Imperial German Army » German 2nd Army (1914–1918)

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.

Recorded for World War I.

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Engagements 9

Battle of Liège August 5–16, 1914
Battle of Charleroi August 21–23, 1914
Battle of Guise August 29–30, 1914
First Battle of the Marne September 5–12, 1914
First Battle of the Aisne September 13–28, 1914
Battle of the Somme July 1 – November 18, 1916
Operation Michael March 21 – April 5, 1918
Battle of Amiens (1918) August 8–12, 1918
Battle of the St Quentin Canal September 29 – October 2, 1918

Movements

August 16, 1914 Takes the last Liège forts (Battle of Liège) · map
August 22, 1914 Crosses the Sambre (Battle of Charleroi) · map
August 29, 1914 Checked by the French Fifth Army (Battle of Guise) · map
September 7, 1914 Fights at the Marshes of Saint-Gond (First Battle of the Marne) · map
September 13, 1914 – September 27, 1914 Holds between the Chemin des Dames and Reims (First Battle of the Aisne) · map
October 1, 1914 – June 30, 1916 Holds the Somme · map
July 1, 1916 – March 20, 1918 Takes the Allied offensive on the Somme (Battle of the Somme) · map
March 21, 1918 Attacks toward Péronne and Albert (Operation Michael) · map
April 5, 1918 – August 7, 1918 Halted before Amiens · map
August 8, 1918 Broken east of Amiens (Battle of Amiens (1918)) · map
September 29, 1918 Loses the Hindenburg Line at Bellicourt (Battle of the St Quentin Canal) · map
November 11, 1918 Near Maubeuge at the Armistice (approximate) · map

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