Signatories of the Armistice ending World War I in front of the wagon where the meeting was held. Marshal Fernand Foch is surrounded by the British Admirals Hope and Rosslyn Wemyss. Compiègnes, France. November 11, 1918. [545×719]
During the Second World War, Hitler ordered that the wagon be moved to exactly the same location for the signing of the second “armistice at Compiègne”, on 22 June 1940; this time with Germany victorious. The carriage was moved out of its protective building and returned to the signing-place, which was several metres away and had been marked out as part of the monument. Subsequently, the wagon was taken to Berlin and displayed a week later at the Berlin Cathedral.
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During the Second World War, Hitler ordered that the wagon be moved to exactly the same location for the signing of the second “armistice at Compiègne”, on 22 June 1940; this time with Germany victorious. The carriage was moved out of its protective building and returned to the signing-place, which was several metres away and had been marked out as part of the monument. Subsequently, the wagon was taken to Berlin and displayed a week later at the Berlin Cathedral.