Atlas of Battles

commander, 16 engagements

Battles of Matthew Ridgway

Battles of Matthew Ridgway

United States Army general (1895–1993)

Matthew Ridgway is recorded as a commander at 16 placed engagements in the atlas between 1944 and 1951: 10 battles and 6 campaigns across 4 present-day countries, most in South Korea (9), North Korea (4), France (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 10,153 km apart end to end, 677 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Korean War (12), World War II (3).

First and Second Battles of WonjuThird Battle of WonjuOperation ThunderboltOperation KillerOperation RipperOperation RuggedOperation DauntlessChinese Spring OffensiveBattle of the Soyang RiverBattle of the PunchbowlFirst Battle of Maryang-sanBattle of CherbourgAmerican airborne landings in NormandyOperation VarsityThird Battle of SeoulBattle of KapyongOperation VarsityThird Battle of SeoulBattle of KapyongManilaTehranTaipeiBengaluruBangkokMadridBaghdadChengduÜrümqiKabul5000 km44.528N, 63.376E
16 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1944: 2 engagements1945: 1 engagements1950: 2 engagements1951: 11 engagements11 in 195119441951
16 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Cherbourg, 1944American airborne landings in Normandy, 1944Operation Varsity, 1945Third Battle of Seoul, 1950First and Second Battles of Wonju, 1950Third Battle of Wonju, 1951Operation Thunderbolt, 1951Operation Killer, 1951Operation Ripper, 1951Operation Rugged, 1951Battle of Kapyong, 1951Operation Dauntless, 1951Chinese Spring Offensive, 1951Battle of the Soyang River, 1951Battle of the Punchbowl, 1951First Battle of Maryang-san, 195119441951
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
6 June 1944Battle of CherbourgCherbourg, FranceAllied victory
1944American airborne landings in NormandyCotentin Peninsula, France18 km SEAllied victory
1945Operation VarsityWesel, Germany622 km NEAllied victory
31 December 1950Third Battle of SeoulSeoul, South Korea8,528 km NEDPRK/Chinese victory
31 December 1950First and Second Battles of WonjuWonju, South Korea89 km EUnited Nations victory
18 February 1951Third Battle of WonjuWonju, South Korea39 km EUnited Nations victory
20 February 1951Operation ThunderboltHan River, North Korea196 km WUnited Nations victory
1951Operation KillerKorea, South Korea74 km EUN victory
1951Operation RipperChuncheon, South Korea75 km NEUnited Nations and South Korean victory
1951Operation RuggedImjin River, North Korea95 km WSee Aftermath
22 April 1951Battle of KapyongGapyeong County, South Korea77 km EUN victory
1951Operation DauntlessImjin River, North Korea77 km WInitial U.N. success; Chinese launch their Spring Offensive...
1951Chinese Spring OffensiveSouth Korea30 km NEUnited Nations victory; Chinese forces fail to recapture...
1951Battle of the Soyang RiverSoyang River, South Korea69 km Esee #Aftermath
31 August 1951Battle of the PunchbowlPunchbowl, Korea, South Korea56 km NEUN tactical victory
8 October 1951First Battle of Maryang-sanImjin River, North Korea108 km WUnited Nations 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, United States Army Japan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.