2nd Army (France)




The Second Army (French: IIe Armée) was a field army of the French Army during World War I and World War II. The Army became famous for fighting the Battle of Verdun in 1916 under Generals Philippe Pétain and Robert Nivelle.




Contents






  • 1 Commanders


    • 1.1 World War I


    • 1.2 World War II




  • 2 See also





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)



See also


  • List of French armies in WWI









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