Compiègne
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Compiègne is a commune in the Oise department of northern France. It is located on the river Oise, and its inhabitants are called Compiégnois.
The Hôtel de Ville
View of Compiègne
Compiegne-Noyon Hospital
Armistice of 22 June 1940
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The Armistice of 22 June 1940, sometimes referred to as the Second Armistice at Compiègne, was an agreement signed at 18:36 on 22 June 1940 near Compiègne, France, by officials of Nazi Germany and the
Compiègne
…11 November 1918 - The Armistice with Germany, agreed at Le Francport near Compiègne, ends fighting in World War I. 22 June 1940 - The Second Compiègne Armistice was signed between Nazi Germany and the defeated France in Le Francport, in the same place as in 1918, in the same railroad carriage, but with the seats…
Ferdinand Foch's railway car, at the same location as after World War I, prepared by the Germans for the second armistice at Compiègne, June 1940