Two seminal moments in history occurred here, 22 years apart.
The Armistice was signed in Marshall Foch's train carriage in 1918 putting an end to the Great War hostilities at 11:00 on 11th November. Just two decades later, an excitable Adolph Hitler would arrive in Compiegne in June 1940 to enjoy witnessing the reading of the Armistice conditions. The following day the Armistice was signed by Generalfeldmarschall Keitel and General Huntzinger.
