II Corps (France)

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unit_name=2^ème Corps d'Armée


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dates=23 Aug 1939 - 26 May 1940
16 Aug 1943 - 30 Apr 1946
country=France
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branch=French Army
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battles=World War I
World War II
notable_commanders=Edgard de Larminat
Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert
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The II Corps ( _fr. 2^ème Corps d'Armée) was first formed before World War I. During World War II it fought in the Campaign for France in 1940 and during the 1944-45 campaigns in southern France, the Vosges Mountains, Alsace, and southwestern Germany. It was active under the First Army for many years after World War II.

World War I

II Corps was one of five corps of the Fifth Army and consisted of the 3rd and 4th Infantry Divisions.

World War II

In 1940, II Corps was one of three corps of the Ninth Army and consisted of the 4th Light Cavalry Division and 5th Motorized Division. In 1944-45, II Corps was subordinated to the First Army. During these campaigns in France and Germany, many divisions served with the corps, but the 1st March Infantry Division, the 3rd Algerian Infantry Division, and the 9th Colonial Infantry Division spent several months under II Corps command.

Cold War

Article Sources

* GUF - Guerre 1939 - 1945. Les Grandes Unités Françaises. Armée de Terre, Service Historique. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1967.