Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Mario Roatta

Battles of Mario Roatta

Italian general (1887-1968)

Mario Roatta is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1937 and 1943: 4 battles and 2 campaigns across 3 present-day countries, most in Spain (2), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Italy (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,194 km apart end to end, 639 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (3), Spanish Civil War (2).

German occupation of RomeBattle of GuadalajaraBattle of MálagaOperation TrioBattle of NeretvaOperation AchseBattle of GuadalajaraBattle of MálagaOperation TrioBattle of NeretvaOperation AchseMadridGenevaBarcelonaAlgiersMilanNaplesTunisLyonSevilleBelgrade500 km40.258N, 7.292E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1937: 2 engagements1942: 1 engagements1943: 3 engagements3 in 194319371943
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Guadalajara, 1937Battle of Málaga, 1937Operation Trio, 1942Battle of Neretva, 1943Operation Achse, 1943German occupation of Rome, 194319371943
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1937Battle of GuadalajaraGuadalajara, SpainRepublican victory
3 February 1937Battle of MálagaMálaga, Spain449 km SNationalist victory
1942Operation TrioIndependent State of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina2,128 km NESee the Aftermath section
February 1943Battle of NeretvaHerzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina101 km WPartisan retreat with heavy losses, Chetnik defeat, Axis...
1943Operation AchseItaly446 km WAxis victory
8 September 1943German occupation of RomeRome, Italy70 km SGerman 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, Italian government, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.