The Second Army () 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)
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.
See also List of French armies in WWI
References