Atlas of Battles

commander, 12 engagements

Battles of Yasuji Okamura

Battles of Yasuji Okamura

Japanese general (1884-1966)

Yasuji Okamura is recorded as a commander at 12 placed engagements in the atlas between 1938 and 1946: 11 battles and 1 campaign, all in present-day China. Taken in date order, the sites lie 6,176 km apart end to end, 618 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Sino-Japanese War (11), Chinese Civil War (1).

Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang1939–1940 Winter OffensiveBattle of Central HenanBattle of Guilin–LiuzhouBattle of West HunanOpening CampaignBattle of Xiushui RiverBattle of WuhanBattle of ChangshaBattle of NanchangOperation Ichi-GoBattle of ChangshaBattle of WuhanBattle of ChangshaBattle of NanchangOperation Ichi-GoBattle of ChangshaTaipeiChengduGuangzhouChongqingXianNanjingGuiyangHangzhouKunmingZhengzhou1000 km28.800N, 112.500E
12 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1938: 1 engagements1939: 3 engagements1940: 1 engagements1944: 4 engagements4 in 19441945: 1 engagements1946: 1 engagements19381946
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Wuhan, 1938Battle of Changsha, 1939Battle of Nanchang, 1939Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang, 19391939–1940 Winter Offensive, 1940Battle of Central Henan, 1944Operation Ichi-Go, 1944Battle of Changsha, 1944Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou, 1944Battle of West Hunan, 1945Opening Campaign, 194619381946
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
27 October 1938Battle of WuhanWuhan, People's Republic of ChinaJapanese victory
1939Battle of ChangshaChangsha, People's Republic of China292 km SWChinese victory
9 May 1939Battle of NanchangNanchang, People's Republic of China290 km EJapanese victory
24 May 1939Battle of Suixian–ZaoyangSuizhou, People's Republic of China486 km NWChinese victory
19401939–1940 Winter OffensiveChina786 km NWJapanese victory
17 April 1944Battle of Central HenanPeople's Republic of China789 km EJapanese victory
1944Operation Ichi-GoSouth China, China1,280 km SJapanese victory
27 May 1944Battle of ChangshaHunan, China653 km NJapanese victory
16 August 1944Battle of Guilin–LiuzhouGuilin, People's Republic of China420 km SWJapanese victory
1945Battle of West HunanHunan, China299 km NEChinese victory
1946Opening CampaignEast China, China880 km NECommunists retreat to northeastern China, Partial...
date unknownBattle of Xiushui RiverXiushui River, ChinaJapanese 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, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.