France celebrated Bastille Day today with its usual spectacular show of military might as thousands of soldiers marched through the Champs-Elysees while warplanes flew overhead filling the skies with red, blue and white smoke marking the tricolour.
More than 6,500 French soldiers – including troops from the Foreign Legion – paraded through the Parisian streets alongside 219 ground vehicles, 200 horses and 86 dogs taking part in the annual ceremony commemorating the French revolution.
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