Second Army (France)

The Second Army (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.

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)