German Second Army

E151921
Imperial German Army formation field army

The German Second Army was a major field army of the Imperial German Army in World War I, active on the Western Front in key early campaigns against the Allies.

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Label Occurrences
German Second Army canonical 3
German 2nd Army 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial German Army formation ⓘ
field army ⓘ
activeDuring 1914 ⓘ
1915 ⓘ
1916 ⓘ
1917 ⓘ
1918 ⓘ
allegiance German Emperor ⓘ
belligerent Central Powers ⓘ
branch Heer ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
disbandedAfter World War I armistice ⓘ
engagedAgainst Belgian Land Component ⓘ
surface form: Belgian Army

British Army ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
era Early 20th century ⓘ
garrison Western Front ⓘ
notableCommander Fritz von Below ⓘ
Georg von der Marwitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karl von Bülow ⓘ
Max von Gallwitz ⓘ
opponentIn Battle of the Somme ⓘ
First Battle of the Marne ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Arras

Battle of Charleroi ⓘ
Battle of Guise ⓘ
surface form: Battle of St. Quentin

Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
Battle of the Somme ⓘ
First Battle of the Marne ⓘ
German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
surface form: German spring offensive

Race to the Sea ⓘ
Schlieffen Plan ⓘ
surface form: Schlieffen Plan offensive
partOf Imperial German Army ⓘ
role defensive operations on the Western Front ⓘ
offensive operations on the Western Front ⓘ
size several army corps ⓘ
subordinateTo German General Staff ⓘ
German Supreme Command ⓘ
surface form: Oberste Heeresleitung
theatre Western Front ⓘ
type army-level formation ⓘ
usedEquipment artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
trench mortars ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Battle of the Marne → involvedForce → German Second Army ⓘ
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive → opponent → German Second Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: German 2nd Army
Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive → opposingForce → German Second Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: German 2nd Army
Karl von Bülow → commanded → German Second Army ⓘ
Battle of Cambrai → involvedMilitaryUnit → German Second Army ⓘ