What the records say
- When
- 22 Jun 1940
- Kind
- Treaty
- Coordinates
- 49.43° N, 2.91° E
- Description
- armistice between France and Nazi Germany in World War II
7 sources record it
- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Second Armistice at Compiègne: The French Third Republic and Nazi Germany sign an armistice, ending the Battle of France in the Forest of Compiègne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Am gleichen Ort und im gleichen Eisenbahnwagon wie 1918 wird in Compiègne der Waffenstillstand zwischen Frankreich und Deutschland unterzeichnet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “signature de l’armistice entre la France et l’Allemagne nazie, dans le wagon de l’Armistice dans la clairière de Rethondes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Французское правительство в Виши подписало перемирие с Германией в том же месте в Компьенском лесу, где в 1918 году был подписан акт о поражении Германии”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Francia se rinde ante Alemania (Armisticio del 22 de junio de 1940)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “独仏休戦協定締結”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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