Army Group North (French: Groupe d'armées du Nord, GAN) was a grouping of French field armies during the First World War, 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
editOctober 1914
edit- 2nd Army (général Philippe Pétain)
- 10th Army (général Louis de Maud'huy)
- Détachement d'Armée de Belgique (DAB) (général Victor d'Urbal)
July 1, 1915
editfrom North to South :
- Belgian Army (general Félix Wielemans)
- 36th French Army Corps (général de division Alexis Hély d'Oissel)
- 2nd British Army (General Horace Smith-Dorrien)
- 1st British Army (General Douglas Haig)
- 10th French Army (général Victor d'Urbal)
- 2nd French Army (général Philippe Pétain)
July 1, 1916
editfrom North to South :
- 6th Army (général Émile Fayolle)
- 10th Army (général Victor d'Urbal)
February 15, 1917
editfrom North to South :
- 3rd Army (général Georges Louis Humbert)
- 1st Army (général Émile Fayolle)
Commanders
edit- Général Ferdinand Foch (October 4, 1914 – December 27, 1916)
- Général Louis Franchet d'Espèrey (December 27, 1916 – June 10, 1918)
- Général Paul Maistre (June 10 – July 6, 1918)
Sources
edit- 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