Atlas of Battles

commander, 19 engagements

Battles of Leonid Govorov

Battles of Leonid Govorov

Soviet marshal (1897–1955)

Leonid Govorov is recorded as a commander at 19 placed engagements in the atlas between 1942 and 1944: 15 battles and 4 campaigns across 4 present-day countries, most in Russia (8), Estonia (8), Latvia (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,269 km apart end to end, 126 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (16), Continuation War (3).

Battle of LyubanSinyavino OffensiveBattle of Krasny BorKrasnoye Selo–Ropsha OffensiveKingisepp–Gdov OffensiveBattle for Narva BridgeheadNarva Offensive February 1944March 1944 Narva OffensiveBattle of Tali-IhantalaBattle of Vyborg BayNarva OffensiveBattle of Tannenberg LineTallinn OffensiveMoonsund Landing OperationOperation SparkBattle for NarvaVyborg–Petrozavodsk OffensiveCourland PocketBaltic OffensiveOperation SparkBattle for NarvaVyborg–Petrozavodsk OffensiveCourland PocketBaltic OffensiveSt. PetersburgHelsinkiRigaTallinnTamperePskovVelikiy NovgorodTurkuVyborgVelikiye Luki200 km59.392N, 28.175E
19 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1942: 2 engagements1943: 2 engagements1944: 15 engagements15 in 194419421944
19 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Lyuban, 1942Sinyavino Offensive, 1942Operation Spark, 1943Battle of Krasny Bor, 1943Battle for Narva, 1944Krasnoye Selo–Ropsha Offensive, 1944Kingisepp–Gdov Offensive, 1944Battle for Narva Bridgehead, 1944Narva Offensive February 1944, 1944March 1944 Narva Offensive, 1944Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, 1944Battle of Tali-Ihantala, 1944Battle of Vyborg Bay, 1944Narva Offensive, 1944Battle of Tannenberg Line, 1944Tallinn Offensive, 1944Moonsund Landing Operation, 1944Courland Pocket, 1944Baltic Offensive, 194419421944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1942Battle of LyubanLyuban, RussiaGerman victory
19 August 1942Sinyavino OffensiveRussia63 km NSoviet offensive defeated, German offensive cancelled.
12 January 1943Operation SparkSaint Petersburg, Russia1 km SWSoviet victory
10 February 1943Battle of Krasny BorKrasny Bor, Soviet Union33 km SWAxis victory
1944Battle for NarvaNarva, Estonia143 km WGerman defensive victory
1944Krasnoye Selo–Ropsha OffensiveLeningrad Oblast, Russia212 km ESoviet victory
1944Kingisepp–Gdov OffensiveLeningrad Oblast, Russia0 km NSoviet victory
2 February 1944Battle for Narva BridgeheadNarva, Estonia212 km WGerman withdrawal
15 February 1944Narva Offensive February 1944Narva, Estonia0 km NGerman defensive victory
1 March 1944March 1944 Narva OffensiveNarva, Estonia0 km NGerman defensive victory
1944Vyborg–Petrozavodsk OffensiveKarelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, Russia429 km NEMoscow Armistice
25 June 1944Battle of Tali-IhantalaKarelian Isthmus, Russia313 km WFinnish victory
1 July 1944Battle of Vyborg BayVyborg Bay, Russia29 km SWFinnish defensive victory
1944Narva OffensiveNarva, Estonia134 km SSoviet victory
25 July 1944Battle of Tannenberg LineSinimäed, Estonia20 km WGerman victory
1944Tallinn OffensiveEstonia177 km WSoviet victory
29 September 1944Moonsund Landing OperationWest Estonian archipelago, Estonia144 km SWSoviet victory
1944Courland PocketCourland, Latvia177 km SFree German/Soviet victory
1944Baltic OffensiveBaltic states, Latvia182 km ESoviet 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, Министерство обороны Российской Федерации, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.