Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Józef Piłsudski

Battles of Józef Piłsudski

Polish politician, First Marshall, and Prime Minister (1867–1935)

Józef Piłsudski is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1914 and 1920: 9 battles and 2 campaigns across 4 present-day countries, most in Poland (6), Estonia (2), Ukraine (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,041 km apart end to end, 404 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (4), Polish–Soviet War (4), Russian Civil War (1).

Battle of Laski and AnielinBattle of ŁowczówekBattle of TarłówBattle of JastkówBattle of KostiuchnówkaBattle of Dęblin and Mińsk MazowieckiGreat RetreatSoviet westward offensive of 1918–1919Battle of WarsawKyiv offensiveBattle of the Niemen RiverGreat RetreatSoviet westward offensive of 1918–1919Battle of WarsawKyiv offensiveBattle of the Niemen RiverStockholmSt. PetersburgPragueMinskRigaVilniusTallinnKharkivLvivKraków500 km54.458N, 25.667E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1914: 2 engagements1915: 3 engagements1916: 1 engagements1918: 1 engagements1920: 4 engagements4 in 192019141920
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Laski and Anielin, 1914Battle of Łowczówek, 1914Battle of Tarłów, 1915Battle of Jastków, 1915Great Retreat, 1915Battle of Kostiuchnówka, 1916Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919, 1918Battle of Warsaw, 1920Kyiv offensive, 1920Battle of Dęblin and Mińsk Mazowiecki, 1920Battle of the Niemen River, 192019141920
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
22 October 1914Battle of Laski and AnielinPolandRussian victory
22 December 1914Battle of ŁowczówekŁowczówek, Poland176 km SInconclusive
30 June 1915Battle of TarłówWólka Tarłowska, Poland130 km NEAustro-Hungarian victory
1915Battle of JastkówJastków, Poland61 km NEAustro-Hungarian victory
1915Great RetreatBelarus, Estonia885 km NCentral Powers victory
1916Battle of KostiuchnówkaKostiukhnivka, Ukraine852 km SInconclusive
1918Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919Estonia341 km WSoviet victory in Eastern Belorussia; Start of the Polish...
1920Battle of WarsawWarsaw, Poland15 km NWPolish victory
1920Kyiv offensiveUkraine703 km ERed Army victory
1920Battle of Dęblin and Mińsk MazowieckiDęblin, Poland618 km WPolish victory
25 September 1920Battle of the Niemen RiverBelarus259 km NEPolish 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, Witold Pikiel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.