Eiffel Tower & Bunker Champ-de-Mars Paris
Eiffel Tower & Bunker Champ-de-Mars Paris
The Eiffel Tower was closed to the public in the First and the Second World War.
During the First World War in august 1914 held Genie soldiers guard from the Eiffel Tower.
At 300 meters eight guns were placed to all four directed the winds.
During World War II, in 1944, escaped the tower to start a fire by the German occupiers. The attack was claimed by the Wehrmacht.
Just next to the Eiffel Tower under a southern pier is a military underground bunker under the Champ-de-Mars.
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Source
- Text: TracesOfWar.com
- Photos: TracesOfWar.com
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- National French Navy Museum - Paris, 16e
- National Museum of the French Army - Paris, 7e
- Mémorial de la Shoah - Paris, 4e
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- École Militaire de Paris - Paris, 7e
- Hôtel Majestic - Paris, 16e
- Former House Ignacy Paderewski - Paris, 16e
Monument
- Memorial Hoisting French Flag on Eiffel Tower - Paris, 7e
- Memorial French Victims North-African Wars - Paris, 7e
- Memorial Command Post Avenue de La Bourdonnais - Paris, 7e
Cemetery
- Cimetière de Passy - Paris, 16e
- Tombs Église Saint-Louis-des-Invalides - Paris, 7e
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Arc de Triomphe - Paris, 17e
Fortification
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