Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Raymond A. Spruance

Battles of Raymond A. Spruance

United States admiral (1886-1969)

Raymond A. Spruance is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1942 and 1945: 3 battles, 2 naval actions and 4 campaigns across 3 present-day countries, most in Japan (3), United States (1), Kiribati (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 12,607 km apart end to end, 1,576 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (9).

Gilbert and Marshall Islands CampaignMariana and Palau Islands campaignVolcano and Ryukyu Islands campaignOperation Tan No. 2Battle of MidwayBattle of TarawaBattle of the Philippine SeaBattle of OkinawaBattle of Iwo JimaBattle of MidwayBattle of TarawaBattle of the Philippine SeaBattle of OkinawaBattle of Iwo JimaBuenos AiresManilaChicagoLimaTehranKinshasaBengaluruMiamiMadridBaghdad5000 km0.000N, 0.000E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1942: 1 engagements1943: 2 engagements1944: 2 engagements1945: 4 engagements4 in 194519421945
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Midway, 1942Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign, 1943Battle of Tarawa, 1943Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, 1944Battle of the Philippine Sea, 1944Battle of Okinawa, 1945Battle of Iwo Jima, 1945Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign, 1945Operation Tan No. 2, 194519421945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
4 June 1942Battle of MidwayMidway Atoll, United StatesAmerican victory
1943Gilbert and Marshall Islands CampaignMicronesia2,920 km SWAllied victory
20 November 1943Battle of TarawaBetio, Kiribati776 km SEAllied victory
1944Mariana and Palau Islands campaignMicronesia2,594 km NWAmerican victory
19 June 1944Battle of the Philippine SeaPhilippine Sea, Japan2,511 km NWAmerican victory
1945Battle of OkinawaOkinawa Islands, Japan751 km NAllied victory
8 February 1945Battle of Iwo JimaIwo Jima, Japan1,348 km EAmerican victory
1945Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaignRyukyu Islands41 km NWAllied victory
1945Operation Tan No. 2Ulithi1,666 km SInconclusive

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, U.S. Navy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.