France marks 100 year anniversary of WW1 on Bastille Day
- 10 years ago
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STORY: France marked the centenary of World War One on Monday (July 14) with its traditional military parade and soldiers from belligerent countries of the Great War.
The parade kicked off with two lines of French soldiers wearing 1914-style uniforms marching into the square, followed by military representatives from all the countries who took part in the fighting.
In a war fought largely on their home soil, about 8.4 million French soldiers served and about 1.3 million were killed in battles that transformed familiar place names such as Verdun and the Chemin des Dames into bywords for horror and suffering.
The last French veteran who fought in WWI died in 2008.
For the special anniversary commemoration of Bastille Day, 76 foreign armies which fought during the Great War were invited to walk down the famous Paris avenue carrying their own flags and insignia.
Always a crowd favorite, an aerobatic display team made of
STORY: France marked the centenary of World War One on Monday (July 14) with its traditional military parade and soldiers from belligerent countries of the Great War.
The parade kicked off with two lines of French soldiers wearing 1914-style uniforms marching into the square, followed by military representatives from all the countries who took part in the fighting.
In a war fought largely on their home soil, about 8.4 million French soldiers served and about 1.3 million were killed in battles that transformed familiar place names such as Verdun and the Chemin des Dames into bywords for horror and suffering.
The last French veteran who fought in WWI died in 2008.
For the special anniversary commemoration of Bastille Day, 76 foreign armies which fought during the Great War were invited to walk down the famous Paris avenue carrying their own flags and insignia.
Always a crowd favorite, an aerobatic display team made of