Atlas of Battles

commander, 14 engagements

Battles of Wolfram von Richthofen

Battles of Wolfram von Richthofen

German military officer and aviator (1895–1945)

Wolfram von Richthofen is recorded as a commander at 14 placed engagements in the atlas between 1937 and 1943: 11 battles, 1 siege and 2 campaigns across 5 present-day countries, most in Russia (8), France (2), Soviet Union (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 21,913 km apart end to end, 1,686 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (9), Spanish Civil War (1), Pacific War (1).

Battle of BilbaoBattle of MontcornetGerman-Soviet air war 22 June 1941Crimean CampaignAxis and Soviet air operations during Operation BarbarossaBattle of the Kerch PeninsulaBattle of the Kerch PeninsulaBattle of RostovAir Raid on BariBattle of SedanSiege of SevastopolBattle of StalingradCase BlueBattle of KurskBattle of SedanSiege of SevastopolBattle of StalingradCase BlueBattle of KurskTehranMadridBaghdadÜrümqiBerlinKabulAthensCasablancaKyivVienna2000 km53.058N, 43.542E
14 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1937: 1 engagements1940: 2 engagements1941: 5 engagements5 in 19411942: 4 engagements1943: 2 engagements19371943
14 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Bilbao, 1937Battle of Sedan, 1940Battle of Montcornet, 1940German-Soviet air war 22 June 1941, 1941Crimean Campaign, 1941Siege of Sevastopol, 1941Axis and Soviet air operations during Operation Barbarossa, 1941Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, 1941Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, 1942Battle of Rostov, 1942Battle of Stalingrad, 1942Case Blue, 1942Battle of Kursk, 1943Air Raid on Bari, 194319371943
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
13 June 1937Battle of BilbaoBilbao, SpainNationalist victory
13 May 1940Battle of SedanSedan, France935 km NEGerman victory
17 May 1940Battle of MontcornetMontcornet, France66 km WFrench victory
1941German-Soviet air war 22 June 1941Soviet Union, Russia4,975 km NEGerman victory
1941Crimean CampaignCrimea, Soviet Union4,016 km WAxis victory
30 October 1941Siege of SevastopolSevastopol, Russia57 km SWAxis victory
1941Axis and Soviet air operations during Operation BarbarossaSoviet Union, Russia4,071 km NEInconclusive, Axis strategic failure
26 December 1941Battle of the Kerch PeninsulaRussia3,900 km WAxis victory
1942Battle of the Kerch PeninsulaCrimea, Russia158 km WAxis victory
1942Battle of RostovRostov-on-Don, Russia505 km NEGerman victory
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgograd, Russia395 km NESoviet victory
1942Case BlueRostov-on-Don, Russia395 km SWSoviet victory
1943Battle of KurskKursk, Soviet Union562 km NWSoviet victory
1943Air Raid on BariBari, Italy1,877 km SWGerman 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, o.Ang. = ohne Angabe (= no information available / unknown), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.