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Army Group North (France)

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situation of the Army Group North in 1917

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

October 1914

July 1, 1915

from North to South :

July 1, 1916

from North to South :

February 15, 1917

from North to South :

Commanders

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