10th Army (France)

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The Tenth Army (French: Xe Armée) was a Field army of the French Army during World War I and World War II.

World War I

The Tenth Army, first called détachement d'armée Maud'huy, was formed on 1 October 1914 during the Race to the Sea.

It gained a victory in the Battle of Arras (1914). Later, it took part in the Second Battle of Artois (May 1915), the Third Battle of Artois (September 1915), the Battle of the Somme (July 1916), and the Second Battle of the Aisne (April 1917).

In October 1917, at the request of the Italian Supreme Commander, General

On 26 March 1918, the Tenth Army returned to France, where it fought in the Third Battle of the Aisne, Second Battle of the Marne and the Hundred Days Offensive.
The two divisions of 12th Army Corps under command of Jean César Graziani remained in Italy until the end of the war.

Interwar Period

After the

World War II

It was reformed in the

Commanders

World War I

• General de Maudhuy (3 October 1914 – 2 April 1915)
• General d'Urbal (2 April 1915 – 4 April 1916)
• General Micheler (4 April – 27 December 1916)
• General Duchene (27 December 1916 – 11 December 1917)
• General Maistre (11 December 1917 – 10 June 1918)
• General Charles Mangin (10 June 1918 – 21 October 1919)

World War II

• General Robert Altmayer (24 May – 19 June 1940)

See also

References

Further reading

• Touring the Italian Front: British, American, French & German forces in Northern Italy 1917–1919 Mackay, Francis, Leo Cooper, Barnsley, 2002,
  ISBN 0-85052-876-3