Second Army (United Kingdom)
The British Second Army was active during both the First and Second World Wars. During the First World War the army was active on the Western Front and in Italy. During the Second World War the army was the core element in the British contribution in the Normandy landings and subsequent advance across Europe.
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“We have nothing to fear from our foes; God keeps a standing army for that service; but we have no ally against our Friends, those ruthless Vandals.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)