Second Army
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A number of nations have had a Second Army
- Australian Second ArmySecond Army (Australia)The Australian Second Army was a field army of the Australian Army, during World War II. It was created in April 1942, when the commander of Allied land forces in the South West Pacific Area, General Thomas Blamey, gave it responsibility for land forces in the Australia's most populous areas:...
- British Second ArmyBritish Second ArmyThe British Second Army was active during both the First and Second World Wars. During the First World War the army was active on the Western Front and in Italy...
- French Second ArmySecond Army (France)The Second Army 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...
- German Second ArmyGerman Second ArmyThe 2nd Army was a World War I and World War II field army.-First World War:The 2nd Army during World War I, fought on the Western Front and took part in the Schlieffen Plan offensive against France and Belgium in August 1914...
- Japanese Second ArmyJapanese Second ArmyThe was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army. It was raised and demobilized on four separate occasions.-History:The Japanese 2nd Army was initially raised during the First Sino-Japanese War from September 27, 1894 to May 14, 1895 under the command of General Ōyama Iwao.It was revived for the...
- Ottoman Second ArmySecond Army (Ottoman Empire)The Second Army of the Ottoman Empire was one of the field armies of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the late 19th century during Ottoman military reforms.- Order of Battle, 1877:In 1877, it was stationed in what is now Bulgaria...
- Polish Second ArmyPolish Second ArmyThe Polish Second Army was a Polish Army unit formed in the Soviet Union in 1944 as part of the People's Army of Poland. The organization begun in August under the command of generals Karol Świerczewski and Stanislav Poplavsky, and the formation under command of general Świerczewski entered active...
- Second Army (Russian Empire), fought at TannenbergBattle of Tannenberg (1914)The Battle of Tannenberg was an engagement between the Russian Empire and the German Empire in the first days of World War I. It was fought by the Russian First and Second Armies against the German Eighth Army between 23 August and 30 August 1914. The battle resulted in the almost complete...
- Soviet Second ArmySoviet Second ArmyThe 2nd Red Banner Army was a Soviet field army of World War II that served in the Far East as part of the Soviet Far East Front.The 2nd Army was created in July 1938 on the far eastern frontiers of the Soviet Union. In September 1940, two months after its formation, the 2nd Army was transformed...
- Turkish Second ArmyTurkish Second ArmyThe Second Army of the Turkish Army has the headquarters in Malatya. It protects Anatolia and it patrols the border with Syria, Iraq and Iran.- Order of battle, August 30, 1922 :On August 30, 1922, the Second Army was organized as follows:...
- Second United States Army
- Italian Second Army2nd Army (Italy)-World War II:During World War II the 2nd Army was the Italian Great Unit charged, from 1941 to 1943, of the activities of control and garrison of the occupied or annexed territories of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia....