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A photgraph taken in July 1941 showing German armoured vehicles in Belarus during Operation Barbarossa in the Second World War (1939-45). (Polish National Digital Archives)

A photograph of German Waffen SS motorcyclists during Operation Barbarossa, the attack by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) on the USSR from June to December 1941. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing a German soldier in Kiev, Ukraine after the battle of Kiev in 1941. The battle was a major Axis victory during Operation Barbarossa in the Second World War (1939-45). (German Federal Archives)

A July 1941 photograph showing a German Panzer IV tank and other vehicles near Smolensk during Operation Barbarossa in the Second World War (1939-45). (German Federal Archives)

A photograph showing the damage to Warsaw following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. Photograph taken in October. Imperial War Museums

A photograph showing tanks of the German 6th Panzer Division in 1940. (Imperial War Museums)

Photo of German soldier Wilhelm Traub during the Battle of Stalingrad (July 1942 - February 1943) in the USSR during the Second World War (1939-45). Taub has a Russian submachine gun while he takes cover. Taken in late Autumn 1942.

Photo of German soldiers of the 24th Panzer Division in action during the battle of Stalingrad (9 July 1942-February 1943) in the USSR, specifically the fight for the southern station of the city, September 15, 1942. The battle was a key...

A photograph taken in March 1944 showing a gun emplacement, part of Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall defences along the coastline of occupied northern Europe. The defences were built in preparation for the Allied landings which came on D-Day...

A German Pzkw Mk III tank during the Battle of Gazala (May-June 1942) in the North Africa Campaign during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)