Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Wang Yaowu

Battles of Wang Yaowu

Chinese general (1904–1968)

Wang Yaowu is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1948: 3 battles and 1 campaign, all in present-day China. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,290 km apart end to end, 430 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Sino-Japanese War (2), Chinese Civil War (2).

Battle of ChangdeBattle of West HunanWestern Tai'an CampaignBattle of JinanBattle of ChangdeBattle of West HunanWestern Tai'an CampaignBattle of JinanChengduWuhanChongqingXianNanjingGuiyangHangzhouZhengzhouChangshaLanzhou500 km32.133N, 114.382E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 1 engagements1 in 19431945: 1 engagements1 in 19451947: 1 engagements1 in 19471948: 1 engagements1 in 194819431948
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Changde, 1943Battle of West Hunan, 1945Western Tai'an Campaign, 1947Battle of Jinan, 194819431948
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
2 November 1943Battle of ChangdeChangde, People's Republic of ChinaChinese victory
1945Battle of West HunanHunan, China160 km SChinese victory
1947Western Tai'an CampaignTai'an, People's Republic of China1,078 km NECommunist victory
16 September 1948Battle of JinanJinan, People's Republic of China53 km NCommunist 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, Rolfmueller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.