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Headline: Museum building in Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.01.1940Image text: Destroyed museum building (Musée de l'armistice) that housed the 1918 Armistice Wagon. One side of the building was blown up by the German Wehrmacht to transport the wagon from Compiègne. [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467264Museum building in Compiègne, 1940Destroyed museum building (Musée de l'armistice) that housed the 1918 Armistice Wagon. One side of the building was blown up by the German Wehrmacht to transport the wagon from Compiègne. [automated translation]
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Headline: House of the General Staff in Compiegne,1940Date: 01.01.1940Image text: Building in which the German General Staff had its headquarters during the armistice negotiations in Compiègne. [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467266House of the General Staff in Compiegne,1940Building in which the German General Staff had its headquarters during the armistice negotiations in Compiègne. [automated translation]
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Headline: Memorial stone in Compiegne,1940Date: 01.01.1940Image text: Memorial stone in the clearing of Rethondes in Compiègne. The stone reads "Les plenipotentiaires allemands", which means "The German Plenipotentiaries". [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467267Memorial stone in Compiegne,1940Memorial stone in the clearing of Rethondes in Compiègne. The stone reads "Les plenipotentiaires allemands", which means "The German Plenipotentiaries". [automated translation]
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Headline: Museum of the Armistice in Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Interior view of the Musée de l'armistice in Compiègne. This was the site of Marshal Foch's saloon car, where the armistice was signed in 1918. The front wall of the museum was blown up and the railway carriage was removed from the building. [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467269Museum of the Armistice in Compiègne, 1940Interior view of the Musée de l'armistice in Compiègne. This was the site of Marshal Foch's saloon car, where the armistice was signed in 1918. The front wall of the museum was blown up and the railway carriage was removed from the building. [automated translation]
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Headline: Inscription on the clearing of Rethondes in Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: In the clearing of Rethondes, in the forest of Compiègne, there is the following inscription: "Ici le 11 novembre 1918 succomba le criminel orgueil de l'empire allemand vaincu pasa les peuples libres qu'il prétendait asservir". (Here, on November 11, 1918, the sacrilegious arrogance of the German Empire, defeated by the free peoples it had claimed to subjugate, succumbed). [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467271Inscription on the clearing of Rethondes in Compiègne, 1940In the clearing of Rethondes, in the forest of Compiègne, there is the following inscription: "Ici le 11 novembre 1918 succomba le criminel orgueil de l'empire allemand vaincu pasa les peuples libres qu'il prétendait asservir". (Here, on November 11, 1918, the sacrilegious arrogance of the German Empire, defeated by the free peoples it had claimed to subjugate, succumbed). [automated translation]
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Headline: Museum building in Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: The museum building (Musée de l'armistice) housing the 1918 armistice carriage. Later, one side of the building was blown up by the German Wehrmacht to transport the wagon from Compiègne. [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467273Museum building in Compiègne, 1940The museum building (Musée de l'armistice) housing the 1918 armistice carriage. Later, one side of the building was blown up by the German Wehrmacht to transport the wagon from Compiègne. [automated translation]
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Headline: Armistice negotiations in Compiègne, 1940Date: 21.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between the German Reich and France. The memorial on the occasion of the French reclamation of Alsace-Lorraine is wrapped in a swastika flag of the German Reich. [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467274Armistice negotiations in Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between the German Reich and France. The memorial on the occasion of the French reclamation of Alsace-Lorraine is wrapped in a swastika flag of the German Reich. [automated translation]
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Headline: Monument to the German defeat in Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: War memorial on the occasion of the French reclamation of Alsace-Lorraine after the First World War in Compiègne. A fallen eagle lying on the ground (German Reich) is pierced by a sword (France). The inscription reads: "Aux heroiques soldats de France défenseurs de la patrie et du droit glorieux liberateurs de l'Alsace et de la Lorraine" (For the heroic French soldiers, defenders of the fatherland and the law, glorious liberators of Alsace-Lorraine). [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467276Monument to the German defeat in Compiègne, 1940War memorial on the occasion of the French reclamation of Alsace-Lorraine after the First World War in Compiègne. A fallen eagle lying on the ground (German Reich) is pierced by a sword (France). The inscription reads: "Aux heroiques soldats de France défenseurs de la patrie et du droit glorieux liberateurs de l'Alsace et de la Lorraine" (For the heroic French soldiers, defenders of the fatherland and the law, glorious liberators of Alsace-Lorraine). [automated translation]
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Headline: Compiègne railway carriage, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: The railway carriage where the armistice was signed in 1918. A wall of the building in which the carriage was housed was blown up and the carriage is pushed onto the square (clearing of Rethondes). [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467277Compiègne railway carriage, 1940The railway carriage where the armistice was signed in 1918. A wall of the building in which the carriage was housed was blown up and the carriage is pushed onto the square (clearing of Rethondes). [automated translation]
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Headline: Uncovering of the Comiègne railway carriage, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Men and soldiers of the Wehrmacht blow up a wall of the building housing the Compiègne armistice car. [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467278Uncovering of the Comiègne railway carriage, 1940Men and soldiers of the Wehrmacht blow up a wall of the building housing the Compiègne armistice car. [automated translation]
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Headline: Inscription on the clearing of Rethondes in COmpiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: In the clearing of Rethondes, in the forest of Compiègne, there is the following inscription: "Ici le 11 novembre 1918 succomba le criminel orgueil de l'empire allemand vaincu pasa les peuples libres qu'il prétendait asservir". (Here, on November 11, 1918, the sacrilegious arrogance of the German Empire, defeated by the free peoples it had claimed to subjugate, succumbed). [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467279Inscription on the clearing of Rethondes in COmpiègne, 1940In the clearing of Rethondes, in the forest of Compiègne, there is the following inscription: "Ici le 11 novembre 1918 succomba le criminel orgueil de l'empire allemand vaincu pasa les peuples libres qu'il prétendait asservir". (Here, on November 11, 1918, the sacrilegious arrogance of the German Empire, defeated by the free peoples it had claimed to subjugate, succumbed). [automated translation]
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Headline: Monument to Marshal Ferdinant Foch in Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: The monument to Marshal Ferdinand Foch, erected in Compiègne in 1937 to mark the armistice agreement after the First World War. [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467280Monument to Marshal Ferdinant Foch in Compiègne, 1940The monument to Marshal Ferdinand Foch, erected in Compiègne in 1937 to mark the armistice agreement after the First World War. [automated translation]
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Headline: Compiègne railway car in Berlin, 1941Date: 23.03.1941Image text: The railway carriage in which the armistice was signed in Compiègne in 1918, in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. On the occasion of the "Day of the Wehrmacht" Hitler had the carriage displayed in the Lustgarten and opened it for viewing by the public. [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467281Compiègne railway car in Berlin, 1941The railway carriage in which the armistice was signed in Compiègne in 1918, in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. On the occasion of the "Day of the Wehrmacht" Hitler had the carriage displayed in the Lustgarten and opened it for viewing by the public. [automated translation]
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Headline: Compiègne railway car in Berlin, 1941Date: 23.03.1941Image text: The railway carriage in which the armistice was signed in Compiègne in 1918 passes the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. On the occasion of the "Day of the Wehrmacht" Hitler had the carriage displayed in the Lustgarten and opened it for viewing by the public. [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467282Compiègne railway car in Berlin, 1941The railway carriage in which the armistice was signed in Compiègne in 1918 passes the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. On the occasion of the "Day of the Wehrmacht" Hitler had the carriage displayed in the Lustgarten and opened it for viewing by the public. [automated translation]
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Headline: Railway wagon, monument and hall of fame of Compiegne, 1940 Saloon car from Compiegne in Berlin, 1940Date: 23.03.1941Image text: The saloon car in which the armistice of 1918 and then the one of 1940 was signed, here in Berlin. The railway wagon, pulled by a tractor after driving through the Brandenburg Gate on Unter den Linden. Railway wagon, monument and Hall of Fame of Compiegne, 1940, World War, Western Front, French campaign Germany 1933-1945, National SocialismPhoto: ScherlImage number: 00467283Railway wagon, monument and hall of fame of Compiegne, 1940 Saloon car from Compiegne in Berlin, 1940The saloon car in which the armistice of 1918 and then the one of 1940 was signed, here in Berlin. The railway wagon, pulled by a tractor after driving through the Brandenburg Gate on Unter den Linden. Railway wagon, monument and Hall of Fame of Compiegne, 1940, World War, Western Front, French campaign Germany 1933-1945, National Socialism
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Headline: Monument to Marshal Ferdinant Foch in Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: The monument to Marshal Ferdinand Foch, erected in Compiègne in 1937 to mark the armistice agreement after the First World War. [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467284Monument to Marshal Ferdinant Foch in Compiègne, 1940The monument to Marshal Ferdinand Foch, erected in Compiègne in 1937 to mark the armistice agreement after the First World War. [automated translation]
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Headline: Monument to Marshal Ferdinant Foch in Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: The monument to Marshal Ferdinand Foch, erected in Compiègne in 1937 to mark the armistice agreement after the First World War. [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467285Monument to Marshal Ferdinant Foch in Compiègne, 1940The monument to Marshal Ferdinand Foch, erected in Compiègne in 1937 to mark the armistice agreement after the First World War. [automated translation]
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Headline: Aerial view of the clearing of Rethondes in Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.01.1940Image text: View of the Rethondes clearing in Compiègne from the plane. The railway carriage where the armistice was signed in 1918 can be seen on the right of the square. [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467286Aerial view of the clearing of Rethondes in Compiègne, 1940View of the Rethondes clearing in Compiègne from the plane. The railway carriage where the armistice was signed in 1918 can be seen on the right of the square. [automated translation]
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Headline: Compiègne railway car in Berlin, 1941Date: 23.03.1941Image text: The railway carriage in which the armistice was signed in Compiègne in 1918 passes the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. On the occasion of the "Day of the Wehrmacht" Hitler had the carriage displayed in the Lustgarten and opened it for viewing by the public. [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467287Compiègne railway car in Berlin, 1941The railway carriage in which the armistice was signed in Compiègne in 1918 passes the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. On the occasion of the "Day of the Wehrmacht" Hitler had the carriage displayed in the Lustgarten and opened it for viewing by the public. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: General Charles Huntziger talking to a German officer. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467289Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: General Charles Huntziger talking to a German officer. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice in Compiegne, 1940 - saloon carDate: 01.06.1940Image text: A German soldier in front of the railway wagon in which the armistice of 1918 was signed in the Forest of Compiegne. The wagon was brought back from his museum to the place where the 1918 armistice was signed, to end the fighting in the West. Signing of the armistice in Compiegne, 1940, World War II, Western Front, French campaign Germany 1933-1945, National SocialismPhoto: ScherlImage number: 00467290Signing of the armistice in Compiegne, 1940 - saloon carA German soldier in front of the railway wagon in which the armistice of 1918 was signed in the Forest of Compiegne. The wagon was brought back from his museum to the place where the 1918 armistice was signed, to end the fighting in the West. Signing of the armistice in Compiegne, 1940, World War II, Western Front, French campaign Germany 1933-1945, National Socialism
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: arrival of Adolf Hitler. [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467291Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: arrival of Adolf Hitler. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: the monument to the 1918 Armistice, draped with the war flag of the Third Reich. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467292Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: the monument to the 1918 Armistice, draped with the war flag of the Third Reich. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: arrival of the French delegation. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467293Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: arrival of the French delegation. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: the French delegation. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467294Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: the French delegation. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: the French delegation on its way to the negotiations. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467295Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: the French delegation on its way to the negotiations. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: view into the historic railway carriage during the negotiations. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467296Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: view into the historic railway carriage during the negotiations. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: During the negotiations in the historic railway carriage. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467297Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: During the negotiations in the historic railway carriage. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: Memorial to the 1918 Armistice. [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467298Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: Memorial to the 1918 Armistice. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: Memorial to the 1918 Armistice. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467299Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: Memorial to the 1918 Armistice. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: parade of the honorary company. In the background, the monument to French General Ferdinand Foch. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467300Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: parade of the honorary company. In the background, the monument to French General Ferdinand Foch. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: the French delegation entering the historic railway carriage. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467301Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: the French delegation entering the historic railway carriage. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: arrival of the French delegation. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467302Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: arrival of the French delegation. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: the French delegation enters the historic railway carriage. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467303Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: the French delegation enters the historic railway carriage. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: signing of the treaty in the historic railway carriage. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467304Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: signing of the treaty in the historic railway carriage. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: arrival of the French delegation. [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467305Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: arrival of the French delegation. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Signing of the armistice in Compiegne, 1940: German officers and French negotiators at the railway carriage in Compiegne. [automated translation]Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467306Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Signing of the armistice in Compiegne, 1940: German officers and French negotiators at the railway carriage in Compiegne. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: arrival of the honorary company at the Round Square. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467307Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: arrival of the honorary company at the Round Square. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: the French delegation enters the historic railway carriage. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467308Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: the French delegation enters the historic railway carriage. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 22.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467309Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 21.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: reception of the French delegation, in the middle in front General Charles Huntziger. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467310Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: reception of the French delegation, in the middle in front General Charles Huntziger. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Signing of the armistice in Compiègne: view into the historic saloon carriage. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467311Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Signing of the armistice in Compiègne: view into the historic saloon carriage. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: US radio announcer in the Compiègne forest. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467312Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: US radio announcer in the Compiègne forest. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 22.06.1940Image text: Signing of the armistice in Compiègne: General Charles Huntziger enters the negotiating carriage on the round square. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467313Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Signing of the armistice in Compiègne: General Charles Huntziger enters the negotiating carriage on the round square. [automated translation]
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Headline: People in Poitiers on the day of the signing of the armistice, 1940Date: 22.06.1940Image text: People on the streets of Poitiers on the day of the signing of the armistice at Compiegne in 1940 between France and Germany.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00467314People in Poitiers on the day of the signing of the armistice, 1940People on the streets of Poitiers on the day of the signing of the armistice at Compiegne in 1940 between France and Germany.
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Headline: Nazi propaganda on the Armistice of Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Nazi propaganda drawing by Erik on the Compiègne Armistice negotiations and the French surrender: "20 million Germans too many". [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467315Nazi propaganda on the Armistice of Compiègne, 1940Nazi propaganda drawing by Erik on the Compiègne Armistice negotiations and the French surrender: "20 million Germans too many". [automated translation]
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Headline: German propaganda on the armistice in Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Nazi propaganda cartoon by Erik on the armistice negotiations at Compiègne and the French surrender: "Compiègne 1918: we haven't forgotten!" [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467316German propaganda on the armistice in Compiègne, 1940Nazi propaganda cartoon by Erik on the armistice negotiations at Compiègne and the French surrender: "Compiègne 1918: we haven't forgotten!" [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 22.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: arrival of the French negotiators at the Round Table. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467317Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: arrival of the French negotiators at the Round Table. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: General Charles Huntziger (left) and Ambassador Léon Noël (2nd from left) leaving the negotiating carriage. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467318Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: General Charles Huntziger (left) and Ambassador Léon Noël (2nd from left) leaving the negotiating carriage. [automated translation]
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Headline: Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Date: 01.06.1940Image text: Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: General Charles Huntziger discussing the terms of the armistice. [automated translation]Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00467319Signing of the armistice at Compiègne, 1940Armistice negotiations between France and Germany in Compiègne: General Charles Huntziger discussing the terms of the armistice. [automated translation]
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