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This was followed on 26 August by a victory parade down the Champs-Élysées, with some German snipers still active. According to a famous anecdote, while de Gaulle was marching down the Champs Elysee and entered the Place de la Concorde, snipers in the Hôtel de Crillon area shot at the crowd.

According to a documentary about attempts on Charles de Gaulle's life this is no anecdote - there really was sniper fire. WI de Gaulle was hit and died?
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