France divided as Armistice signed
22nd June 1940: A temporary agreement - that will last five years - leaves France at the mercy of the German occupiers
On 21st June 1940 Hitler had peremptorily left the railway carriage at Compiegne in a deliberate slight to the French delegation. He left Wilhelm Keitel, Chief of the Wehrmacht, and Alfred Jodl, Chief of Staff, to continue discussions with the French…
