Word: eiffel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...When Hoffmann was taking the real Hitler's picture in front of the Eiffel Tower in 1940, the Fiihrer reportedly cracked: "Take this one, Hoffmann; then the next one in Buckingham Palace and the next in front of the skyscrapers...
Since barter has its limitations, more often the G.I.s sell for cash. Informal G.I. markets have sprung up around the Arc de Triomphe, in the Place Pigalle, under the Eiffel Tower, in bistros, restaurants, around jeeps pausing in traffic jams. These sales give soldiers enough money to buy at Paris prices...
...Thursday night the Resistance forces held not only the islands of Saint-Louis and La Cite, but the Hotel de Ville, the Palais de Justice, the mairies of all arrondissements and the suburbs of Boulogne, Issy and Chatillon. The Germans held a large circular area bounded by the Eiffel Tower, the Invalides, the Gare du Quai-d'Orsay, the Place de la Concorde, the Madeleine and the Grand Palais. They also had strong points at the Gare d'Austerlitz, the Gare du Nord and the Porte d'Orleans. What was holding up the column of General Leclerc...
...Paris, Mr. Wilson was quite centered on his mission; had his mind on it entirely. ... I used to walk the streets with him, around the hotel and up by the Eiffel Tower. He was always reticent, but human and sociable...
Bombs Away. For a moment no fighters were attacking. There had been no time to watch France pass below us. As I glanced out now, there was Paris, a pale gold pattern in the clear morning light, the Eiffel Tower, the Champs Elysées, the Seine glinting silver. Flak seemed to be mushrooming up from nowhere. In a moment Le Bourget was in sight. Johnny started fiddling with the release. As Johnny quietly said: "Bombs away," a cluster dropped from the Fortress close beside us. The Forts moved too fast for us to see the bombs hit, but photographs...