Atlas of Battles

commander, 32 engagements

Battles of Walter Model

German field marshal (1891-1945)

Walter Model is recorded as a commander at 32 placed engagements in the atlas between 1942 and 1945: 21 battles and 11 campaigns across 11 present-day countries, most in Russia (7), France (6), Netherlands (4). Taken in date order, the sites lie 24,442 km apart end to end, 788 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (31).

Battles of RzhevOperation HannoverOperation SeydlitzBattle of RzhevOperation MarsOperation CitadelOperation KutuzovBombing of NijmegenKamenets-Podolsky PocketInvasion of NormandyVilnius OffensiveMinsk OffensiveSiegfried Line CampaignBattle of RadzyminBattle of ChamboisOperation TractableKaunas OffensiveLiberation of BelgiumBattle of Hürtgen ForestBattle of ArnhemBattle of the Nijmegen SalientBaltic OffensiveOperation QueenBattle of St. VithOperation LumberjackRuhr PocketWestern Allied invasion of GermanyBattle of KurskOperation OverlordOperation BagrationBattle of AachenBattle of the BulgeBattle of KurskOperation OverlordOperation BagrationBattle of AachenBattle of the BulgeBerlinKyivViennaStockholmGenevaAmsterdamSt. PetersburgMilanFrankfurtBucharest1000 km53.021N, 17.767E
32 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1942: 5 engagements1943: 3 engagements1944: 21 engagements21 in 19441945: 3 engagements19421945
32 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battles of Rzhev, 1942Operation Hannover, 1942Operation Seydlitz, 1942Battle of Rzhev, 1942Operation Mars, 1942Battle of Kursk, 1943Operation Citadel, 1943Operation Kutuzov, 1943Bombing of Nijmegen, 1944Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket, 1944Operation Overlord, 1944Invasion of Normandy, 1944Vilnius Offensive, 1944Minsk Offensive, 1944Siegfried Line Campaign, 1944Battle of Radzymin, 1944Battle of Chambois, 1944Operation Bagration, 1944Operation Tractable, 1944Kaunas Offensive, 1944Liberation of Belgium, 1944Battle of Hürtgen Forest, 1944Battle of Arnhem, 1944Battle of the Nijmegen Salient, 1944Battle of Aachen, 1944Baltic Offensive, 1944Battle of the Bulge, 1944Operation Queen, 1944Battle of St. Vith, 1944Operation Lumberjack, 1945Ruhr Pocket, 1945Western Allied invasion of Germany, 194519421945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1942Battles of RzhevRzhev, RussiaInconclusive
1942Operation HannoverVyazma, Russia117 km SGerman victory
1942Operation SeydlitzTver Oblast, Russia217 km NGerman victory
1942Battle of RzhevTver Oblast, Russia0 km NGerman victory
1942Operation MarsRzhev, Russia100 km SGerman victory
1943Battle of KurskKursk, Soviet Union521 km SSoviet victory
1943Operation CitadelKursk, Russia7 km NESoviet victory
1943Operation KutuzovOryol, Russia137 km NSoviet victory
1944Bombing of NijmegenNijmegen, Netherlands2,038 km WSuccessful attack on railway station area (target of...
8 April 1944Kamenets-Podolsky PocketTernopil, Ukraine1,491 km EStrategic Soviet victory; 1st Panzer Army encircled...
1944Operation OverlordNormandy, France1,958 km WAllied victory
1944Invasion of NormandyNormandy, France0 km NAllied victory
1944Vilnius OffensiveLithuania1,852 km NESoviet victory
1944Minsk OffensiveByelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union254 km ESoviet Victory
1944Siegfried Line CampaignNorthern France, France1,905 km WAllied victory
1944Battle of RadzyminRadzymin, Poland1,376 km EGerman victory
18 August 1944Battle of ChamboisChambois, France1,534 km WAllied victory
1944Operation BagrationByelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Belarus2,070 km NESoviet victory
1944Operation TractableFrance2,085 km WAllied victory
1944Kaunas OffensiveKaunas, Lithuania1,778 km NESoviet victory
1944Liberation of BelgiumBelgium1,379 km WAllied victory
14 September 1944Battle of Hürtgen ForestHürtgen Forest, Germany120 km EGerman victory
17 September 1944Battle of ArnhemArnhem, Netherlands145 km NGerman victory
30 September 1944Battle of the Nijmegen SalientNetherlands8 km SWAllied victory
2 October 1944Battle of AachenAachen, Germany128 km SAmerican victory
1944Baltic OffensiveBaltic states, Latvia1,413 km NESoviet victory
1944Battle of the BulgeArdennes, France1,420 km WAllied victory
1944Operation QueenRur, Belgium14 km SGerman defensive victory
21 December 1944Battle of St. VithSankt Vith, Belgium24 km SGerman victory
1945Operation LumberjackRemagen, Germany86 km NEAllied victory
18 April 1945Ruhr PocketRuhr Region, Germany101 km NAllied victory; Capitulation of the German Army Group B
1945Western Allied invasion of GermanyGermany, Netherlands167 km NWAllied victory; Fall of Nazi Germany; End of World War II...

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. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.