Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Seishirō Itagaki

Battles of Seishirō Itagaki

Japanese general (1885-1948)

Seishirō Itagaki is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1937 and 1945: 5 battles and 2 campaigns across 2 present-day countries, most in China (6), Singapore (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,497 km apart end to end, 916 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Sino-Japanese War (6), Pacific War (1).

Operation ChaharOperation TideraceBattle of TaiyuanBattle of XinkouBattle of PingxingguanBattle of TaierzhuangBattle of XuzhouBattle of TaiyuanBattle of PingxingguanBattle of TaierzhuangBattle of XuzhouManilaTaipeiBengaluruBangkokChengduÜrümqiKabulTashkentNew Delhi5000 km22.150N, 110.765E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1937: 4 engagements4 in 19371938: 2 engagements1945: 1 engagements19371945
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Operation Chahar, 1937Battle of Taiyuan, 1937Battle of Xinkou, 1937Battle of Pingxingguan, 1937Battle of Taierzhuang, 1938Battle of Xuzhou, 1938Operation Tiderace, 194519371945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1937Operation ChaharChahar, ChinaJapanese victory
1 September 1937Battle of TaiyuanTaiyuan, People's Republic of China609 km SJapanese victory
13 September 1937Battle of XinkouNiangzi Pass, People's Republic of China51 km WJapanese victory
24 September 1937Battle of PingxingguanPingxing Pass, People's Republic of China227 km NEJapanese victory
24 March 1938Battle of TaierzhuangTai'erzhuang District, China629 km SEChinese victory
24 March 1938Battle of XuzhouXuzhou, People's Republic of China61 km SWJapanese victory
1945Operation TideraceSingapore3,920 km SWUnopposed Allied victory; Liberation of Singapore...

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.