History of Paris new Ministry of Finance in Bercy (the old Ministry had been housed in a wing of the Louvre), also opened in 1989. The Grande Arche in La Défense was also finished in 1989, a massive hollow cube-shaped building 112 metres high that completed the long perspective from the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel through the Place de la Concorde and the Champs Élysées. The most famous project of all, the "Grand Louvre", included the expulsion of the Ministry of Finance, the reconstruction of large parts of the museum, an underground gallery, and the addition of a glass pyramid by I.M.
Structure of the British Army in 1989 Structure of the British Army in 1989 This is the structure of the British Army in 1989. Where details are unclear, the general pattern portrayed in Isby and Kamps, "Armies of NATO's Central Front", Jane's Publishing Company, 1985 has been followed. The Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) directed the British Army with the assistance of the Army Board, under the authority of the Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) and the Secretary of State for Defence. Commander-in-Chief, UK Land Forces, General Sir Charles Huxtable HQ: Wilton HQ United Kingdom Land Forces commanded nine military districts until the