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The German Peasants' War (1524-1525) was a conflict between the lower class of the Germanic region of the Holy Roman Empire and the nobility over the feudal system of serfdom, religious freedom, and economic disparity. It was later characterized...

The German Crusade of 1197 CE, also known as the 'Emperor's Crusade', was led by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI (r. 1191-1197 CE). Although the emperor died on his way east, his army did capture Beirut from the forces of the Ayyubid dynasty...

In 2024, France is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Liberation (1944), and as part of a series of conferences organised by the Société archéologique et historique de Beaugency, Catherine Join-Dieterle, Doctor in History of Art and...

A photograph showing moptorised German infantry in January 1940 on the Western Front. (German Federal Archives)

Official signpost of the German Limes Road (German: Deutsche Limes-Straße), a tourist route for motorists, cyclists and hikers that follows the course of the UNESCO - World Heritage Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes. Starting in Rheinbrohl (near...

A May 1940 photograph showing a German Panzer II (foreground) and Panzer I (rear) operating on the Western Front during the Second World War (939-45). (German Federal Archives)

German Peasants' War (1525), wall painting by Carolus Vocke, 1965. Herdwangen-Schönach City Hall.

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)

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...