Second 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.

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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