A SHRINE
Private car of Marshal Foch, in which the Armistice, ending the first great world war and laying the foundation for the next great world conflict, was signed. The car, Foch's headquarters, stood in the Forest of Compiegne.
 
PRESERVED
Memorial stone, in the foreground, at Rethondes, in the Forest of Compiegne, France, marks the exact spot where the car in which the Armistice was signed, stood. At the left is the museum in which the car is now permanently housed.


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