Citizens celebrate the return of Alsace-Lorraine to French rule by releasing hundreds of doves from cages in Paris, France. Thousands of citizens gather and celebrate on streets while others sit on a the wings of a airplane to watch.
Aerial view of throngs of citizens celebrating the return of Alsace-Lorraine to French rule in Paris, France. Thousands of citizens gather and celebrate on streets.
Citizens celebrate the return of Alsace-Lorraine to French rule in Paris, France. Thousands of citizens gather and celebrate on streets. People dismantle a captured German airplane.
Citizens celebrate the return of Alsace-Lorraine to French rule in Paris, France. French and American flags atop a building. Thousands of citizens gather and celebrate on streets. French President Raymond Poincaré, French Prime Minister George Clemenceau and French Marshall Joseph Joffre accompanied with other dignitaries take their seats on the dais. President Poincaré addresses the crowd.
Celebrations on the return of Alsace-Lorraine to French rule in Paris, France. French cavalry and troops along with troops of Allied nations exhibit a parade at the Champs Elysees. Citizens gather in large numbers to celebrate. French, American and British flags hoisted in parade. A parade by Red Cross nurses. French President Raymond Poincaré, French Prime Minister George Clemenceau and French Marshall Joseph Joffre along with other dignitaries review the parade.
German occupation of France during World War 2. The cathedral in Reims, France. Vehicles and a few men on a road in front of the church. Trees lining the road. The railway car in which an armistice agreement was signed by Germany and the Allies at end of World War 1. The Memorial Tablet symbolic of the 1918 armistice, the Alsace-Lorraine, and Ferdinand Foch's Memorial in Compiegne Forest. Ferdinand Foch's carriage in which the first armistice was signed. In 1940 : German troops cross River Marne in rafts. A signboard showing the distances to Paris and Soissons. Another signboard showing the distances to Grand Fitz James and Paris. Troops on tanks moving on roads. A signboard shows distances to Pontarme and Paris. A soldier with a gun on his back. Soldiers moving with carriages on a path between fields. Trees lining the path. German troops moving on tanks advancing deeper into France. The troops on the road in front of the castle in Versailles. The German flag hoisted on a flag pole over the Palace of Versailles and German soldiers occupy the Palace of Versailles.
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