Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
Reinforced by a company of the 501e Régiment de chars de combat of the Free French Forces, the 2nd Group constituted the "Free French Flying Column" which participated in the Battle of El Alamein. It subsequently participated in the advance to Tunisia, initially as part of the British 8th Army, then in 1943 in the FFF commanded by Général Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque.