Superseded by the Washington Monument as the world's tallest man-made structure in 1889 for the Paris World's Fair, the "Iron Lady's" elevators unexpectedly stopped working in 1940 when Adolph Hitler demanded a ride to the top. However, 5 years later at the close of the war, the elevators were miraculously fixed and the French recount that though the Germans conquered France they never conquered the Eiffel Tower!
“Now, let me tell you again, you cannot go up the Tower.
Get over it!”
