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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Shigeru Katagiri

Battles of Shigeru Katagiri

Japanese general (1892-1944)

Shigeru Katagiri is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1944: 4 battles and 1 campaign, all in present-day Papua New Guinea. Taken in date order, the sites lie 770 km apart end to end, 192 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (5).

Huon Peninsula campaignBattle of FinschhafenBattle of SattelbergBattle of WareoLanding at AitapeHuon Peninsula campaignBattle of FinschhafenBattle of WareoLanding at AitapeLaeMt. HagenGorokaMadangWewakMendiKundiawaWabag500 km4.867S, 145.100E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 4 engagements4 in 19431944: 1 engagements19431944
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Huon Peninsula campaign, 1943Battle of Finschhafen, 1943Battle of Sattelberg, 1943Battle of Wareo, 1943Landing at Aitape, 194419431944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1943Huon Peninsula campaignHuon Peninsula, Papua New GuineaAllied victory
1943Battle of FinschhafenFinschhafen, Papua New Guinea44 km SEAllied victory
17 November 1943Battle of SattelbergHuon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea16 km NWAllied victory
27 November 1943Battle of WareoWareo, Papua New Guinea4 km NEAllied victory
1944Landing at AitapeAitape, Papua New Guinea706 km NWAmerican 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, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.