Atlas of Battles

commander, 13 engagements

Battles of Miles Dempsey

Battles of Miles Dempsey

British army officer (1896-1969)

Miles Dempsey is recorded as a commander at 13 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1945: 6 battles and 7 campaigns across 3 present-day countries, most in France (10), Italy (2), Germany (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,020 km apart end to end, 252 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (13).

Operation BaytownMoro River CampaignOperation PerchOperation EpsomSecond Battle of the OdonOperation GoodwoodOperation BluecoatBattle of HamburgNormandy landingsOperation OverlordBattle for CaenInvasion of NormandyFalaise PocketNormandy landingsOperation OverlordBattle for CaenFalaise PocketMadridBerlinAthensViennaGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaAlgiersMilanFrankfurt1000 km45.832N, 7.379E
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 2 engagements1944: 10 engagements10 in 19441945: 1 engagements19431945
13 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Operation Baytown, 1943Moro River Campaign, 1943Normandy landings, 1944Operation Overlord, 1944Battle for Caen, 1944Invasion of Normandy, 1944Operation Perch, 1944Operation Epsom, 1944Second Battle of the Odon, 1944Operation Goodwood, 1944Operation Bluecoat, 1944Falaise Pocket, 1944Battle of Hamburg, 194519431945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1943Operation BaytownReggio Calabria, ItalyAllied victory
1943Moro River CampaignMoro, Italy480 km NSee Aftermath
6 June 1944Normandy landingsNormandy, France1,397 km NWAllied victory
1944Operation OverlordNormandy, France3 km EAllied victory
6 June 1944Battle for CaenCaen, France22 km SEAllied victory
1944Invasion of NormandyNormandy, France22 km NWAllied victory
1944Operation PerchNormandy, France29 km SGerman victory
1944Operation EpsomFrance35 km NESee Aftermath section
15 July 1944Second Battle of the OdonNormandy, France26 km SWIndecisive
1944Operation GoodwoodNormandy, France19 km NESee Aftermath section
1944Operation BluecoatNormandy, France59 km SWAllied victory
12 August 1944Falaise PocketNormandy, France52 km EAllied victory
1945Battle of HamburgHamburg, Germany877 km NEBritish 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, War Office official photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.