Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Philippe Pétain

Battles of Philippe Pétain

French military and political leader (1856–1951)

Philippe Pétain is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1915 and 1918: 6 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in France (5), Belgium (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 508 km apart end to end, 102 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (6).

Battle of the HillsSecond Battle of ChampagneBattle of VerdunSecond Battle of the AisneBattle of SoissonsBattle of the LysSecond Battle of ChampagneBattle of VerdunSecond Battle of the AisneBattle of SoissonsBattle of the LysBrusselsCologneAntwerpenLuxembourgDüsseldorfSaarbrückenBonnRouenMetzCharleroi100 km49.853N, 4.161E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1915: 1 engagements1916: 1 engagements1917: 2 engagements2 in 19171918: 2 engagements2 in 191819151918
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Second Battle of Champagne, 1915Battle of Verdun, 1916Second Battle of the Aisne, 1917Battle of the Hills, 1917Battle of Soissons, 1918Battle of the Lys, 191819151918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 September 1915Second Battle of ChampagneChampagne, FranceGerman victory
21 February 1916Battle of VerdunVerdun, France106 km EFrench victory
16 April 1917Second Battle of the AisneSoissons, France134 km WInconclusive
17 April 1917Battle of the HillsChampagne, France53 km SEInconclusive
1918Battle of SoissonsFrance65 km NWAllied victory
7 April 1918Battle of the LysYpres, Belgium150 km NSee Analysis

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, Imprimerie Draeger à Montrouge en région parisienne, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.