Keitel in front of the rail car that hosted the German surrender of 1918 and would soon host the French surrender of 1940, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940

Caption     Keitel in front of the rail car that hosted the German surrender of 1918 and would soon host the French surrender of 1940, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940 ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives
Identification Code   B 145 Bild-P50287
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Photo Size 550 x 800 pixels
Photos on Same Day 22 Jun 1940
Photos at Same Place Compiègne, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, France
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).

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WW2-Era Place Name Compiègne, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, France
Lat/Long 49.4274, 2.9064
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