Atlas of Battles

commander, 12 engagements

Battles of Marc Mitscher

Battles of Marc Mitscher

United States admiral (1887–1947)

Marc Mitscher is recorded as a commander at 12 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1945: 4 battles, 3 naval actions and 5 campaigns across 5 present-day countries, most in Japan (5), Papua New Guinea (1), Federated States of Micronesia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 17,173 km apart end to end, 1,717 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (12).

Operation CartwheelGilbert and Marshall Islands CampaignFormosa Air BattleOperation HailstoneVolcano and Ryukyu Islands campaignOperation KikusuiRaid on PenghuBattle of the Philippine SeaBattle of OkinawaBattle of Iwo JimaOperation Ten-GoPhilippines campaign of 1944–1945Battle of the Philippine SeaBattle of OkinawaBattle of Iwo JimaOperation Ten-GoPhilippines campaign of 1944–1945ManilaTaipeiBangkokChengdu5000 km13.085N, 144.090E
12 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 2 engagements1944: 3 engagements1945: 6 engagements6 in 194519431945
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Operation Cartwheel, 1943Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign, 1943Formosa Air Battle, 1944Operation Hailstone, 1944Battle of the Philippine Sea, 1944Battle of Okinawa, 1945Battle of Iwo Jima, 1945Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign, 1945Operation Kikusui, 1945Operation Ten-Go, 1945Philippines campaign of 1944–1945, 194519431945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
30 June 1943Operation CartwheelMelanesia, Papua New GuineaAllied victory
1943Gilbert and Marshall Islands CampaignMicronesia2,209 km NEAllied victory
1944Formosa Air BattlePhilippine Sea, Japan3,951 km WAmerican victory
1944Operation HailstoneChuuk Lagoon, Federated States of Micronesia2,271 km SEAmerican victory
19 June 1944Battle of the Philippine SeaPhilippine Sea, Japan2,746 km NWAmerican victory
1945Battle of OkinawaOkinawa Islands, Japan751 km NAllied victory
8 February 1945Battle of Iwo JimaIwo Jima, Japan1,348 km EAmerican victory
1945Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaignRyukyu Islands41 km NWAllied victory
1945Operation KikusuiOkinawa, Japan1,317 km WAllied victory
7 April 1945Operation Ten-GoPacific Ocean432 km NAmerican victory
1945Philippines campaign of 1944–1945Philippines2,108 km SAllied victory
date unknownRaid on PenghuPenghu Islands, TaiwanAmerican 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, U.S. Navy photo 80-G-424169, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.