Those of us who came of age (assuming we did, in fact, grow up) on large systems projects often speak of war rooms containing walls full of architectural diagrams and project plans. Most of us never bothered to think about where the term war room came from. But on our last morning in Reims, we came across Dwight D. Eisenhower's last war headquarters, now a tiny museum featuring the map room where the German generals surrendered on 7 May 1945.
Most of the museum contains only pictures of WWII topics of interest to the French including a large room full of memorabilia of the great Resistance figure, Jean Moulin. Besides being a war hero and politician in Chartres before the war, Moulin was a illustrator, cartoonist and writer. Samples of his work were displayed on the walls.
Fortunately, the war room was kept pretty much like it was when Eisenhower used it.
If I had taken the picture at the top of this page 55 years earlier from the same angle, I'd be looking over the shoulders of these three German participants. (If you want details, click here).
Also, I'd be less than three months old and probably wouldn't yet have my digital camera. By now you may be thinking that's not such a bad thing
Thanks for accompanying us on our visit.
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