The statue of Marshal Foch at the clearing at Compiègne, France.

Close up of the statue of Marshal Foch at the clearing at Compiègne, France. The armistice between the Allies and Germany, also known as the Armistice of Compiègne, was an agreement that ended the fighting in the First World War. It went into effect at 11 am on 11 November 1918, and marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany, although not technically a surrender. On 22 June 1940, Adolf Hitler and others swept into the clearing and, in the same carriage used in 1918, demanded and received the surrender armistice from France. This carriage was subsequently destroyed but an identical one is now preserved and on display in the clearing museum.