Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Benny Peled

Battles of Benny Peled

Israeli general (1928-2002)

Benny Peled is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas in 1973: 2 battles and 2 campaigns across 3 present-day countries, most in Egypt (2), Israel (1), Syria (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,460 km apart end to end, 820 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Yom Kippur War (4).

Operation Model 5Operation Tagar1973 al-Mazzah Airport RaidAir Battle of El MansouraOperation Model 5Operation Tagar1973 al-Mazzah Airport RaidAir Battle of El MansouraAlexandriaTel AvivBeirutJerusalemTabukSuezGaza CityEl Faiyum500 km30.239N, 32.612E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1973: 4 engagements4 in 197319731973
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Operation Model 5, 1973Operation Tagar, 19731973 al-Mazzah Airport Raid, 1973Air Battle of El Mansoura, 197319731973
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1973Operation Model 5Golan Heights, IsraelSyrian victory
1973Operation TagarEgypt931 km SWDiscontinued after initial attack wave
19731973 al-Mazzah Airport RaidMezzeh Military Airport, Syria1,000 km NEIsraeli victory
14 October 1973Air Battle of El MansouraNile Delta, Egypt530 km SWEgyptian 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, IDF Spokesperson's Unit photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.