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German horse-drawn transport crossing the Dnieper (Dnepr) after the battle of Smolensk in 1941 during Operation Barbarossa in the Second World War (1939-45). (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...

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)

A December 1941 photograph showing two German soldiers overlooking Sevastopol during the Siege of Sevastopol in 1941-2 in the Second World War (1939-45). (Polish National Digital Archives)

A 1944 photograph of a German Karl self-propelled mortar gun, a type used in several major battles during the Second World War (1939-45). The gun had a massive calibre of 600 mm (23 inches) and could fire 2.4-ton concrete-piercing shells.

A photograph showing Sudeten Germans welcoming German troops during the first stage of Adolf Hitler's occupation of Czechoslovakia in October 1938. The Sudetenland was occupied as it contained some three million German speakers. (Imperial...

A photograph showing German troops and Polish civilians following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. Photograph taken in the Tuchola Forest, 4 September 1939. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing German troops crossing the border with Austria during the Anschluss of March 1938. (Imperial War Museums)

A 1943 photograph of an 88mm anti-aircraft gun used by Germany during the Second World War (1939-45). These guns were usually placed in batteries of six or eight guns.(German Federal Archives)