commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Matsuji Ijūin

commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, 1893 to 1944

Matsuji Ijūin is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas in 1943: 2 battles and 2 naval actions across 2 present-day countries, most in Solomon Islands (2), Papua New Guinea (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 341 km apart end to end, 114 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (4).

4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Pacific War 4

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	From the last	Result
20 June 1943	New Georgia Campaign	New Georgia Islands, Solomon Islands		Allied victory
17 August 1943	Battle off Horaniu	Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands	112 km NW	Japanese victory
6 October 1943	Naval Battle of Vella Lavella	Vella Lavella	58 km NW	Japanese victory
1 November 1943	Battle of Empress Augusta Bay	Empress Augusta Bay, Papua New Guinea	171 km NW	American 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.