Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Vasily Chuikov

Battles of Vasily Chuikov

Soviet marshal (1900–1982)

Vasily Chuikov is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1939 and 1945: 6 battles and 1 siege across 4 present-day countries, most in Russia (3), Finland (2), Poland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,581 km apart end to end, 764 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (5), Winter War (2).

Battle of KalachBattle of PoznańBattle of SallaBattle of SuomussalmiBattle of StalingradCase BlueBattle of the Seelow HeightsBattle of SallaBattle of SuomussalmiBattle of StalingradCase BlueBattle of the Seelow HeightsBerlinKyivViennaStockholmGenevaAmsterdamSt. PetersburgMilanFrankfurtHamburg1000 km57.028N, 29.464E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1939: 2 engagements1942: 3 engagements3 in 19421945: 2 engagements19391945
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Salla, 1939Battle of Suomussalmi, 1939Battle of Kalach, 1942Battle of Stalingrad, 1942Case Blue, 1942Battle of Poznań, 1945Battle of the Seelow Heights, 194519391945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
30 November 1939Battle of SallaSalla, FinlandFinnish victory
7 December 1939Battle of SuomussalmiSuomussalmi, Finland217 km SFinnish victory
23 July 1942Battle of KalachQ19907709, Russia1,995 km SEGerman victory
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgograd, Russia77 km ESoviet victory
1942Case BlueRostov-on-Don, Russia395 km SWSoviet victory
24 January 1945Battle of PoznańPoznań, Poland1,725 km NWAllied victory
16 April 1945Battle of the Seelow HeightsSeelow, Germany171 km WSoviet 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, Главархив Москвы, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.