On this day, 85 years ago, June 22, 1940 (May 17, 1940 in the lunar calendar), France surrendered to Germany. On June 22, 1940, Germany and France signed the instrument of surrender of France to Germany at Reton in the Compiegne Forest, France. Ironically, it was also in this carriage that Germany signed a surrender letter to France and its allies on November 11, 1918. On June 22, 1940, in the French town of Compiegne, France and Germany signed an armistice agreement. Hitler decided not to hold a signing ceremony at the town's famous castle. The ceremony was held in a train carriage. After Germany's defeat in World War I, it was in this carriage that Germany surrendered to the Allies. Hitler believed that Germany had suffered great humiliation here, and the French must also taste this. Under the terms of the armistice agreement, Germany would occupy the northern half of France and the Atlantic coast of France. French troops will be disarmed and demobilized. France will pay for the German occupation forces and all German political refugees will be returned to Germany. France's new Prime Minister, Marshal Philippe Pétain, accepted the terms. Many French people immediately accused the terms of being too harsh. French writer Andrew Guide wrote: "When we heard Pétain's speech on the radio yesterday, we were almost completely numb. It was a dirty trick. How can you say that France has not been harmed after giving half of France to the Germans?" Bei became prime minister of the new government for less than a week. After Paul Renault resigned because he refused to sign an armistice agreement with Hitler, Pétain formed a new cabinet. In his eloquent speech, British Prime Minister Churchill called on France to persevere in the fight against Hitler. But Petain ignored this. In a speech to Parliament, Churchill said: "If we bravely resist Hitler, the whole of Europe will be liberated and the whole world will be able to embark on the vast plains of sunshine." But if we fail, the entire world, including the United States, including the countries we know and care about, will fall into the abyss of a new dark age. Churchill realized that his speech could not stop the German aggression. Because he also admitted that the Battle of France was over, the Battle of England was about to begin, and the survival of Western civilization depended on this battle. Representatives of France and Germany signed an armistice agreement at Compiegne The French warship sank in Port Schlon, refusing to surrender to German fascists. Hitler and his men walked past under the Eiffel Tower in central Paris. A French soldier sat sadly on the roadside. After France's defeat in 1940, Pétain said to Hitler: "Now France can never fight a new war. "Hitler and Goering arrived in Compigne, France. On June 22, 1940, in the Foch carriage of Compigne Forest where Germany was defeated in World War I and signed the surrender document, French representative Huntsger and the Chief of Staff of the German High Command signed the Armistice Agreement. French general Entziger signed the France-German" Armistice Agreement ". The talks in the car. The French delegation listened with a heavy expression to the extremely harsh conditions for a truce proposed by the German delegation. After the signing of the France-German Armistice Agreement of Compigne, French general Entziger was guided by a German officer to leave the negotiation site. French Admiral Jean-Louis-Xavier François Darlan, one of the main members of the Vichy government, French Field Marshal, head of the Vichy puppet government and head of state Pétain