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Adolf Hitler visits during the surrender of France (1940)

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Hitler made the French sign the surrender of France in the railway car where Germany signed the Armitice at the end of WW I. The signing occurred here. The original train carrige was destoyed.

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Adolf Hitler[a] (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party,[c] becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.[d] During his dictatorship, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust, the genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims.

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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler
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