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The Compiègne Forest is a forest
Forest

File:Stara planina suma.jpgA forest is an area with a high density of trees. There are many definitions of a forest, based on various criteria....
 in Picardie
Picardie

This article is about the modern French region. For other uses, see Picardy .Picardy is one of the 26 regions of France of France. It is located in the northern part of France....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, located near the town of Compiègne
Compiègne

Compi?gne is a Communes of France in the Oise Departments of France in northern France.The city is located along the Oise River. Its inhabitants are called Compi?gnois....
. The area of the forest is 144.85 km².








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The Compiègne Forest is a forest
Forest

File:Stara planina suma.jpgA forest is an area with a high density of trees. There are many definitions of a forest, based on various criteria....
 in Picardie
Picardie

This article is about the modern French region. For other uses, see Picardy .Picardy is one of the 26 regions of France of France. It is located in the northern part of France....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, located near the town of Compiègne
Compiègne

Compi?gne is a Communes of France in the Oise Departments of France in northern France.The city is located along the Oise River. Its inhabitants are called Compi?gnois....
. The area of the forest is 144.85 km².

Armistices of 1918 and 1940

A railway track in the forest was the site of two armistice
Armistice

An armistice is a situation in a war where the warring parties agree to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, but may be just a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace....
s.

  • The treaty between the Allies and Germany at the end of World War I
    World War I

    World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
    , also known as the Armistice with Germany
    Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)

    The armistice treaty between the Allies and German Empire was signed in a railway carriage in Compi?gne Forest on 11 November 1918, and marked the end of the World War I on the Western Front ....
    .
  • The treaty between Nazi Germany and France during World War II
    World War II

    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
     on the 22nd of June 1940, also known as the Armistice with France
    Armistice with France (Second Compiègne)

    The Second Armistice at Compi?gne was signed at 18:50 on 22 June 1940 near Compi?gne, in the department of Oise, between Nazi Germany and France....
    .


Memorials at the site

  • Alsace-Lorraine
    Alsace-Lorraine

    Alsace-Lorraine was a territorial entity created by the German Empire in 1871 after the annexation of most of Alsace and the Moselle region of Lorraine in the Franco-Prussian War....
     Memorial: a depiction of a sword (representing the allies) stabbing a fallen eagle (representing Germany).
  • Ferdinand Foch
    Ferdinand Foch

    Ferdinand Foch . Order of Merit List of honorary British knights was a France soldier, military theorist, and writer credited with possessing "the most original and subtle mind in the French Army" in the early 20th century....
    's statue
  • Memorial tablet placed at the precise location of the cease-fire signing: reads (in French) HERE ON THE ELEVENTH OF NOVEMBER 1918 SUCCUMBED THE CRIMINAL PRIDE OF THE GERMAN REICH. VANQUISHED BY THE FREE PEOPLES WHICH IT TRIED TO ENSLAVE. (This tablet was dismantled and taken to Germany in 1940. It was returned after World War 2).
  • Copy of the original train carriage where the cease-fire was signed (In order to avoid the prospect of signing a surrender in the train carriage the second time, the original was dynamited by Germany near the end of World War 2).