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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

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October 1914

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July 1, 1915

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from North to South :

July 1, 1916

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from North to South :

February 15, 1917

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from North to South :

Commanders

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Sources

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  • 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