 In the Second World War, the German troops occupying Paris and Northern France paraded along the same route.A victory parade under General de Gaulle was held upon the restoration in 1945 of Paris to French rule while within the period of occupation by the Germans a company of the commando Kieffer of the Forces Navales Françaises Libres had continued the French National Holiday parade in the streets of London.In 1971 female personnel were included for the first time amongst the troops parading.