{"id":21682,"date":"2018-11-11T12:33:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T12:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/?p=21682"},"modified":"2020-01-06T15:39:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T15:39:25","slug":"mdfdefrance-usa-the-armistice-world-war-i-centennial-mdfdefriendshipmercitrain70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/2018\/11\/11\/mdfdefrance-usa-the-armistice-world-war-i-centennial-mdfdefriendshipmercitrain70\/","title":{"rendered":"MDFDE\/FRANCE-USA: The Armistice – World War I Centennial #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain70"},"content":{"rendered":"
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November 11, 1918:\u00a0<\/strong>Marshal Foch and Admiral Wemyss, representing the Allies, and Minister of State Erzberger, representing Germany, sign the armistice at 5:15 AM inside Marshal Foch’s own train, number 2419D of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits — thus becoming the \u201cArmistice Carriage\u201d — in the Forest of Compi\u00e8gne, France. It will take effect at 11 AM. Photograph taken after reaching agreement for the armistice that ended World War I.\u00a0 Marshal Foch is second from the right. Left of Marshal Foch is the senior British representative, Sir Rosslyn Wemyss.\u00a0On the right is the British Admiral George Hope.\u00a0https:\/\/www.abc.es\/20101003\/economia\/alemania-cierra-cuentas-guerra-20101003.html<\/a><\/address>\n
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Happy belated 243rd Birthday to the United States Marine Corps! (Nov. 10, 1775 – November 10, 2018)! With our eternal gratitude for your heroism and human sacrifices especially at\u00a0the WWI Battles of Belleau Wood and Ch\u00e2teau-Thierry and during WWII! Rain. Or. Shine! E.J. https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/blog\/happy-243rd-birthday-united-states-marine-corps <\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/warontherocks.com\/2018\/06\/the-importance-of-the-battle-of-belleau-wood\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.historyonthenet.com\/battle-of-chateau-thierry<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Oise-Aisne American Cemetery <\/strong><\/p>\n

Cimeti\u00e8re Am\u00e9ricain<\/strong> 02400 Belleau France tel +33 (0)3 23 70 70 90<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.abmc.gov\/cemeteries-memorials\/europe\/oise-aisne-american-cemetery#block-views-monument-video-webcam-block<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.abmc.gov\/cemeteries-memorials\/europe\/belleau-wood#.W-biL7iNxQ4<\/a><\/p>\n

14-18 : Les secrets de l’armistice – \u00e9pisode 9<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CRfpPLnMDSU<\/a><\/p>\n

Reportage : Bataille du Chemin des Dames (16 avril – 24 octobre 1917)<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a80tEOGJ1rM<\/a><\/p>\n

Armistice de 1918 Images in\u00e9dites<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tj12WvQGvrU<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ajout\u00e9e le 18 sept. 2009 11. Novembre 1918 Apr\u00e8s la signature de l’armistice. Passage du wagon dans lequel celui-ci a \u00e9t\u00e9 sign\u00e9. Les soldats regardent leurs montres et, \u00e0 11 heures, les hostilit\u00e9s cessent. Joie et fraternisation des soldats am\u00e9ricains et allemands. Un obus est enterr\u00e9 pour symboliser l’\u00e9v\u00e9nement.<\/p>\n

‘Hobbit’ director modernizes WW1 video<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/videos\/world\/2018\/11\/09\/peter-jackson-world-war-one-documentary-orig-mm.cnn\/video\/playlists\/mobile-digital-shorts\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Peter Jackson’s film “They Shall Not Grow Old” uses the latest technology to restore century-old footage, bringing World War I to life for modern audiences.\u00a0Source: CNN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 The symbol of the “Train de la Reconnaissance Fran\u00e7aise,” aka “Merci Train” (1949) depicts the frontal view of a SNCF\u00a0141 R, one of the many steam locomotives “Made in USA” purchased by France after WWII, garlanded with wild flowers (Blue cornflower French: Bleuet; Daisy French: Marguerite; Poppy French: Coquelicot), symbolic of Flanders Field, where thousands of American Doughboys — killed in action during World War I — will forever lie on French soil, buried in massive cemeteries.<\/p>\n

#GRATI<\/span>TUDE<\/span><\/h1>\n

#RESIS<\/span>TANCE<\/span><\/h1>\n

#MDFDE<\/span>Friendship<\/span>MerciTrain<\/span>70<\/span><\/h1>\n

\u00a9 The Official French-American Project entirely conceived by Ms. Elisabeth JENSSEN to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Merci Train (2019-2020) and the 75th Anniversary of the Friendship Train (2022). All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

Chair,<\/strong> Elisabeth Jenssen<\/p>\n

Honorary President:<\/strong> The Comte Gilbert de Pusy La Fayette<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong> elisabeth.jenssen@francaisdeletranger.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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MUS\u00c9E \u00a0DE \u00a0<\/strong>LA \u00a0M<\/strong>\u00c9MOIRE \u00a0DE BELLEAU<\/strong><\/p>\n

1914 – 1918<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Au\u00a0coeur du village de Belleau, \u00e0 90 km de Paris, ce mus\u00e9e perp\u00e9tue le souvenir et la M\u00e9moire des Marines qui ont combattu au Bois Belleau en juin 1918. Renseignements : 03 23 82 03 63<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.musee-memoire-souvenir-belleau.com\/autres-m{4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6}C3{4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6}A9moriaux\/cimeti{4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6}C3{4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6}A8re-am{4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6}C3{4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6}A9ricain-oise-aisne\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The Armistice Museum and Memorial
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https:\/\/www.oisetourisme.com\/la-clairiere-de-larmistice<\/a><\/p>\n

Mus\u00e9e de l’Armistice<\/strong> Route de Soissons 60200 Compi\u00e8gne T\u00e9l. 03 44 85 14 18<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.musee-armistice-14-18.fr\/<\/a>\u00a0 https:\/\/armistice-museum.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Links: <\/strong>https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/style\/article\/color-photos-first-world-war-scli-intl\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/videos\/world\/2018\/11\/09\/wwi-colorized-nr-pkg-glass-vpx.cnn<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.guerre1914-1918.fr\/bataille-du-bois-belleau-1er-au-26-juin-1918-02-aisne\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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November 11, 1918:\u00a0Marshal Foch and Admiral Wemyss, representing the Allies, and Minister of State Erzberger, representing Germany, sign the armistice at 5:15 AM inside Marshal Foch’s own train, number 2419D of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits — thus becoming the \u201cArmistice Carriage\u201d — in the Forest of Compi\u00e8gne, France. It will take effect at 11 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,5548,4880,7,42,4718,6734,5909,260,4730,8,160,161,10,11,6796,165,5547,6337,5546,58,5766,16,6480,172,5622,59,5694,17,177,4697,20,5360,227,56,22,180,4752,4719,5314,24,4721,7055,7011,1284,7243,618,4722,4710,4763,28,4731,5675,193,194,195],"tags":[8628,9717,8886,9721,9746,9718,1041,113,9740,8369,8425,9741,5208,387,7007,1572,459,9724,5305,9738,9743,2529,2950,426,5204,9728,9742,3148,8773,9720,8517,5201,9727,9737,9716,3722,301,152,966,156],"class_list":["post-21682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-agriculture-and-crafts","category-arts","category-asia","category-asia-pacific","category-books","category-california","category-caribbean","category-childrens-rights","category-cinema","category-civil-rights","category-culture","category-diplomatie","category-dom-tom","category-economy","category-education","category-engineering","category-europe","category-exhibitions","category-food","category-francophony","category-french-american-relations","category-health","category-history","category-human-tragedy-2","category-immigration","category-international-events","category-internet","category-journalism","category-justice","category-la-marine-nationale","category-latest-news","category-leadership","category-litterature","category-made-in-france","category-mdfde-2","category-medicine-and-health","category-ministere-des-affaires-etrangeres","category-music","category-newspapers","category-photography","category-policy","category-politics","category-publishing","category-railroads","category-russia","category-schools","category-sculpture","category-security","category-society","category-tourism","category-tweets","category-ubuntu","category-wines","category-womens-rights","category-world-war-i","category-world-war-ii","tag-mdfdefriendshipmercitrain70","tag-aisne-marne-american-cemetery","tag-alan-seeger","tag-american-battle-monuments-commission-abmc","tag-bataille-du-chemin-des-dames","tag-belleau-wood","tag-canada","tag-cnn","tag-compiegne","tag-drew-pearson","tag-gabrielle-griswold","tag-gen-john-j-pershing","tag-georges-clemenceau","tag-germany","tag-holland","tag-italy","tag-luxembourg","tag-marshal-of-france-ferdinand-foch","tag-mayor-anne-hidalgo","tag-ministere-des-armees","tag-musee-de-la-memoire-de-belleau","tag-new-zealand","tag-oise","tag-paris","tag-president-woodrow-wilson","tag-rear-admiral-george-hope","tag-seringes-et-nesles","tag-sncf","tag-the-40-8-society","tag-the-4th-marine-brigade-of-the-u-s-armys-2nd-division","tag-the-american-legion","tag-the-battle-of-the-somme","tag-the-british-royal-navy","tag-the-gare-montparnasse","tag-the-marquis-de-lafayette","tag-the-u-s-navy","tag-the-united-nations","tag-the-united-states-of-america","tag-united-kingdom","tag-washington-d-c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21682"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23394,"href":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21682\/revisions\/23394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}