From the Feb. 14, 2010 List Universe. Photos and more extensive information available at the site.
11. German delegates were given a ten-hour scenic tour to get to the railroad car where the Armistice was to be signed. This was done so that they could see the incredible damage done to the French countryside.
10. Only one photograph of the signing is known to exist and appears too have been shot through a window.
9. The Armistice Rail Carriage and Site became a national monument. In June 1940, Hitler made the French surrender in the same car. In 1944, Hitler ordered the car destroyed to prevent a possible second German surrender in the site.
More to Come. --Cooter
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