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

Depiction of the 1811 German Coast Uprising, a slave revolt in parts of the Orleans Territory in the United States, by an unknown artist, 1811.

A photograph showing German troops on horseback passing a destroyed Soviet T-26 tank during Operation Barbarossa, the attack by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) on the USSR from June to December 1941. Horses were used by both sides for want of mechanised...

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 memorial to the 1811 German Coast uprising, located at the Whitney Plantation Historic District, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, USA.