Filming began in June 1940 and the script was continuously updated to incorporate actual events, such as the sinking of the S.S. Athenia and the signing of the armistice between France and Germany in the Forest of Compiègne.
Compiègne | Armistice Day | Armistice | armistice | Armistice of Mudros | 1949 Armistice Agreements | Second Armistice at Compiègne | Gare de Compiègne | Armistice with Germany | Siege of Compiègne | Korean Armistice Agreement | Forest of Compiègne | Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne | Armistice with Germany (Compiègne) | Armistice of Mudanya | Armistice of Cassibile | Armistice Day Blizzard | Armistice (band) |
As the Secretary General of Finance in the Provisional Government of the French Republic from August 29 to September 4, 1944, he had to decide what to do about the gold that the Nazi Party requisitioned from the National Bank of Belgium following the Second Armistice at Compiègne in 1940, which they later sold to the Swiss National Bank.
On 5 June 1940, during the Battle of France, he took over command of the French Second Army from Charles Huntziger, who had transferred to command the Fourth Army Group and who signed the Armistice with Germany on 22 June.