reconciliation this was the first visit to campian year by a german leader in decades and emmanuel micron greta chancellor merkel with demonstrative warmth. reviewing the troops of the euro corps franco german brigade the two leaders cross the clearing that there is testimony to a defining moment in european diplomacy. it was here that germany capitulated to france and its allies on november eleventh one nine hundred eighteen ending more than four years of carnage on the western front. mccrone americal unveiled a plaque in both languages reaffirming the value of franco german reconciliation in the service of europe and peace then another warm exchange before the pair later wreaths in tribute to the victims of the great war. they then moved on to the museum that houses a replica of the carriage used by the french general marshall founded on force as its headquarters at the site it was inside this wagon that fosse received the german delegation for the signing of the armistice they agreed the truce would come into effect on the eleventh day of the eleventh month at exactly eleven o'clock twenty two years later in