Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Roy Geiger

Battles of Roy Geiger

United States Marine Corps general (1885-1947)

Roy Geiger is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1945: 6 battles and 2 campaigns across 4 present-day countries, most in Papua New Guinea (3), United States (1), Palau (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 7,833 km apart end to end, 1,119 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (8).

Battle for Piva TrailBattle of Piva ForksVolcano and Ryukyu Islands campaignBougainville CampaignMariana and Palau Islands campaignBattle of GuamBattle of PeleliuBattle of OkinawaBougainville CampaignMariana and Palau Islands campaignBattle of GuamBattle of PeleliuBattle of OkinawaManilaTaipeiBangkok2000 km10.128N, 141.692E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 3 engagements3 in 19431944: 3 engagements3 in 19441945: 2 engagements19431945
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Bougainville Campaign, 1943Battle for Piva Trail, 1943Battle of Piva Forks, 1943Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, 1944Battle of Guam, 1944Battle of Peleliu, 1944Battle of Okinawa, 1945Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign, 194519431945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1 November 1943Bougainville CampaignBougainville Island, Papua New GuineaAllied victory
1943Battle for Piva TrailBougainville Island, Papua New Guinea40 km SEAmerican victory
1943Battle of Piva ForksBougainville Island, Papua New Guinea0 km NAmerican victory
1944Mariana and Palau Islands campaignMicronesia2,063 km NAmerican victory
10 August 1944Battle of GuamGuam, United States811 km WAmerican victory
27 November 1944Battle of PeleliuPeleliu, Palau1,342 km SWAmerican victory
1945Battle of OkinawaOkinawa Islands, Japan2,265 km NAllied victory
1945Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaignRyukyu Islands1,312 km EAllied 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, US gov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.