Atlas of Battles

commander, 22 engagements

Battles of Ivan Konev

Battles of Ivan Konev

Soviet military commander (1897-1973)

Ivan Konev is recorded as a commander at 22 placed engagements in the atlas between 1941 and 1945: 19 battles and 3 campaigns across 9 present-day countries, most in Russia (6), Poland (5), Ukraine (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 6,202 km apart end to end, 295 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (22).

Battles of RzhevOperation SeydlitzBattle of RzhevOperation MarsOperation CitadelBattle of BelgorodBattle of the DnieperBattle of the Korsun–Cherkassy PocketFirst Battle of Târgu FrumosLvov–Sandomierz OffensiveBattle of the Dukla PassBattle of BautzenVistula–Oder OffensiveLower Silesian OffensiveUpper Silesian OffensiveBattle of the Oder–NeisseBattle of the Seelow HeightsOperation BarbarossaBattle of KurskOperation BagrationBattle of BerlinPrague offensiveOperation BarbarossaBattle of KurskOperation BagrationBattle of BerlinPrague offensiveKyivViennaWarsawBudapestKøbenhavnMinskRigaChișinăuVilniusKharkiv500 km52.191N, 25.292E
22 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1941: 1 engagements1942: 4 engagements1943: 4 engagements1944: 5 engagements1945: 8 engagements8 in 194519411945
22 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Operation Barbarossa, 1941Battles of Rzhev, 1942Operation Seydlitz, 1942Battle of Rzhev, 1942Operation Mars, 1942Battle of Kursk, 1943Operation Citadel, 1943Battle of Belgorod, 1943Battle of the Dnieper, 1943Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket, 1944First Battle of Târgu Frumos, 1944Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive, 1944Operation Bagration, 1944Battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944Battle of Bautzen, 1945Vistula–Oder Offensive, 1945Lower Silesian Offensive, 1945Upper Silesian Offensive, 1945Battle of the Oder–Neisse, 1945Battle of Berlin, 1945Battle of the Seelow Heights, 1945Prague offensive, 194519411945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1941Operation BarbarossaUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, LithuaniaAxis strategic failure
1942Battles of RzhevRzhev, Russia657 km EInconclusive
1942Operation SeydlitzTver Oblast, Russia100 km NGerman victory
1942Battle of RzhevTver Oblast, Russia0 km NGerman victory
1942Operation MarsRzhev, Russia100 km SGerman victory
1943Battle of KurskKursk, Soviet Union521 km SSoviet victory
1943Operation CitadelKursk, Russia7 km NESoviet victory
1943Battle of BelgorodBelgorod, Russia130 km SSoviet victory
1943Battle of the DnieperDnieper, Ukraine556 km SWSoviet victory
24 January 1944Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy PocketCherkasy, Ukraine334 km NSoviet victory
9 April 1944First Battle of Târgu FrumosTârgu Frumos, Romania399 km SWAxis victory
1944Lvov–Sandomierz OffensiveWestern Ukraine, Ukraine317 km NSoviet victory
1944Operation BagrationByelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Belarus490 km NESoviet victory
8 September 1944Battle of the Dukla PassDukla Pass, Poland715 km SWInconclusive; Soviet failure to join Slovak rebel troops...
1945Battle of BautzenBautzen, Germany552 km NWGerman victory; The German offensive did not achieve...
1945Vistula–Oder OffensivePoland329 km ESoviet victory; Liberation of Auschwitz and other Nazi...
1945Lower Silesian OffensiveLower Silesia, Poland169 km SWSoviet victory
1945Upper Silesian OffensiveEurope, Poland286 km NSoviet victory
April 1945Battle of the Oder–NeisseOder–Neisse line, Poland130 km SWSoviet victory
16 April 1945Battle of BerlinBerlin, Germany71 km WSoviet victory
16 April 1945Battle of the Seelow HeightsSeelow, Germany69 km ESoviet victory
1945Prague offensivePrague, Czech Republic272 km SAllied victory; End of World War II in Europe

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, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.