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English: CBS war correspondent William L. Shirer in Compiegne, France, reporting on the signing of the armistice between Germany and France on June 22, 1940. The building in the background enshrines the railroad car in which Marshal Foch accepted the German request for an armistice ending WWI on November 11, 1918.
Deutsch: “Der Kampf im Westen”;Bild-Nr. 98;Die Auslandspresse in Compiegne. Im Hintergrund die Halle, in der der Wagen Fochs stand;PK-Aufnahme: Kriegsberichter Jager;Oberkommando der Wehrmacht;Raumbild-Verlag Otto Schonstein K. G. Munchen 23; Alle Rechte vorbehalten
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Source Stereoptican card of photo attributed to Kreigsberichter Jager Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
Author Kreigsberichter Jager Oberkommando der Wehrmacht

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