Thursday 17 February 2011

Prussians parade in Paris



140 years ago today the victorious German army parades in Paris.

11 comments:

  1. I wonder if there is a larger version of the photo on the "net." It's a great photo! Thank you.

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  2. Try this one.


    http://i.imgur.com/JPDCt.jpg

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  3. Many thanks for Ralph for posting this splendid image, and to Scott for tracking down a bigger version. Does anyone recognize where in Paris the parade is taking place?

    Imposing though the picture is, I am reminded of what Sir Michael Howard wrote as the final sentence of his great history of The Franco-Prussian War:

    “Germany’s magnificent and well-deserved victory was, in a profound and unforeseeable sense, a disaster:for herself and for the entire world.:

    Charles

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  4. It would have been the "champs de Mars" near the "école militaire" at the actual place of the Eiffel Tower!

    regards
    paco

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  5. Does anyone recognize where in Paris the parade is taking place?

    Western part of Paris, Champs Elysées or Versailles gardens but it's only guesses.

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  6. Many thanks to paco and Durutti for their suggestions. My own hunch is that it is the Champs de Mars.

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  7. The caption on the photo I found said "Champs Elysées" I can't verify that myself.

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  8. Thank you for your diligence!

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