Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Mohamed Naguib

Battles of Mohamed Naguib

1st President of the Republic of Egypt (1901–1984)

Mohamed Naguib is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas in 1948: 3 battles and 1 campaign, all in present-day Israel. Taken in date order, the sites lie 65 km apart end to end, 22 km between engagements on average. Most belong to 1948 Arab–Israeli War (4).

Battle of Hill 86Operation PleshetBattle of NitzanimBattles of NegbaBattle of Hill 86Operation PleshetBattle of NitzanimTel AvivAmmanBur SaidGaza CityHaifaIsmaïliaEl MansuraDumyatNablusEl Arish200 km31.570N, 34.526E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1948: 4 engagements4 in 194819481948
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Hill 86, 1948Operation Pleshet, 1948Battle of Nitzanim, 1948Battles of Negba, 194819481948
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1948Battle of Hill 86IsraelEgyptian tactical victory
1948Operation PleshetAshdod, Israel52 km NEEgyptian tactical victory; Initiative passed to Israeli side
10 June 1948Battle of NitzanimNitzanim, Israel6 km SWEgyptian victory
12 July 1948Battles of NegbaNegba, Israel8 km SEIsraeli 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, Ashkroft Bombai, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.