Eiffel approved the final design in 1884 ... Hitler actually ordered the military governor of Paris, Dietrich von Choltitz, to destroy the tower along with the rest of the city; fortunately ...

Adolf Hitler commanded his generals to level the city and destroy its most famous monuments with explosives—including the Eiffel Tower. Thankfully, Allied troops arrived before the orders were ...

When the Eiffel Tower was inaugurated at the 1889 Paris ... the city of Paris resulted in split votes on whether to keep or ...