Images

A formation of Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber during the attack on Poland in 1939 in the first year of the Second World War (1939-45). (German Federal Archives)

A Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber during the Netherlands campaign in the Second World War (1939-45). (Netherlands Ministry of Defence)

A 1943 photograph of a formation of Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bombers. Flying over the Eastern Front during the Second World War (1939-45). (German Federal Archives)

A Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber, captured in North Africa in 1941. (Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago).

A photograph of a Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber releasing its bomb load during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing Free French troops digging an artillery emplacement at Bir Hakeim, Libya prior to the battle of Gazala in June 1942. (Imperial War Museums)

Two members of the French Foreign Legion who fought at the battle of Bir Hakeim in June 1942 during the Second World War (1939-45). They are eating tinned corned beef, part of their British Army rations. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing members of the French Foreign Legion who fought at the battle of Bir Hakeim in June 1942 during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A map of the principal locations involved in the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45).

The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, also known as the Congo Conference, was convened by European powers to regulate colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period. Led by German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck at the request...