Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of William H. Rupertus

Battles of William H. Rupertus

American Marine Corps general (1889-1945)

William H. Rupertus is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1942 and 1944: 5 battles and 2 campaigns across 3 present-day countries, most in Papua New Guinea (3), Solomon Islands (2), Palau (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,545 km apart end to end, 924 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (7).

Koli Point actionBattle of TalaseaBattle of Tulagi and Gavutu–TanambogoNew Britain campaignBattle of Cape GloucesterMariana and Palau Islands campaignBattle of PeleliuBattle of Tulagi and Gavutu–TanambogoNew Britain campaignBattle of Cape GloucesterMariana and Palau Islands campaignBattle of PeleliuDavaoMakassarCebuIloiloDiliGeneral SantosZamboangaGorontaloAmbonKupang2000 km1.275N, 147.210E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1942: 2 engagements1943: 2 engagements1944: 3 engagements3 in 194419421944
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo, 1942Koli Point action, 1942New Britain campaign, 1943Battle of Cape Gloucester, 1943Battle of Talasea, 1944Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, 1944Battle of Peleliu, 194419421944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
7 August 1942Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–TanambogoTulagi, Solomon IslandsAllied victory
3 November 1942Koli Point actionGuadalcanal, Solomon Islands38 km SAllied victory
1943New Britain campaignNew Britain, Papua New Guinea1,132 km WAllied victory
26 December 1943Battle of Cape GloucesterCape Gloucester, Papua New Guinea244 km WAllied victory
9 March 1944Battle of TalaseaNew Britain, Papua New Guinea176 km EAllied victory
1944Mariana and Palau Islands campaignMicronesia1,932 km NAmerican victory
27 November 1944Battle of PeleliuPeleliu, Palau2,023 km WAmerican 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. Marine Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.