Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Ahmed Ali al-Mwawi

Egyptian general, 1897 to 1979

Ahmed Ali al-Mwawi is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas in 1948: 2 battles and 2 campaigns, all in present-day Israel. Taken in date order, the sites lie 21 km apart end to end, 10 km between engagements on average. Most belong to 1948 Arab–Israeli War (4).

Operation Death to the InvaderBattle of NitzanimBattles of NegbaOperation GYSOperation Death to the InvaderBattle of NitzanimOperation GYSTel AvivAmmanJerusalemBur SaidGaza CityHaifaIsmaïliaDumyatNablusEl Arish200 km31.654N, 34.696E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

In time order

Operation Death to the Invader, 1948Battle of Nitzanim, 1948Battles of Negba, 194819481948
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1948Operation Death to the InvaderIsraelEgyptian victory; Israeli failure to accomplish objectives
10 June 1948Battle of NitzanimNitzanim, Israel13 km NWEgyptian victory
12 July 1948Battles of NegbaNegba, Israel8 km SEIsraeli victory
date unknownOperation GYSNegev, IsraelEgyptian victory; Israeli failure to accomplish objectives

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. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.