Photograph taken after reaching agreement for the armistice that ended World War I. This is Ferdinand Foch's own railway carriage in the Forest of Compiègne.
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"Photograph taken after reaching agreement for the armistice that ended World War I. This is Ferdinand Foch's own railway carriage in the Forest of Compiègne. Foch's chief of staff Maxime Weygand is second from left. Third from the left is the senior British representative, Sir Rosslyn Wemyss. Foch is second from the right. On the right is Admiral George Hope"
Detail map of Compiègne, Hauts-de-France, France Overview map of Compiègne, Hauts-de-France, France

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World War I is Brought to an End

11/11/1918
Last page of the armistice ending World War I.
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Last page of the armistice ending World War I.

On November 11, 1918 at a secret destination aboard Marshal Ferdinand Foch's private train parked in a railway siding in the forest of Compiègne, approximately 60 km north of Paris, Germany signed the Armistice, ending World War I.

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