Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Kurt Student

Battles of Kurt Student

German Luftwaffe general (1890–1978)

Kurt Student is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1940 and 1945: 7 battles across 4 present-day countries, most in Netherlands (4), Greece (1), Italy (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,189 km apart end to end, 865 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (5).

German occupation of RomeBattle of HamburgBattle for The HagueBattle of RotterdamRotterdam BlitzBattle of CreteBattle of OverloonBattle for The HagueBattle of RotterdamRotterdam BlitzBattle of CreteBattle of OverloonMadridBerlinAthensCasablancaKyivViennaGenevaBarcelonaAnkaraAlgiers1000 km44.525N, 14.189E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1940: 3 engagements3 in 19401941: 1 engagements1943: 1 engagements1944: 1 engagements1945: 1 engagements19401945
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle for The Hague, 1940Battle of Rotterdam, 1940Rotterdam Blitz, 1940Battle of Crete, 1941German occupation of Rome, 1943Battle of Overloon, 1944Battle of Hamburg, 194519401945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
10 May 1940Battle for The HagueThe Hague, NetherlandsDutch victory; Failure of the Fallschirmjäger to hold...
10 May 1940Battle of RotterdamRotterdam, Netherlands20 km SEGerman victory
1940Rotterdam BlitzRotterdam, Netherlands4 km NWGerman victory; 884 civilian casualties; Destruction of the...
20 May 1941Battle of CreteCrete, Greece2,400 km SEAxis victory
8 September 1943German occupation of RomeRome, Italy1,228 km NWGerman victory
30 September 1944Battle of OverloonOverloon, Netherlands1,187 km NAllied victory
1945Battle of HamburgHamburg, Germany351 km NEBritish 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, Wolfgang Willrich, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.