2nd Army (France)
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The Second Army ({{langx|fr|IIe Armée}}) was a field army of the French Army during World War I and World War II.{{Cite web |title=French Cuirassier Regiments Part I |url=https://www.napoleon-series.org/military-info/organization/c_cuirassiers.html#2nd |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=www.napoleon-series.org}} 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. {{citeweb|title=A HIDEOUS PRICE|author1=Lt. Col. Peter F. Owens, USMC (RET)|author2= Lt. Col. John Swift, USMC (RET) | url=https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/A%20Hideous%20Price_WEB.pdf|pages=3|access-date=1 January 2025}}