, 194519161945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1916Battle of GuayacanasSantiago de los Caballeros, Dominican RepublicAmerican victory
20 November 1943Battle of TarawaBetio, Kiribati12,697 km WAllied victory
31 January 1944Battle of KwajaleinKwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands997 km NWAmerican victory
1944Mariana and Palau Islands campaignMicronesia1,759 km WAmerican victory
15 June 1944Battle of SaipanSaipan, United States763 km NWAmerican victory
8 February 1945Battle of Iwo JimaIwo Jima, Japan1,163 km NWAmerican victory
1945Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaignRyukyu Islands41 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, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.