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Why the Eiffel Tower elevators stopped during the war

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You know you're historically despised when an entire country engages in aggressive, architectural pettiness just to make your calves burn. When Hitler visited Paris in 1940, the French Resistance quietly cut the cables to the Eiffel Tower's elevators. If the Führer wanted to enjoy the panoramic view of his conquered city, he and his high command had to awkwardly hike up 1,665 steps.

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