Arc de Triomphe

The Arc de Triomphe is one of the most famous landmarks in Paris. Commisioned in 1806 to commemorate Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz in the manner of Ancient Rome's victory archs, it has been the center of several victory marches including the Germans after the Franco-Prussian War, the Entente after World War I, the Germans again in 1940 and the Allies in 1944 and 1945.

The Arc de Triomphe in The War That Came Early
The Arc de Triomphe was among the many Parisian buildings that were damaged during the terror bombings that preceded and followed the defeat of the Wehrmacht at the Battle of Paris in early 1939. Vaclav Jezek noticed a large lateral chunk missing, but the rest still stood defiant.