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Début novembre 1918, deux délégations, l’une des alliées et l’autre du nouveau gouvernement allemand se réunirent pour préparer un armistice. Les négociations eurent lieu dans une rame dans le bois de Compiègne, du côté allié du front. Les Allemands avaient toutefois peu de marge de manœuvre. Leurs soldats étaient ...
Anfang November 1918 kamen eine Delegation von Alliierten und eine Abordnung der neuen deutschen Regierung zusammen, um einen Waffenstillstand vorzubereiten. Die Verhandlungen wurden in einem Zug im Wald von Compiègne, auf der alliierten Seite der Front, geführt. Viel Raum für Verhandlungen hatten die Deutschen jedoch nicht. Ihre Soldaten waren ...
At the start of November 1918, an allied delegation and representatives of the new German government came together to prepare an armistice. The negotiations were conducted in a train carriage in the woods of Compiegne, on the allied side of the front. The Germans, however, did not have much room for negotiation. Their troops were demoralised, and ...
Début novembre 1918, deux délégations, l’une des alliées et l’autre du nouveau gouvernement allemand se réunirent pour préparer un armistice. Les négociations eurent lieu dans une rame dans le bois de Compiègne, du côté allié du front. Les Allemands avaient toutefois peu de marge de manœuvre. Leurs soldats étaient ...