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Allies, bolstered by the Americans, and their powerful counterstrokes
drove the German armies back and back until the Kaiser, his militaristic
dreams wrecked, abdicated and fled while his generals signed the
Armistice at Compiegne. The World War was ended.
For Painvin, who had lost 33 pounds while simply seated at his desk,
there was a long leave of convalescence. Afterwards, he engaged in an
immensely successful business career, becoming president and director
general of Ugine, the chemical giant of France, president of a phosphate
company, vice president of a commercial credit firm, administrator of a
mortgage society, honorary president of the Union of Chemical Industries
and of the central committee of the electrochemical trade, and president
of the Chamber of Commerce of Paris. Yet, he said, none of these
achievements ever gave him the satisfaction that his ADFGVX solutions
did. They left "an indelible mark on my spirit, and remain for me one of
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