The Arc de Triomphe is one of the most famous landmarks in Paris. Commissioned in 1806 to commemorate Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz in the manner of Ancient Rome's victory arches, it was finally completed in 1836. 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 Allied Forces in 1944-1945.
The Arc de Triomphe was among the many Parisian landmarks that were damaged during the terror bombings that preceded and followed the defeat of the Wehrmacht at the Battle of Paris in early 1939. Alistair Walsh noticed a large lateral chunk missing, but the rest of the Arc still stood defiant.[3]
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