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Armistice - Armistice - Arrival of allied leaders in Compiegne Wood where Armistice was discussed. Photo shows the arrival of the Entente leaders in Compiegne Wood where they awaited the arrival of the German train bearing the Kaiser's plenipotentiaries. At this point the preliminary terms of the Armistice were discussed. At the right of the group are (second man) General Weygand, Admiral Wemyss and Marshal Foch

Armistice - Armistice - French aeroplane carrying Germany Armistice delegate back to sea. This remarkable photograph shows a French plane with two white flags flying from its wings, carrying the German captain Von Geyer back to Spa, the German headquarters, with the text of the Armistice terms

Armistice - Armistice - German delegates confer with Marshall Foch on Armistice terms. With extension of armistice terms until Feb. 17th, the German delegates, accompanied by miltiary interpreter, and headed by Herr Matthias Erzberger (center, hands in pockets) arrive at Treves, France, to meet with Marshall Foch

Armistice - Armistice - German officers designating location of mines in accordance with terms of Armistice. German officers pointing out the location of the mines they had layed along the roads and carious other places. They are seen in one of their own cars with a white flag on the machine

Armistice - Armistice - Armistice Commission discusses terms in former German Headquarters in Spa. The phot shows General Sir R. Haking, of the British froces, acknowledging the salute of a German sentry at the gate of the Hotel Britannique

Armistice - Armistice - First U.S. official photographs from Armistice HQ. American military delegates to the International Armistice Commission in front of the villa in Spa, Belgium, formerly occupied by Von Hindenburg as German Great Headquarters

Armistice - Armistice - The Cessation of Hositlities on actual fighting front. Showing the cessation of hostilities on the fighting front near the Verdun route at Metz. A German captain and his staff at the right, is receiving orders from the French Commander of that sector, that hostilities are at an end. The Captain and his staff were given two minutes in which to return to their lines. The phot was taken on the morning of the signing of the armistice at exactly eleven thirty-five

Armistice - Armistice - Allied and German delegates arrive in Compiegne Wood to discuss the terms of Armistice. The first photograph of the actual meeting of the Allied and German plenipotentiaries in the Compiegne forest where the preliminary terms of the armistice were discussed

Armistice - Armistice - The room in which the Armistice conference was held. The room in the Grand Hotel Britannique in Spa, Belgium, where the terms of the armistice were discussed with the German delegates

Armistice - Armistice - American military in Spa. The American mission in front of the former German headquarters in Spa. The center figure is Gernal Rhodes, who accompanied Marshal Foch to the Compeigne Wood where the German delegates discussed the terms of the armistice

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