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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sit together in an open carriage, smiling and waving to crowds following their wedding at Windsor Castle in May 2018. Harry wears military uniform, while Meghan wears a white wedding dress and veil.

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Four women in military uniform celebrate VE Day by waving Union Jack flags from an open-top jeep surrounded by cheering crowds. The joyful scene takes place in a city street lined with large stone buildings, as onlookers smile and gather around the vehicle.

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Adolf Hitler – at the time chancellor of Austria – is saluted by the crowds as he makes his way to the great parade of troops in Vienna, Austria, March 1938. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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A spiritual swastika on a lotus background.

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Why did Hitler choose the swastika as a Nazi symbol?

Adolf Hitler and his lover, Eva Braun, relaxing in Berchtesgaden in 1942. The Nazi leader’s private life was more ‘normal’ than some accounts have suggested (Photo by akg-images)

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King Henry VI of the Hohenstaufen dynasty

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What was the Erfurt Latrine Disaster?

A German soldier seeks cover from the Soviet artillery fire in a field. In the background, smoke rises from the hitting grenades. (Photo by Alamy)

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A Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) approaches Omaha Beach, Normandy on D-Day (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

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The outlaw Johannes Bückler, also known as Schinderhannes

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: SS soldiers with Jewish people before their execution at Babyn Yar. “Each of these murders took place face to face. It was an intimate and barbaric process,” writes James Bulgin. (Photo by YAD VASHEM ARCHIVES)

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A black and white photo of Adolf Hitler standing by a car and wearing a coat, looking towards the camera.

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Illustration of the Children's Crusade of 1212, from the Story of the British Nation, Volume 1, by Walter Hutchinson, c1920 (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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British Army tanks are unloaded on to Gold Beach on D-Day

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Construction of the Berlin Wall begins at Ebertstrasse. The barrier would divide the city for 28 years (Photo by von der Becke/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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Christopher Clark at St Catharine's College, Cambridge (Photo by Damien McFadden)

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Landmarks of Berlin

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Hitler and Eva Braun pose with their dogs in 1942

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A still from American-made war epic All Quiet on the Western Front

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A German soldier captured during the battle of Kursk, July–August 1943. Germany’s last major offensive on the eastern front ended in crushing defeat (Photo by STF/AFP/ GettyImages)

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A propaganda photograph showing a typical German family eating the Eintopf, a cost-saving stew promoted by the Third Reich

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Aerial view of the outside of Treblinka extermination camp, Germany, 1943. (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

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Count von Stauffenberg

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