Editing Bastille Day (section)

===Bastille Day military parade===
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[[File:14 juillet. Le 27e Chasseur - Fonds Berthelé - 49Fi1866.jpg|thumb|Military parade during World War I]]
The Bastille Day military parade is the French [[military parade]] that has been held in the morning, every year in Paris, since 1880. While previously held elsewhere within or near the capital city, since 1918 it has been held on the [[Champs-Élysées]], with the participation of the Allies as represented in the Versailles Peace Conference, and with the exception of the period of German occupation from 1940 to 1944 (when the ceremony took place in London under the command of General [[Charles de Gaulle]]); and 2020 when the [[COVID-19 pandemic in France|COVID-19 pandemic]] forced its cancellation.<ref>[http://www.garnison-paris.terre.defense.gouv.fr/14juillet2008/les-coulisses/historique-du-defile.htm Défilé du 14 juillet, des origines à nos jours] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224003154/http://www.garnison-paris.terre.defense.gouv.fr/14juillet2008/les-coulisses/historique-du-defile.htm |date=24 February 2011 }} (14 July Parade, from its origins to the present)</ref> The parade passes down the Champs-Élysées from the [[Arc de Triomphe]] to the [[Place de la Concorde]], where the [[President of France|President of the French Republic]], his government and foreign ambassadors to France stand. This is a popular event in France, broadcast on French TV, and is the oldest and largest regular military parade in Europe.<ref name="paris1"/><ref name="paris-attractions1"/>

Smaller military parades are held in French garrison towns, including [[Toulon]] and [[Belfort]], with local troops.<ref>{{Cite web|title=France's National Day|url=https://shape.nato.int/page11283634/national-days/frances-national-day.aspx|access-date=2021-10-13|website=shape.nato.int|language=en}}</ref>

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File:Bastille Day Parade 170714-D-PB383-005 (35087624434).jpg|Allied forces participate in the military parade
File:Fly over Bastille Day 2017.jpg|The [[Patrouille de France]] with nine [[Alpha Jet]]s over the [[Champs-Élysées]] in [[Paris]] in 2017, during the [[Bastille Day military parade]]
File:French Republican Guard Bastille Day 2007 n1.jpg|Horseman of the [[Republican Guard (France)|Republican Guard]] during the 2007 [[Bastille Day military parade|military parade on the Champs-Élysées]]
File:Dominique Vallet-IMG 5734.JPG|Surgeon general inspector Dominique Vallet, head of the Laveran military medical school, at the ceremonies for Bastille Day in [[Marseille]], 2012
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