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Eiffel Tower in June 1940

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    Eiffel Tower in June 1940
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    Erwan LR
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    2587.2701

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Eiffel Tower in June 1940
Eiffel Tower in June 1940

We are in June 1940, France signs the armistice on June 22. It was against this backdrop that Hitler visited the City of Lights, a city he knew nothing about and which he wanted to visit in just a few hours.

It was a whirlwind tour for the Führer. He will visit the Opéra, the Concorde, the Arc de Triomphe, the Invalides, the Pantheon, the Louvre etc.... But one monument, and not the least, was missing: the EIFFEL tower. Hitler wanted to climb to the top of the tower to contemplate the view. Resistance sympathizers severed the tower's elevator cables. There was no choice but to climb the Iron Lady's 1,500 steps. With no time to spare, the Führer will not climb to the top. The elevators will remaininactive throughout the German occupation.

 
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Eiffel Tower in June 1940

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