Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Oliver P. Smith

Battles of Oliver P. Smith

United States Marine Corps general (1893–1977)

Oliver P. Smith is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1944 and 1951: 5 battles and 2 campaigns across 3 present-day countries, most in South Korea (5), Papua New Guinea (1), North Korea (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 6,472 km apart end to end, 1,079 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Korean War (5), Pacific War (1).

Pohang OperationBattle of HwacheonBattle of TalaseaBattle of InchonSecond Battle of SeoulBattle of Changjin ReservoirOperation KillerBattle of TalaseaBattle of InchonSecond Battle of SeoulBattle of Changjin ReservoirOperation KillerŌsakaManilaTaipeiBangkokChengduÜrümqi5000 km17.553N, 138.297E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1944: 1 engagements1950: 3 engagements3 in 19501951: 3 engagements3 in 195119441951
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Talasea, 1944Battle of Inchon, 1950Second Battle of Seoul, 1950Battle of Changjin Reservoir, 1950Pohang Operation, 1951Operation Killer, 1951Battle of Hwacheon, 195119441951
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
9 March 1944Battle of TalaseaNew Britain, Papua New GuineaAllied victory
15 September 1950Battle of InchonIncheon, South Korea5,334 km NWUnited Nations victory; Beginning of the North Korean...
1950Second Battle of SeoulSeoul, South Korea35 km EUnited Nations victory
27 November 1950Battle of Changjin ReservoirChangjin Reservoir, North Korea313 km NSee § Aftermath
1951Pohang OperationNorth Gyeongsang, South Korea474 km SUN victory
1951Operation KillerKorea, South Korea225 km NWUN victory
26 April 1951Battle of HwacheonSouth Korea90 km NEUN 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.