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Surrender of France

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1940

Adolf HitlerJune 1940

Compiegne · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The same railway carriage used to sign the Armistice in 1918. After France's surrender peace negotiations take place in a railway carriage

Names involved

Adolf Hitler

Provenance

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