Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Kurt Meyer

Battles of Kurt Meyer

German general (1910–1961)

Kurt Meyer is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1941 and 1944: 1 battle and 4 campaigns across 2 present-day countries, most in France (4), Greece (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,012 km apart end to end, 503 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (5).

Battle of Lake KastoriaOperation MartletOperation WindsorOperation TotalizeOperation TractableBattle of Lake KastoriaOperation WindsorOperation TractableViennaGenevaBarcelonaMilanFrankfurtNaplesBudapestMunichPragueZürich500 km44.852N, 10.348E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1941: 1 engagements1944: 4 engagements4 in 194419411944
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Lake Kastoria, 1941Operation Martlet, 1944Operation Windsor, 1944Operation Totalize, 1944Operation Tractable, 194419411944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1941Battle of Lake KastoriaKastoria, GreeceGerman victory
1944Operation MartletFrance1,962 km NWAllied victory
1944Operation WindsorCarpiquet, France10 km ECanadian victory
1944Operation TotalizeNormandy, France6 km EAllied victory
1944Operation TractableFrance35 km SAllied 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, Ludwig, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.