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Episode from the German Peasants' War, oil on canvas painting by Hermann Eichler, c. 1867. Belvedere, Vienna.

A photograph of British soldiers with wounded German soldiers, taken during the First Battle of the Somme (July-November 1916) during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A stick grenade used by the German Army in the First World War (1914-8). (Imperial War Museums)

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 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 photograph showing German troops releasing poisonous gas from canisters during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London.

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...

A photograph of First World War (1914-18) German dreadnought warships in port. Unknown date or location. (Imperial War Museums)

A 1916 photograph of German defensive positions on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London.