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 Philippe Pétain.

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 – Armistice)

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