The Second Army (French: IIe Armée) was a field army of the French Army during World War I and World War II.[1] The Army became famous for fighting the Battle of Verdun in 1916 under Generals Philippe Pétain and Robert Nivelle.
Commanders
World War I
- General de Curières de Castelnau (Mobilization – 21 June 1915)
- General Pétain (21 June 1915 – 1 May 1916)
- General Nivelle (1 May 1916 – 15 December 1916)
- General Guillaumat (15 December 1916 – 11 December 1917)
- General Auguste Edouard Hirschauer (11 December 1917 – 22 December 1918)
- General Antoine Baucheron de Boissoudy (22 December 1918 – 11 February 1919)
World War II
- General Charles Huntziger (2 September 1939 – 5 June 1940)
- General Henry Freydenberg (5 June – 31 July 1940)
History
1918
On the 25th of September, the American First Army relieved the French Second Army from the sector between Meuse and the Argonne Forest. [2]
See also
References
- ^ "French Cuirassier Regiments Part I". www.napoleon-series.org. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ Lt. Col. Peter F. Owens, USMC (RET); Lt. Col. John Swift, USMC (RET). "A HIDEOUS PRICE" (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
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