Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Semyon Timoshenko

Battles of Semyon Timoshenko

Soviet military commander (1895-1970)

Semyon Timoshenko is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1939 and 1943: 9 battles, 1 naval action and 1 campaign across 5 present-day countries, most in Russia (5), Ukraine (2), Poland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 7,557 km apart end to end, 756 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (10), Winter War (1).

Battle of SummaBattle of the Sea of AzovBattle of BryanskBattle of VoronezhCase BlueBattle of DemyanskSoviet invasion of PolandBattle of KievBattle of SmolenskOperation BarbarossaSecond Battle of KharkovSoviet invasion of PolandBattle of KievBattle of SmolenskOperation BarbarossaSecond Battle of KharkovBerlinViennaStockholmSt. PetersburgBucharestWarsawBudapestPragueHelsinkiKøbenhavn1000 km53.254N, 31.755E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1939: 2 engagements1941: 5 engagements5 in 19411942: 3 engagements1943: 1 engagements19391943
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Soviet invasion of Poland, 1939Battle of Summa, 1939Battle of Kiev, 1941Battle of Smolensk, 1941Operation Barbarossa, 1941Battle of the Sea of Azov, 1941Battle of Bryansk, 1941Battle of Voronezh, 1942Second Battle of Kharkov, 1942Case Blue, 1942Battle of Demyansk, 194319391943
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1939Soviet invasion of PolandPolandSoviet victory
22 December 1939Battle of SummaSumma, Russia999 km NFirst battle: Finnish victory; Second battle: Soviet...
1941Battle of KievKyiv, Ukraine1,122 km SGerman victory; Encirclement and destruction of Soviet...
1941Battle of SmolenskSmolensk, Soviet Union492 km NGerman victory
1941Operation BarbarossaUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Lithuania515 km WAxis strategic failure
1941Battle of the Sea of AzovSea of Azov1,370 km SEAxis victory; Encirclement & destruction of Soviet 9th &...
1941Battle of BryanskBryansk, Russia827 km NGerman victory
1942Battle of VoronezhVoronezh, Russia372 km SEAxis victory
12 May 1942Second Battle of KharkovKharkiv, Ukraine309 km SWAxis victory
1942Case BlueRostov-on-Don, Russia294 km SESoviet victory
1943Battle of DemyanskDemyansk, Russia1,257 km NSoviet 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, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.