Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Mark W. Clark

Battles of Mark W. Clark

United States Army general (1896–1984)

Mark W. Clark is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1953: 6 battles and 2 campaigns across 3 present-day countries, most in Italy (6), South Korea (1), North Korea (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,730 km apart end to end, 1,390 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (6), Korean War (2).

Battle of Rapido RiverBattle of Hill EerieBattle of KumsongOperation AvalancheBattle of Monte CassinoBattle of AnzioBattle of CisternaSpring 1945 offensive in ItalyOperation AvalancheBattle of Monte CassinoSpring 1945 offensive in ItalyŌsakaManilaSeoulTehranTaipeiBengaluruBangkokBaghdadChengduÜrümqi5000 km41.952N, 68.772E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 1 engagements1944: 4 engagements4 in 19441945: 1 engagements1952: 1 engagements1953: 1 engagements19431953
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Operation Avalanche, 1943Battle of Monte Cassino, 1944Battle of Anzio, 1944Battle of Rapido River, 1944Battle of Cisterna, 1944Spring 1945 offensive in Italy, 1945Battle of Hill Eerie, 1952Battle of Kumsong, 195319431953
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1943Operation AvalancheSalerno, ItalyAllied victory
17 January 1944Battle of Monte CassinoMonte Cassino, Italy120 km NWAllied victory
22 January 1944Battle of AnzioAnzio, Italy99 km WAllied victory
22 January 1944Battle of Rapido RiverGari, Italy101 km EGerman victory
30 January 1944Battle of CisternaAnzio, Italy14 km EGerman victory
1945Spring 1945 offensive in ItalyLombardy, Italy573 km NWAllied victory; German forces withdraw from Italy; Fall of...
21 March 1952Battle of Hill EerieSouth Korea8,772 km NEUnited Nations victory
1953Battle of KumsongKimhwa County, North Korea51 km EChina and DPRK victory, South Korea lost Kumsong sailent...

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, UnknownUnknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.