2nd Army (German Empire)
Army · German Empire · from August 2, 1914
Karl von Bülow's army, which took Liège and beat the French at Charleroi; it held the Somme from 1914 and took the brunt of the Allied attacks there in 1916 and at Amiens in 1918.
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Movements
- August 16, 1914 Battle of Liège Takes the last Liège forts Map
- August 22, 1914 Battle of Charleroi Crosses the Sambre Map
- August 29, 1914 Battle of Guise Checked by the French Fifth Army Map
- September 7, 1914 First Battle of the Marne Fights at the Marshes of Saint-Gond Map
- September 13, 1914 – September 27, 1914 First Battle of the Aisne Holds between the Chemin des Dames and Reims Map
- October 1, 1914 – June 30, 1916 Holds the Somme Map
- July 1, 1916 – March 20, 1918 Battle of the Somme Takes the Allied offensive on the Somme Map
- March 21, 1918 Operation Michael Attacks toward Péronne and Albert Map
- April 5, 1918 – August 7, 1918 Halted before Amiens Map
- August 8, 1918 Battle of Amiens (1918) Broken east of Amiens Map
- September 29, 1918 Battle of the St Quentin Canal Loses the Hindenburg Line at Bellicourt Map
- November 11, 1918 Near Maubeuge at the Armistice (approximate) Map