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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Famous quotes containing the word army:
“That’s what an army is—a mob; they don’t fight with courage that’s born in them, but with courage that’s borrowed from their mass, and from their officers.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)