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The parade of 2024, for the first time held at Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Square, marked the 235th year of the Revolution of 1789, the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the Liberation of France, and NATO's Diamond Jubilee anniversary, while also marking the nation's final countdown of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics - as represented by military ...
Paris is hosting an extra-special guest for France’s national holiday Sunday — the Olympic flame lighting up the city’s grandiose military parade for Bastille Day. Just 12 days before the ...
PARIS (AP) — Paris hosted an extra-special guest for France’s national holiday Sunday — the Olympic flame lighting up the city’s grandiose military parade for Bastille Day. Just 12 days before the French capital hosts exceptionally ambitious and high-security Summer Games , the torch relay joined up with thousands of soldiers, sailors ...
France paid tribute on Tuesday to the elite armed units which intervened to end sieges after January's deadly attacks by Islamist militants, showcasing the secretive forces for the first time in ...
France celebrated Bastille Day on Saturday with a colorful military parade in Paris presided over by President Emmanuel Macron, and it was hoping the party would continue later on Sunday when the ...
"Le Boudin" is sung while standing to attention or marching by all ranks of the Foreign Legion. The Legion marches at only 88 steps per minute, much slower than the 120 steps per minute of all other French military units. Consequently, the Legion contingent at the Bastille Day military parade march brings up the rear. Nevertheless, the Legion ...
Firemen of the Paris brigade, Bastille Day 2008 military parade on the Champs-Élysées, Paris. The BSPP consists of 8,550 personnel with 81 stations and facilities who conduct 1,200 operations daily. 463 pieces of equipment 130 Pumpers; 63 Aerial Devices; 66 Ambulances; 71 Command and Patrol vehicles; 133 Special Engines Fireboats; All terrain ...
1st Regiment of Spahis, Bastille Day 2008 military parade on the Champs-Élysées, Paris. 1 er Régiment de Spahis (1st Spahis Regiment), 1ère Brigade Mécanisée (1st Mechanized Brigade) - Valence (26) 1 er Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique (1st African "Hunter" Regiment), Unité d'entrainement et de formation (Training Unit) - Canjuers