angela merkel laid a wreath and unveiled a clock in the forest at the armistice clearing in called binya the moment highlights the special alliance at the heart of your. the culmination of a decades long process of reconciliation this was the first visit to campian year by a german leader in decades and a manual micron greeted 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 thousand nine hundred 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 si