The traditional will be held in Paris on Tuesday war parade on the occasion of celebrating July 14 - the National Holiday of the Republic France - Bastille Day. The event will be attended by numerous world leaders, including the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić.
Part of the festivities, on the occasion of July 14, the French national holiday, began on Monday evening.
For 20 minutes, lights, drones and perirotechnics alternated on 12 scenes that make up a unique whole on the theme of "Happy Together", a spectacle organized by Paris.
This event includes 1.600 drones deployed for the first time on both sides of the Eiffel Tower, on the Trocadero side and on the Champ de Mars side.
These drones emit up to 30 times more light, which is why the traditional fireworks and drone performance took place last night at 23 pm near the Eiffel Tower.
According to the official website of the Ministry of Defense of France, 6.686 French soldiers, 315 vehicles, 98 airplanes, 33 helicopters, as well as 193 horses from the Cavalry Regiment of the Republican Guard will parade in the parade.
This year's military parade will mark the jubilee, 400 years since the foundation of the French Navy.
The event will be attended by numerous world leaders, including the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić.
This year's parade carries the message of the "strategic awakening of Europe", and according to the French media, France wants to show the strengthening of European defense, the readiness of NATO allies, the development of French military capabilities, as well as the importance of nuclear deterrence in the European security strategy.
Liberty, equality and fraternity
French Republic Day is celebrated on the occasion of the fall of the Bastille and the beginning of the French Revolution on July 14, 1789.
The fall of the Bastille, on July 14, 1789, symbolizes the end of the French absolutist monarchy, when the revolutionaries stormed the Bastille fortress and prison in Paris.
After that, on August 26, 1789, the Declaration on Human and Civil Rights was adopted, which later established French national values - freedom, equality and fraternity. France has been celebrating July 14 as Republic Day since 1880, when it was officially declared a national holiday by the Parliament of the Third French Republic.
The law was passed on the initiative of deputy Benjamin Raspail, its implementation began on July 6, and on July 14, 1880, the first military parade was held as part of the Republic Day celebration. Since the end of the First World War, the military parade has traditionally passed down the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
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