Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Walter von Reichenau

Battles of Walter von Reichenau

German field marshal (1884–1942)

Walter von Reichenau is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1939 and 1941: 5 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in Poland (3), Ukraine (1), Russia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,908 km apart end to end, 477 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (5).

Battle of Tomaszów LubelskiBattle of RadomBattle of the BzuraBattle of KievBattle of RostovBattle of Tomaszów LubelskiBattle of RadomBattle of the BzuraBattle of KievBattle of RostovBucharestBudapestMinskBelgradeChișinăuVilniusSevastopolKharkivDniproOdessa500 km49.728N, 29.538E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1939: 3 engagements3 in 19391941: 2 engagements19391941
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski, 1939Battle of Radom, 1939Battle of the Bzura, 1939Battle of Kiev, 1941Battle of Rostov, 194119391941
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1939Battle of Tomaszów LubelskiTomaszów Lubelski, PolandGerman victory
8 September 1939Battle of RadomIłża, Poland172 km NWGerman victory
9 September 1939Battle of the BzuraKutno, Poland175 km NWGerman victory; Destruction of the Poznań and Pomeranian...
1941Battle of KievKyiv, Ukraine798 km EGerman victory; Encirclement and destruction of Soviet...
1941Battle of RostovRostov-on-Don, Russia762 km SESoviet 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, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.