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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 - The "British Hotel" meeting place of the International Armistice Commission in Spa, Belgium (where formerly was German Great Hq.) It was in this building, according to report, that the Kaiser first sent out announcement (a lie) that he had abdicated

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Armistice - Armistice - Allied Armistice Commission at Spa, Belgium. Allied representatives forming the Armistice Commission at Ludenorf's villa

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 - 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 - 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 - Metz once ceded to Germany now in American History. The surrender of Metz to the Hun forces in 1870. The French general rides out to give up his sword to the German commandant while the French troops evacuate to the fortress

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 - Officers of the Allied Commission at Spa use former Kaiser's phone. French Officer of the Allied Armistice Commission talking through the telephone which the former Kaiser had used

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