Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of General Soedirman

Battles of General Soedirman

first Commander-in-Chief of the Indonesian armed forces, 1916 to 1950

General Soedirman is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1947 and 1949: 4 campaigns, all in present-day Indonesia. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,311 km apart end to end, 437 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Indonesian National Revolution (4).

Police Actions (Indonesia)Operation ProductOperation Kraai1 March General OffensivePolice Actions (Indonesia)Operation ProductOperation Kraai1 March General OffensiveSurabayaBandungPalembangSemarangBandjarmasinBandar LampungTanjung Pandan500 km4.050S, 105.831E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1947: 2 engagements2 in 19471948: 1 engagements1949: 1 engagements19471949
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Police Actions (Indonesia), 1947Operation Product, 1947Operation Kraai, 19481 March General Offensive, 194919471949
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1947Police Actions (Indonesia)Sumatra, IndonesiaDutch victory; Indonesian government exiled
1947Operation ProductSumatra, Indonesia0 km NDutch victory
1948Operation KraaiSumatra, Indonesia0 km NDutch victory; Indonesian government exiled
19491 March General OffensiveYogyakarta, Indonesia1,311 km SEDutch victory; Both attacks successfully repelled; Eventual...

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, IPPHOS - Indonesia Press Photo Service / Indonesian Ministry of Defense, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.