Atlas of Battles

commander, 12 engagements

Battles of Thomas Cassin Kinkaid

Battles of Thomas Cassin Kinkaid

United States Navy admiral, 1888 to 1972

Thomas Cassin Kinkaid is recorded as a commander at 12 placed engagements in the atlas between 1942 and 1945: 5 battles, 3 naval actions and 4 campaigns across 5 present-day countries, most in Philippines (5), United States (3), Solomon Islands (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 32,021 km apart end to end, 2,911 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (11), Chinese Civil War (1).

Battle of AttuJapanese evacuation of KiskaOperation CartwheelBattle of LeyteBattle of the Sibuyan SeaOperation BeleaguerInvasion of PalawanAleutian Islands CampaignBattle of the Eastern SolomonsBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsBattle of Leyte GulfPhilippines campaign of 1944–1945Aleutian Islands CampaignBattle of the Eastern SolomonsBattle of Leyte GulfPhilippines campaign of 1944–1945Buenos AiresŌsakaSeoulChicagoLimaTehranKinshasaTaipeiMiamiMadrid5000 km0.000N, 0.000E
12 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1942: 3 engagements3 in 19421943: 3 engagements3 in 19431944: 3 engagements3 in 19441945: 3 engagements3 in 194519421945
12 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Aleutian Islands Campaign, 1942Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 1942Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 1942Battle of Attu, 1943Japanese evacuation of Kiska, 1943Operation Cartwheel, 1943Battle of Leyte, 1944Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1944Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 1944Operation Beleaguer, 1945Invasion of Palawan, 1945Philippines campaign of 1944–1945, 194519421945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1942Aleutian Islands CampaignAleutian Islands, Alaska, United StatesAllied victory
24 August 1942Battle of the Eastern SolomonsSolomon Islands7,072 km SWAmerican victory
25 October 1942Battle of the Santa Cruz IslandsSanta Cruz Islands439 km EBoth sides claim victory; see Aftermath
11 May 1943Battle of AttuAttu Island, Alaska, United States6,867 km NAllied victory
1943Japanese evacuation of KiskaKiska, Alaska, United States309 km EJapanese victory; Successful evacuation of Japanese garrison
30 June 1943Operation CartwheelMelanesia, Papua New Guinea6,686 km SWAllied victory
17 October 1944Battle of LeyteLeyte, Philippines3,457 km NWAllied victory
23 October 1944Battle of Leyte GulfLeyte Gulf, Philippines97 km SEAllied victory
24 October 1944Battle of the Sibuyan SeaSibuyan Sea, Philippines408 km NWAllied victory
1945Operation BeleaguerHebei, China2,922 km NUS repatriates Japanese and Korean citizens from northern...
1945Invasion of PalawanPalawan, Philippines3,199 km SAllied victory
1945Philippines campaign of 1944–1945Philippines565 km NEAllied 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, Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.