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Army Group North (french: Groupe d'armées du Nord, GAN) was a grouping of French
The French Army and the First World War
by Elizabeth Greenhalgh
Cartographie 1914 - 1918
* Philippe Pétain et Marc Ferro (Avant-propos), La Guerre mondiale : 1914–1918, Toulouse, Éditions Privat, 2014, 372 p. ({{ISBN, 978-2-708-96961-2, OCLC 891408727) * Les Armées Françaises dans la Grande Guerre. Tome X. Premier volume, p. 13 et s. Ministère de la Guerre 1923–1924 Military units and formations of France in World War I Military units and formations established in 1914 Army groups of France Army groups of World War I
Army Group North (french: Groupe d'armées du Nord, GAN) was a grouping of French field armies
A field army (or numbered army or simply army) is a military formation in many armed forces, composed of two or more corps and may be subordinate to an army group. Likewise, air armies are equivalent formation within some air forces, and withi ...
during the First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, which was created on June 13, 1915 from french: Groupe Provisoire du Nord (GPN) which had been formed on October 4, 1914. On July 6, 1918, GAN was renamed '' Groupe d'armées du Centre'' (GAC).
Composition
October 1914
* 2nd Army (généralPhilippe Pétain
Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), commonly known as Philippe Pétain (, ) or Marshal Pétain (french: Maréchal Pétain), was a French general who attained the position of Marshal of France at the end of World ...
)
* 10th Army (général Louis de Maud'huy
Louis Ernest de Maud'huy (1857–1921) was a French World War I General and the first Chief Scout of Scouts de France.
Biography
His father was Pierre Adrien de Maud'huy, Battalion Chief in the Napoleon III Imperial Guard and his mother Thérès ...
)
* Détachement d'Armée de Belgique (DAB) (général Victor d'Urbal
Victor (Louis Lucien), baron d'Urbal (15 November 1858, in Sarreguemines – 29 January 1943, in Paris) was a French officer during the First World War.
Life
He entered the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr on 15 November 1876 and left it ...
)
July 1, 1915
from North to South : *Belgian Army
The Land Component ( nl, Landcomponent, french: Composante terre) is the land branch of the Belgian Armed Forces. The King of the Belgians is the commander in chief. The current chief of staff of the Land Component is Major-General Pierre Gérard. ...
(general Félix Wielemans
Lieutenant-General Félix Maximilien Eugène Wielemans (10 January 1863 – 5 January 1917) was the Chief of Staff of the Belgian Army during the First World War.
After serving as the Chief of the Military Cabinet to the War Office under Charles ...
)
* 36th French Army Corps (général de division Alexis Hély d'Oissel)
* 2nd British Army
The British Second Army was a field army active during the First and Second World Wars. During the First World War the army was active on the Western Front throughout most of the war and later active in Italy. During the Second World War the army ...
(general Horace Smith-Dorrien
General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, (26 May 1858 – 12 August 1930) was a British Army General. One of the few British survivors of the Battle of Isandlwana as a young officer, he also distinguished himself in the Second Boer War.
Smith ...
)
* 1st British Army (general Douglas Haig
Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, (; 19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior Officer (armed forces), officer of the British Army. During the First World War, he commanded the British Expeditionar ...
)
* 10th French Army (général Victor d'Urbal
Victor (Louis Lucien), baron d'Urbal (15 November 1858, in Sarreguemines – 29 January 1943, in Paris) was a French officer during the First World War.
Life
He entered the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr on 15 November 1876 and left it ...
)
* 2nd French Army (général Philippe Pétain
Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), commonly known as Philippe Pétain (, ) or Marshal Pétain (french: Maréchal Pétain), was a French general who attained the position of Marshal of France at the end of World ...
)
July 1, 1916
from North to South : * 6th Army (généralÉmile Fayolle
Marie Émile Fayolle (14 May 1852 – 27 August 1928) was a French general during World War I and a diplomat, elevated to the dignity of Marshal of France.
Early life
Marie Émile Fayolle was born on May 14, 1852 in Puy-en-Velay, at ''9 ...
)
* 10th Army (général Victor d'Urbal
Victor (Louis Lucien), baron d'Urbal (15 November 1858, in Sarreguemines – 29 January 1943, in Paris) was a French officer during the First World War.
Life
He entered the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr on 15 November 1876 and left it ...
)
February 15, 1917
from North to South : * 3rd Army (généralGeorges Louis Humbert
Georges Louis Humbert (8 April 1862 – 1921) was a French general during World War I.
He was the son of Émile Siméon Humbert, a gendarme and Nathalie Augustine Eulalie Breton.
Career
He participated in the Tonkin Campaign (1885–1887), t ...
)
* 1st Army (général Émile Fayolle
Marie Émile Fayolle (14 May 1852 – 27 August 1928) was a French general during World War I and a diplomat, elevated to the dignity of Marshal of France.
Early life
Marie Émile Fayolle was born on May 14, 1852 in Puy-en-Velay, at ''9 ...
)
Commanders
* GénéralFerdinand Foch
Ferdinand Foch ( , ; 2 October 1851 – 20 March 1929) was a French general and military theorist who served as the Supreme Allied Commander during the First World War. An aggressive, even reckless commander at the First Marne, Flanders and Art ...
(October 4, 1914 – December 27, 1916)
* Général Louis Franchet d'Espèrey
Louis Félix Marie François Franchet d'Espèrey (25 May 1856 – 8 July 1942) was a French general during World War I. As commander of the large Allied army based at Salonika, he conducted the successful Macedonian campaign, which caused t ...
(December 27, 1916 – June 10, 1918)
* Général Paul Maistre
Paul André Marie Maistre, (20 June 1858 – 25 July 1922) was a highly decorated French general who fought in World War I.
He graduated from Saint Cyr in 1877, first in his class. He later returned as an instructor. He was promoted to captain in ...
(June 10 – July 6, 1918)
Sources
The French Army and the First World War
by Elizabeth Greenhalgh
Cartographie 1914 - 1918
* Philippe Pétain et Marc Ferro (Avant-propos), La Guerre mondiale : 1914–1918, Toulouse, Éditions Privat, 2014, 372 p. ({{ISBN, 978-2-708-96961-2, OCLC 891408727) * Les Armées Françaises dans la Grande Guerre. Tome X. Premier volume, p. 13 et s. Ministère de la Guerre 1923–1924 Military units and formations of France in World War I Military units and formations established in 1914 Army groups of France Army groups of World War I