5th Army (France)

The Fifth Army (Ve Armée) was a famous fighting force that participated in World War I. Under its enthusiastic and offensive-minded commander, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, it led the decisive attacks which resulted in the spectacular victory at the First Battle of the Marne in 1914.

Commanders

 * General Lanrezac (Mobilization - 3 September 1914)
 * General Franchet d'Espérey (3 September 1914 - 31 March 1916)
 * General Mazel (31 March 1916 - 22 May 1917)
 * Fought in the Second Battle of the Aisne


 * General Micheler (22 May 1917 - 10 June 1918)
 * General Buat (10 June 1918 - 5 July 1918)
 * General Berthelot (5 July 1918 - 7 October 1918)
 * General Guillaumat (7 October 1918 - Armistice)

Commanders

 * General Victor Bourret (2 September 1939 – 26 June 1940)