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{{short description|Armistice between France and Nazi Germany in World War II}}
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[[File:Hitler and german-nazi officers staring at french marechal foch statue 21 June 1940.png|right|thumb|[[Adolf Hitler]] (hand on hip) looking at the statue of [[Ferdinand Foch]] before starting the negotiations for the armistice at [[Compiègne]], France (
[[File:Fochs Railway Car Second Time Around 1940.jpg|right|thumb|[[Ferdinand Foch]]{{'}}s railway car, at the same location as after [[World War I]], prepared by the Germans for the second armistice at [[Compiègne]], June 1940]]
The '''Armistice of 22 June 1940''' was signed at 18:36<ref name = "conv">{{Cite web |url=http://mjp.univ-perp.fr/france/1940armistice.htm |title="Convention d'armistice" – Text of the armistice signed in Rethondes on 22 June 1940 |last=Maury |first=Jean-Pierre |publisher=[[University of Perpignan]] |website=mjp.univ-perp.fr |access-date=11 June 2015}}</ref> near [[Compiègne]], [[France]], by officials of [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Third French Republic]]. It did not come into effect until after midnight on 25 June.
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