contested ground, 3 engagements

Eindhoven: contested ground

The ground around Eindhoven was fought over 3 times between 1583 and 1944: 1 battle, 1 siege and 1 campaign, in 2 different wars. All 3 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

3 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

In time order

One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
7 February 1583	Siege of Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Eighty Years' War
1941	Bombing of Eindhoven Gas Holder in World War II	Eindhoven	World War II
1944	Operation Market Garden	Netherlands	World War II

Contested ground is computed: recorded sites within six kilometres of one another, three or more engagements, in more than one war or across more than fifty years. Coordinates are those recorded in Wikidata and can be approximate.