At half past eight on the morning of August 7, 1936, a thunderous rumble of armor suddenly rang out beyond Paris. The sound shook heaven and earth, leaving every citizen within the city pale with terror and panic.
"The Germans are attacking!" Many French people fled in frenzy. Some hid inside their homes, while others tried to escape by roads leading out of the city.
The sound drew closer and closer. Most of the French people in the northern outskirts of Paris had already fled, completely clearing the area in a matter of moments.
Only because the area had been emptied did the civilians gradually get a clear look at the approaching army. French flags were painted on the tanks, and the troops advancing behind them were none other than France's own army.
Their own side?
The citizens of Paris stared at the scene before them in disbelief. After all that panic, it turned out the ones who had caused it were not the German Army, but their own army.
But soon, the citizens of Paris began to grow puzzled again.
According to French military regulations, troops were not allowed to enter Paris casually. Moreover, the government was currently carrying out its plan to leave Paris undefended, making it even less likely that a sizable armored force would be stationed inside the city.
On top of that, troops entering Paris required government authorization. This army clearly had no such authorization, which meant its actions had most likely been ordered privately by its commander or undertaken independently by the military.
If this was a military action carried out without authorization, then the army's movements were certainly thought-provoking. After all, the city they had entered without permission was none other than Paris, the capital of France. Paris's importance to the entire country