France flexes military muscle in the Bastille Day Parade
15 July 2015 1:15 PM IST15 July 2015 1:15 PM IST
France flexes military muscle in the Bastille Day Parade
Fireworks illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris during Bastille Day celebrations. It is the name given to the French National Day, which is celebrated on 14 July.- Fireworks illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris during Bastille Day celebrations.
- Jets for the Patrouille de France fly over the Champs Elysees avenue during the traditional Bastille Day parade.
- Mexican troops walk down the Champs-Elysees avenue during the Bastille Day parade.
- Mexican soldiers display birds of prey as the walk down the Champs-Elysees avenue.
- French paratroopers walk down the Champs-Elysees avenue during the Bastille Day parade.
- Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion march down the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris
- French President Francois Hollande, left standing in the command car, and Chief of Staff Gen. Pierre de Villiers, drive down the Champs Elysees avenue.
- French tanks of the Tirailleur Battalion drive down the Champs-Elysees avenue.
- The oldest and largest regular military parade in Europe is held on the morning of the Bastille day on the Champs-Élysées in Paris in front of the President of France along with other French officials and foreign guests. French President Francois
- The French National Day commemorates the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, which was the culmination in Paris of a violent revolution in France. Troops march down the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, as part of Bastille Day parade.
Fireworks illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris during Bastille Day celebrations. It is the name given to the French National Day, which is celebrated on 14 July.
France flexes military muscle in the Bastille Day Parade
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