Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Max von Gallwitz

Battles of Max von Gallwitz

German general (1852-1937)

Max von Gallwitz is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1915 and 1918: 8 battles and 2 campaigns across 3 present-day countries, most in France (7), Poland (2), Serbia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,819 km apart end to end, 313 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (10).

Narew OffensiveBattle of GuillemontBattle of the Ancre HeightsBattle of the AncreOperations on the Ancre, January – March 1917Battles of PrzasnyszSerbian campaignBattle of VerdunBattle of Saint-MihielMeuse-Argonne OffensiveBattles of PrzasnyszSerbian campaignBattle of VerdunBattle of Saint-MihielMeuse-Argonne OffensiveBerlinViennaGenevaAmsterdamMilanFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsWarsawBudapest500 km48.914N, 11.680E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1915: 3 engagements1916: 4 engagements4 in 19161917: 1 engagements1918: 2 engagements19151918
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battles of Przasnysz, 1915Narew Offensive, 1915Serbian campaign, 1915Battle of Verdun, 1916Battle of Guillemont, 1916Battle of the Ancre Heights, 1916Battle of the Ancre, 1916Operations on the Ancre, January – March 1917, 1917Battle of Saint-Mihiel, 1918Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 191819151918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
18 February 1915Battles of PrzasnyszPrzasnysz, PolandRussian victory; German plans to encircle Russians in...
1915Narew OffensivePrzasnysz, Poland113 km NEGerman victory
1915Serbian campaignKingdom of Serbia, Republic of Serbia913 km SSerbian victory (1914); Central Powers victory (1915)...
21 February 1916Battle of VerdunVerdun, France1,238 km NWFrench victory
3 September 1916Battle of GuillemontGuillemont, France207 km NWBritish victory
1 October 1916Battle of the Ancre HeightsAncre, France28 km SWBritish victory
13 November 1916Battle of the AncreAncre, France24 km NEBritish victory
1917Operations on the Ancre, January – March 1917France0 km NBritish victory
12 September 1918Battle of Saint-MihielSaint-Mihiel, France244 km SEAllied victory
1918Meuse-Argonne OffensiveGrand Est, France52 km NWAllied victory; End of World War I

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