All the Allies were there.

所有协约国都举行了庆祝盛典
There are two things that happened.

当时发生了两件事
One was that Georges Clemenceau,

一件事是法国总理乔治·克列孟梭
the French prime minister, decided in this spectacle,

决定举行这场盛大游行他说
"We need a symbol of the lost generation."

"我们需要一个象征来纪念牺牲的这一代人"
So, he had a Papier-maché, catafalque built, a very big ornate plinth.

他找了一个有着华丽而巨大基座的纸质灵柩台
On top of it was a cenotaph, an empty tomb,

在灵柩台的顶部是纪念塔那是一个空墓
to symbolize the tombs of all those soldiers who died in the war,

象征那些战死沙场至今尸骨无存的士兵
half of whom have no known graves.

都安眠于这个墓中
To start the victory parade, Clemenceau insisted that the people

克列孟梭坚持这场胜利游行一开始
who lead the way are the most badly mutilated men of the war,

应由那些曾在战争中受重伤的老兵来带领
the gueules cassées , men with broken faces,

他们有的面部已经毁容