The traditional Bastille Day military parade took place on the Champs-Elysees in Paris Monday to mark a century since the start of the First World War. Soldiers from 76 countries took part in the ceremony. Images of the parade in this photo gallery by ITAR-TASS.
Military parade in Paris on Bastille Day
The Bastille Day is held annually on July 14 to commemorate the storming of the Bastille fortress in 1789
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French armoured vehicles
© EPA/IAN LANGSDON Leclerc tanks
© AP Photo/Francois Mori Drones are displayed on military trucks
© AP Photo/Francois Mori French troops
© EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT Troops from the French 1st Spahis Regiment
© EPA/IAN LANGSDON French troops of the Pionneers of the 1st Foreign Regiment
© EPA/IAN LANGSDON French Foreign Legion troops
© EPA/IAN LANGSDON Soldiers wearing French WWI uniforms, known as 'Poilus'
© EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT French President Francois Hollande (center) rides atop a command car flanked by members of the Republican Guard
© EPA/IAN LANGSDON