Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Walter Krueger

Battles of Walter Krueger

United States Army officer (1881-1967)

Walter Krueger is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1945: 6 battles, 1 naval action and 4 campaigns across 3 present-day countries, most in Papua New Guinea (5), Philippines (4), Indonesia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 7,326 km apart end to end, 733 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (11).

Operation ChronicleOperation DexterityLanding at AitapeBattle of NoemfoorBattle of Lone Tree HillBattle of BaguioOperation CartwheelBattle of Driniumor RiverBattle of LeyteInvasion of Lingayen GulfPhilippines campaign of 1944–1945Operation CartwheelBattle of Driniumor RiverBattle of LeyteInvasion of Lingayen GulfPhilippines campaign of 1944–1945Manila2000 km3.899N, 136.184E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 3 engagements1944: 5 engagements5 in 19441945: 3 engagements19431945
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Operation Chronicle, 1943Operation Cartwheel, 1943Operation Dexterity, 1943Landing at Aitape, 1944Battle of Noemfoor, 1944Battle of Driniumor River, 1944Battle of Lone Tree Hill, 1944Battle of Leyte, 1944Invasion of Lingayen Gulf, 1945Battle of Baguio, 1945Philippines campaign of 1944–1945, 194519431945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1943Operation ChronicleWoodlark Island, Papua New GuineaAllied occupation
30 June 1943Operation CartwheelMelanesia, Papua New Guinea505 km NAllied victory
1943Operation DexterityArawe, Papua New Guinea412 km SWAllied victory
1944Landing at AitapeAitape, Papua New Guinea812 km NWAmerican victory
2 July 1944Battle of NoemfoorNetherlands New Guinea, Indonesia863 km WAllied victory
10 July 1944Battle of Driniumor RiverPapua New Guinea863 km EAllied victory
2 September 1944Battle of Lone Tree Hill446 km NWAmerican victory
17 October 1944Battle of LeyteLeyte, Philippines2,056 km NWAllied victory
1945Invasion of Lingayen GulfLingayen Gulf, Philippines770 km NWAllied victory
1945Battle of BaguioBaguio, Philippines45 km EAllied victory
1945Philippines campaign of 1944–1945Philippines555 km SEAllied 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, U.S. Army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.