Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Oku Yasukata

Battles of Oku Yasukata

Japanese general (1847-1930)

Oku Yasukata is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1904 and 1905: 7 battles, all in present-day China. Taken in date order, the sites lie 340 km apart end to end, 57 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Russo-Japanese War (7).

Battle of Te-li-SsuBattle of TashihchiaoBattle of NanshanBattle of LiaoyangBattle of ShahoBattle of SandepuBattle of MukdenBattle of NanshanBattle of LiaoyangBattle of ShahoBattle of SandepuBattle of MukdenPyongyangDalianJinxiAnshanSinuijuQinhuangdaoJinzhouDandongLingyuanYingkow200 km40.432N, 122.591E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1904: 5 engagements5 in 19041905: 2 engagements19041905
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Nanshan, 1904Battle of Te-li-Ssu, 1904Battle of Tashihchiao, 1904Battle of Liaoyang, 1904Battle of Shaho, 1904Battle of Sandepu, 1905Battle of Mukden, 190519041905
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
24 May 1904Battle of NanshanKwantung Peninsula, ChinaJapanese victory
14 June 1904Battle of Te-li-SsuLiaodong Peninsula, China81 km NJapanese victory
24 July 1904Battle of TashihchiaoChina104 km NJapanese victory
25 August 1904Battle of LiaoyangLiaoyang, People's Republic of China90 km NEJapanese victory
5 October 1904Battle of ShahoChina44 km NESee #Aftermath
25 January 1905Battle of SandepuChina21 km NInconclusive
6 February 1905Battle of MukdenShenyang, People's Republic of China0 km NJapanese 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.