the last days that ended World War I
GERMAN PLENIPOTENTIARIES RECEIVED IN THE FOCH WAGON AT COMPIÈGNE (F)
"Do you ask for the armistice?" Nov. 7-11, 1918
November 7, 1918 - 8:30 pm: first cease-fire at La Capelle (Aisne). A German delegation crosses allied lines. She is accompanied to the train station Tergnier (Aisne) where she boarded a train to the clearing of Rethondes Compiegne (Oise). Marshal Foch's train is waiting for them.
November 8 - 9:00 am: Foch receives the German delegation in his wagon. "Do you ask for the armistice?"
November 9: Abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II and proclamation of the German Republic.
November 10: Marshal von Hindenburg, Cdt. Chief, sent the authorization to sign the armistice to the German delegation in Rethondes.
Negotiations on the 34 articles of the Armistice Agreement,
November 11 - 5:20: the armistice is signed. It must take effect at 11am.