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French First Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (392 words) |
 | At the beginning of WWI the First Army was put in charge of General Auguste Dubail and took part, along with the French Second Army, in the Invasion of Lorraine. |
 | During WWII the Army formed part of the forces ranged against the German Army.When the Wehrmacht invaded France and the Low Countries in 1940, the First Army was one of the many armies including the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) that advanced north to stop the German armies. |
 | On May 21, 1940, the First Army was one of the armies trapped at a vast pocket with their backs to the sea that would eventually result in the Dunkirk evacuations. |
| British First Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (397 words) |
 | The British First Army was formed on 26 December 1914 when the corps of the British Expeditionary Force were divided into the First Army under Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig and the Second Army (Horace Smith-Dorrien). |
 | The First Army was formed to command the land forces of in Operation Torch, the assault landings in Morocco and Algeria on 8 November 1942, during World War II. |
 | First Army formally came into being on 1 January 1943 with the redesignation of the Eastern Task Force. |