Army Group North (France)

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[[File:Western Front 1917.jpg|thumb|right|situation of the Army Group North in 1917]]
The '''Army Group North''' (, '''G. A. N.''') was a grouping of French [[Field Army|field armies]] during [[World War I]], which was created on June 13, 1915 from the '''''' ('''G. P. N.''') which had already been formed on October 4, 1914. On July 6, 1918, the GAN was renamed ''[[Army Group Centre (France)|Army Group Centre]]'' (GAC).

== Composition ==

=== October 1914 ===
* [[2nd Army (France)|2nrd Army]] (général [[Philippe Pétain]])
* [[10th Army (France)|10th Army]] (général [[Louis de Maud'huy]])
* [[8th Army (France)|Détachement d'Armée de Belgique (DAB)]] (général [[Victor d'Urbal]])

=== July 1, 1915 ===
from North to South :
* [[Belgian Army]] (general [[Félix Wielemans]])
* [[36th Army Corps (France)|36th French Army Corps]] (général de division Alexis Hély d'Oissel)
* [[Second Army (United Kingdom)|2nd British Army]] (general [[Horace Smith-Dorrien]])
* [[First Army (United Kingdom)|1st British Army]] (general [[Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig]])
* [[10th Army (France)|10th French Army]] (général [[Victor d'Urbal]])
* [[2nd Army (France)|2nd French Army]] (général [[Philippe Pétain]])

=== July 1, 1916 ===
from North to South :
* [[6th Army (France)|6th Army]] (général [[Émile Fayolle]])
* [[10th Army (France)|10th Army]] (général [[Victor d'Urbal]])

=== February 15, 1917 ===
from North to South :
* [[3rd Army (France)|3rd Army]] (général [[Georges Louis Humbert]])
* [[1st Army (France)|1st Army]] (général [[Émile Fayolle]])


== Commanders ==
* 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, 1918 – July 6, 1918)

== Sources ==
* [http://bit.ly/2XMRLcT The French Army and the First World War] by Elizabeth Greenhalgh
* [http://bit.ly/2GQ7hz6 Cartographie 1914 - 1918]
* Philippe Pétain et Marc Ferro (Avant-propos), La Guerre mondiale : 1914–1918, Toulouse, Éditions Privat, 2014, 372 p. (, OCLC 891408727)
* Les Armées Françaises dans la Grande Guerre. Tome X. Premier volume, p. 13 et s. Ministère de la Guerre 1923-1924

[[Category:Military units and formations of France in World War I]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1914]]
[[Category:Army groups]]
[[Category:Army groups of World War I]]

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