Atlas of Battles

commander, 12 engagements

Battles of Moshe Dayan

Battles of Moshe Dayan

Israeli military leader and politician (1915–1981)

Moshe Dayan is recorded as a commander at 12 placed engagements in the atlas between 1948 and 1973: 7 battles and 5 campaigns across 5 present-day countries, most in Israel (4), Palestine (3), Egypt (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,607 km apart end to end, 146 km between engagements on average. Most belong to 1948 Arab–Israeli War (3), Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency (2), Yom Kippur War (2).

Operation Death to the InvaderBattle of 3 ShevatBeit Hanoun wedgeOperation VolcanoOperation EggedJordanian campaign1973 al-Mazzah Airport RaidBattles of the Kinarot ValleyOperation UvdaSuez CrisisBattle of KaramehBattle of the SinaiBattles of the Kinarot ValleyOperation UvdaSuez CrisisBattle of KaramehBattle of the SinaiAlexandriaTel AvivDamascusBeirutJerusalemBur SaidSuezGaza CityEl FaiyumGiza500 km31.489N, 35.112E
12 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1948: 4 engagements4 in 19481949: 1 engagements1955: 2 engagements1957: 1 engagements1967: 1 engagements1968: 1 engagements1973: 2 engagements19481973
12 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battles of the Kinarot Valley, 1948Operation Death to the Invader, 1948Battle of 3 Shevat, 1948Beit Hanoun wedge, 1948Operation Uvda, 1949Operation Volcano, 1955Operation Egged, 1955Suez Crisis, 1957Jordanian campaign, 1967Battle of Karameh, 19681973 al-Mazzah Airport Raid, 1973Battle of the Sinai, 197319481973
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 7

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1948Battles of the Kinarot ValleyIsraelIsraeli victory; See aftermath
1948Operation Death to the InvaderIsrael142 km SWEgyptian victory; Israeli failure to accomplish objectives
14 January 1948Battle of 3 ShevatPalestine36 km EPalestinian Arab failure
15 October 1948Beit Hanoun wedgePalestine57 km WIsraeli tactical failure in dividing the Egyptian...
1949Operation UvdaNegev, Israel121 km SIsraeli victory
1955Operation VolcanoNitzana, Israel64 km NWIsraeli victory
1955Operation EggedQ18191885, Egypt101 km SIsraeli victory
1957Suez CrisisSinai Peninsula, Egypt86 km SWSee § Aftermath
1967Jordanian campaignWest Bank, Palestine306 km NEIsraeli victory; Total Jordanian and Iraqi defeat
21 March 1968Battle of KaramehKarameh, Jordan22 km EBoth sides claim victory; Destruction of Karameh camp...
19731973 al-Mazzah Airport RaidMezzeh Military Airport, Syria180 km NIsraeli victory
1973Battle of the SinaiSinai Peninsula, Egypt490 km SWIsraeli 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, IDF Spokesperson's Unit photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.