Museum of the Army

You may or may not recall that about a month ago a friend and I visited the museum of the army. True story. Here are the photos:

A model of Les Invalides, present home of the Museum of the Army and the tomb of Napoleon, as well as a reduced-in-size version of the original retirement home for old soldiers.


There was lots and lots of armor. In fact, they had so much armor and weaponry that aside from the special stuff (worn by somebody important) they had an entire room set aside to recreate an old armory. I didn't realize it was open at the time, so I didn't go in.


They had a whole hall full of mounted soldiers, but this was in a different room.


They also had some really unique and bizarre guns.


I think the sign said that this is the largest bronze cannon ever made. You can see one of the granite balls on the right edge of the photo. And yup, that's my friend.


Here is a poster from WWII. The title is "Leave Us Alone/Peaceful." The yellow background is the outline of France. The young French couple (under German occupation, of course) is being attacked by, in order:
The French Maisons
The Jews
Charles De Gaulle (leader of the French Resistance Army)
The Lie (I would guess the 3 headed "lie" would be the allies- Great Britain, the US, and Russia)
How incredibly deluded. The Jews were horrendously slaughtered by the Nazis and this poster is portraying them as the attackers. People actually believed this.


There is another museum within the museum that is full of models and replicas. Here is a model of Mount St. Michel, circa I-don't-remember-when. The model stood about 3 feet tall.


Ever read/seen the Count of Monte Cristo?


The parting shot is of Napoleon. His tomb was such lavish worship that it nauseated me, especially since it used to be a church. I therefore refuse to post any pictures of it except for this one, which proves that at some point in his illustrious military and political career he took the time to become a baseball umpire. The woman on the right is apparently a fan of the losing team.