Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Johannes Blaskowitz

Battles of Johannes Blaskowitz

German general (1883–1948)

Johannes Blaskowitz is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1939 and 1945: 6 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Poland (3), France (2), Netherlands (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,649 km apart end to end, 442 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (6).

Battle of Wola CyrusowaLiberation of ArnhemSiege of WarsawBattle of the BzuraScuttling of the French fleet in ToulonOperation DragoonWestern Allied invasion of GermanySiege of WarsawBattle of the BzuraScuttling of the French fleet in ToulonOperation DragoonWestern Allied invasion of GermanyBerlinViennaGenevaAmsterdamMilanFrankfurtBrusselsBudapestMunichPrague500 km47.715N, 13.280E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1939: 3 engagements3 in 19391942: 1 engagements1944: 1 engagements1945: 2 engagements19391945
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Warsaw, 1939Battle of Wola Cyrusowa, 1939Battle of the Bzura, 1939Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon, 1942Operation Dragoon, 1944Liberation of Arnhem, 1945Western Allied invasion of Germany, 194519391945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
8 September 1939Siege of WarsawWarsaw, PolandGerman victory
8 September 1939Battle of Wola CyrusowaWola Cyrusowa, Poland93 km SWPolish victory
9 September 1939Battle of the BzuraKutno, Poland48 km NWGerman victory; Destruction of the Poznań and Pomeranian...
1942Scuttling of the French fleet in ToulonToulon, France1,425 km SWVichy French success; German failure to capture the French...
1944Operation DragoonSouthern France, France63 km EAllied victory
12 April 1945Liberation of ArnhemArnhem, Netherlands975 km NAllied victory
1945Western Allied invasion of GermanyGermany, Netherlands44 km NWAllied victory; Fall of Nazi Germany; End of World War II...

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-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.