Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Otto von Below

Battles of Otto von Below

Prussian general (1857–1944)

Otto von Below is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1915 and 1918: 10 battles across 5 present-day countries, most in France (6), Russia (1), Slovenia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,389 km apart end to end, 599 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (10).

Battle of Drocourt-Quéant LineBattle of Hill 70First Battle of the Piave RiverSecond Battle of BapaumeBattle of HavrincourtSecond Battle of the Masurian LakesBattles of the IsonzoMonastir OffensiveSecond Battle of CambraiBattle of the Canal du NordSecond Battle of the Masurian LakesBattles of the IsonzoMonastir OffensiveSecond Battle of CambraiBattle of the Canal du NordMadridBerlinViennaGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaMilanNaplesBucharestHamburg1000 km47.516N, 12.410E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1915: 2 engagements1916: 1 engagements1917: 3 engagements1918: 4 engagements4 in 191819151918
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes, 1915Battles of the Isonzo, 1915Monastir Offensive, 1916Battle of Drocourt-Quéant Line, 1917Battle of Hill 70, 1917First Battle of the Piave River, 1917Second Battle of Cambrai, 1918Second Battle of Bapaume, 1918Battle of Havrincourt, 1918Battle of the Canal du Nord, 191819151918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
7 February 1915Second Battle of the Masurian LakesMasurian Lake District, RussiaGerman victory
23 May 1915Battles of the IsonzoSoča, Slovenia1,069 km SWFive Italian victories; Four inconclusive; Three...
12 September 1916Monastir OffensiveBitola, North Macedonia844 km SEAllied Powers victory; Capture of Monastir; Limited Allied...
1917Battle of Drocourt-Quéant LineFrance1,750 km NWCanadian and British victory
15 August 1917Battle of Hill 70Lens, France33 km NAllied victory
26 November 1917First Battle of the Piave RiverPiave, Italy835 km SEItalian victory; Stopping of the German-Austrian advance...
1918Second Battle of CambraiCambrai, France794 km NWAllied victory
1918Second Battle of BapaumeBapaume, France29 km WAllied victory
12 September 1918Battle of HavrincourtHavrincourt, France17 km EBritish victory
27 September 1918Battle of the Canal du NordCanal du Nord, France19 km NAllied 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.