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Commander of Second Army

Name: Commander of Second Army – France factsheet records
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France · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records

1914–1915Date range

2Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1914

Marie-Joseph Edouard de Castelnau1914

Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the Second Army

1915

Henri Philippe Petain1915

Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the Second Army

Names involved

Henri Philippe PetainMarie-Joseph Edouard de Castelnau

Provenance

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