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geography / travel, Germany, Berlin, wall, soldiers of East German border troops, 1964, Stock Photo

RMBBNGN8–geography / travel, Germany, Berlin, wall, soldiers of East German border troops, 1964,

Vintage photo of Berlin Crisis of 1961: Building the Wall East German troops and police group together behind the wall built by the Communists to seal Stock Photo

RF2HN3PBG–Vintage photo of Berlin Crisis of 1961: Building the Wall East German troops and police group together behind the wall built by the Communists to seal

geography / travel, Germany, East-Germany, border, ADDITIONAL-RIGHTS-CLEARANCE-INFO-NOT-AVAILABLE Stock Photo

RM2G225HF–geography / travel, Germany, East-Germany, border, ADDITIONAL-RIGHTS-CLEARANCE-INFO-NOT-AVAILABLE

German troops in a Russian border town, 1914 Stock Photo

RMDYYX8Y–German troops in a Russian border town, 1914

geography / travel, Germany, Berlin, wall, members of East German border troops, check point Invalidenstrasse, 1961, Stock Photo

RMBB6916–geography / travel, Germany, Berlin, wall, members of East German border troops, check point Invalidenstrasse, 1961,

Soldiers of the GDR border troops at the inner German border in Eichsfeld. Stock Photo

RMRMD4KR–Soldiers of the GDR border troops at the inner German border in Eichsfeld.

Poppe, Helmut, 1926 - 1979, German general, commandant of East Berlin 23.8.1962 - 31.5.1971, visit to the sectoral border, Brandenburg Gate, 26.3.1963, , Stock Photo

RMCR6FPH–Poppe, Helmut, 1926 - 1979, German general, commandant of East Berlin 23.8.1962 - 31.5.1971, visit to the sectoral border, Brandenburg Gate, 26.3.1963, ,

German Landsturm guard at the Russo-German border, 1914 Stock Photo

RMDYYX71–German Landsturm guard at the Russo-German border, 1914

The Berlin Wall at Staaken during the cold War. British troops looking into the East. Stock Photo

RMCTCWDW–The Berlin Wall at Staaken during the cold War. British troops looking into the East.

GDR border troops doing marking work on a border post of the GDR near Obersuhl / Hesse. Stock Photo

RMRMH1BF–GDR border troops doing marking work on a border post of the GDR near Obersuhl / Hesse.

World War 1 in East Africa. British and Empire African soldiers on the march in 1917. They captured 2000 German colonial regulars and Askaris (African troops) and pushed the rest of General Von Lettows forces across the border into Portuguese Nyasaland. (BSLOC 2013 1 46) Stock Photo

RMKWCWAE–World War 1 in East Africa. British and Empire African soldiers on the march in 1917. They captured 2000 German colonial regulars and Askaris (African troops) and pushed the rest of General Von Lettows forces across the border into Portuguese Nyasaland. (BSLOC 2013 1 46)

German soldiers bombard Russian positions with a mortar, 1944 Stock Photo

RMC45XW8–German soldiers bombard Russian positions with a mortar, 1944

Start of the construction of the Berlin Wall.At midnight on 13th August the police and units of the East German army began to close the border and, by Sunday morning, 13 August, the border with West Berlin was closed. East German troops and workers had begun to tear up streets running alongside the border to make them impassable to most vehicles and to install barbed wire entanglements and fences along the 156 kilometres around the three western sectors as well as the 43 kilometres that divided West and East Berlin. Picture shows: East German soldiers keep watch on the streets of Berlin af Stock Photo

RM2HJ5XRW–Start of the construction of the Berlin Wall.At midnight on 13th August the police and units of the East German army began to close the border and, by Sunday morning, 13 August, the border with West Berlin was closed. East German troops and workers had begun to tear up streets running alongside the border to make them impassable to most vehicles and to install barbed wire entanglements and fences along the 156 kilometres around the three western sectors as well as the 43 kilometres that divided West and East Berlin. Picture shows: East German soldiers keep watch on the streets of Berlin af

German Cavalry in Poland, 1915 Stock Photo

RME004DA–German Cavalry in Poland, 1915

Gotha, East Germany, People's Police Orchestra and NVA soldiers in the procession to the 1200th anniversary of the city of Gotha Stock Photo

RMD6MYEB–Gotha, East Germany, People's Police Orchestra and NVA soldiers in the procession to the 1200th anniversary of the city of Gotha

1979 - Members of the 11th Armored Cavalry stop to talk with West German soldiers while patrolling the border between East and West Germany in M151 light vehicles. Stock Photo

RMRA4CDK–1979 - Members of the 11th Armored Cavalry stop to talk with West German soldiers while patrolling the border between East and West Germany in M151 light vehicles.

Wartime poster from Nazi-occupied Norway. The poster for an SS ski battalion reads 'On duty at the northern border against the East' (i.e. Russia) Stock Photo

RMPGX4YB–Wartime poster from Nazi-occupied Norway. The poster for an SS ski battalion reads 'On duty at the northern border against the East' (i.e. Russia)

RMKWCXF6–World War 1 in East Africa. British and Empire African soldiers on the march in 1917. They captured 2000 German colonial regulars and Askaris (African troops) and pushed the rest of General Von Lettows forces across the border into Portuguese Nyasaland. (BSLOC 2013 1 46)

East German border soldiers observe the happenings on the Western side from GDR territory at the inner-German border between Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt at the 'Wild Boar Corner' (Wildschweineck) near Gummern, Germany, July 1984. Photo: Juergen Ritter - NO WIRE SERVICE Stock Photo

RME7DHDX–East German border soldiers observe the happenings on the Western side from GDR territory at the inner-German border between Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt at the 'Wild Boar Corner' (Wildschweineck) near Gummern, Germany, July 1984. Photo: Juergen Ritter - NO WIRE SERVICE

Members of the GDR border troops renew the fortifications on the inner German border. Stock Photo

RMRMH1BJ–Members of the GDR border troops renew the fortifications on the inner German border.

Vintage photo of Berlin Crisis of 1961: Building the Wall East German Infantrymen Line Up In Close Ranks to Seal Off Berlin's Key Border Crossing Poin Stock Photo

RF2HN3PBC–Vintage photo of Berlin Crisis of 1961: Building the Wall East German Infantrymen Line Up In Close Ranks to Seal Off Berlin's Key Border Crossing Poin

Soldiers of the Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic with armoured personnel carriers, which are earmarked for scrapping, at the maintenance facility Reparaturwerk Neubrandenburg (RWN). The RWN on the grounds of the former torpedo testing facility Torpedoversuchsanstalt Neubrandenburg (TVA) was one of the biggest facilities in Europe for the repair of tanks during the GDR. Photo: Benno Bartocha -NO WIRE SERVICE- Stock Photo

RME7DJ65–Soldiers of the Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic with armoured personnel carriers, which are earmarked for scrapping, at the maintenance facility Reparaturwerk Neubrandenburg (RWN). The RWN on the grounds of the former torpedo testing facility Torpedoversuchsanstalt Neubrandenburg (TVA) was one of the biggest facilities in Europe for the repair of tanks during the GDR. Photo: Benno Bartocha -NO WIRE SERVICE-

Last shift of the GDR border troops, the German-German border, here the border crossing point Wartha-Herleshausen, motorway A4 Stock Photo

RMF1DXP9–Last shift of the GDR border troops, the German-German border, here the border crossing point Wartha-Herleshausen, motorway A4

The Nazi Propaganda! on the back of the image reads: 'The first photographs of the fights in the East. Our troops cross the border in the early hours of 22 June.' Image from the Eastern Front, 22 June 1941. The attack on the Soviet Union by the German Reich was agreed on in July 1940 and prepared since December 1940 as the 'Operation Barbarossa'. On 22 June 1941, the invasion of the Soviet Union by the German Wehrmacht started. Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte Stock Photo

RMD9TK4W–The Nazi Propaganda! on the back of the image reads: 'The first photographs of the fights in the East. Our troops cross the border in the early hours of 22 June.' Image from the Eastern Front, 22 June 1941. The attack on the Soviet Union by the German Reich was agreed on in July 1940 and prepared since December 1940 as the 'Operation Barbarossa'. On 22 June 1941, the invasion of the Soviet Union by the German Wehrmacht started. Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte

Korzeniewo, Pomorskie, Poland on March 5, 2024. German servicemen present transfer of tanks and armored vehicles via Vistula river during NATO's Dragon-24 exercise, a part of large scale Steadfast Defender-24 exercise. The exercises, which take place mainly in Central Europe, involve some 90,000 troops from all NATO countries as well as Sweden. The aim of Steadfast Defender-24 is to deter and present defensive abilities in the face of aggression. Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/Alamy Live News Stock Photo

RM2WP3BTN–Korzeniewo, Pomorskie, Poland on March 5, 2024. German servicemen present transfer of tanks and armored vehicles via Vistula river during NATO's Dragon-24 exercise, a part of large scale Steadfast Defender-24 exercise. The exercises, which take place mainly in Central Europe, involve some 90,000 troops from all NATO countries as well as Sweden. The aim of Steadfast Defender-24 is to deter and present defensive abilities in the face of aggression. Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/Alamy Live News

Border soldiers jump out of a truck at the inner German border near Wootz an der Elbe, East Germany, date unknown 1976. Photo: Wilfried Glienke Stock Photo

RME7DJ58–Border soldiers jump out of a truck at the inner German border near Wootz an der Elbe, East Germany, date unknown 1976. Photo: Wilfried Glienke

geography / travel, Germany, Berlin, wall, renewal, 1965, Stock Photo

RMBBN8XC–geography / travel, Germany, Berlin, wall, renewal, 1965,

The Berlin Wall and British soldiers at Staaken during the cold War Stock Photo

RMCTCWH2–The Berlin Wall and British soldiers at Staaken during the cold War

East German National People's Army border soldiers patrol the banks of the Spree, pictured from the Kreuzberg in West Berlin, Germany, 1987. Photo: Dieter Palm - NO WIRE SERVICE Stock Photo

RME7DJ64–East German National People's Army border soldiers patrol the banks of the Spree, pictured from the Kreuzberg in West Berlin, Germany, 1987. Photo: Dieter Palm - NO WIRE SERVICE

Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate border guards and tourists posing to have their picture taken - Pariser Platz Stock Photo

RMCX4HHF–Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate border guards and tourists posing to have their picture taken - Pariser Platz

Soviet troops cross a pontoon bridge at the Western Bug in July 1944. Operation Bagration took place in summer 1944 with the advance of Soviet forces to the border of East Prussia leading to the defeat of the German Reich. Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichtee - NO WIRE SERVICE Stock Photo

RME1EMR6–Soviet troops cross a pontoon bridge at the Western Bug in July 1944. Operation Bagration took place in summer 1944 with the advance of Soviet forces to the border of East Prussia leading to the defeat of the German Reich. Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichtee - NO WIRE SERVICE

RM2HJ5XYP–Start of the construction of the Berlin Wall.At midnight on 13th August the police and units of the East German army began to close the border and, by Sunday morning, 13 August, the border with West Berlin was closed. East German troops and workers had begun to tear up streets running alongside the border to make them impassable to most vehicles and to install barbed wire entanglements and fences along the 156 kilometres around the three western sectors as well as the 43 kilometres that divided West and East Berlin. Picture shows: East German border guards keep watch on the streets of Berl

Two border soldiers from the East German National People's Army carry border unit cook Berta Niebel's bags and shopping nets through the derelict town Motzlar in der Rhoen, Germany, October 1968. The town is located directly in the border region between East and West Germany. It was empty and a special permit was needed to visit the town. Photo: Wilfried Glienke Stock Photo

RME7DGJ6–Two border soldiers from the East German National People's Army carry border unit cook Berta Niebel's bags and shopping nets through the derelict town Motzlar in der Rhoen, Germany, October 1968. The town is located directly in the border region between East and West Germany. It was empty and a special permit was needed to visit the town. Photo: Wilfried Glienke

Gotha, DDR, NVA soldiers and soldiers of the Soviet Union in the parade for the 1200th anniversary of the city of Gotha Stock Photo

RMD6MYEM–Gotha, DDR, NVA soldiers and soldiers of the Soviet Union in the parade for the 1200th anniversary of the city of Gotha

RM2CTE46D–1979 - Members of the 11th Armored Cavalry stop to talk with West German soldiers while patrolling the border between East and West Germany in M151 light vehicles.

Soldiers from the various armed forces of the Warsaw Pact countries pose for a photo on an assembly ground in Czechoslovakia, 10 September 1984. The unified forces of the Warsaw Pact countries take place in the CSSR near the East German border from 05 to 14 September 1984. Photo: Ulrich Haessler Stock Photo

RME7DGBX–Soldiers from the various armed forces of the Warsaw Pact countries pose for a photo on an assembly ground in Czechoslovakia, 10 September 1984. The unified forces of the Warsaw Pact countries take place in the CSSR near the East German border from 05 to 14 September 1984. Photo: Ulrich Haessler

NVA soldiers on the Berlin Wall in 1989, Berlin, Germany Stock Photo

RMBB5NGT–NVA soldiers on the Berlin Wall in 1989, Berlin, Germany

The original report from the GDR news agency ADN on the back of the picture reads: '30.11.1978: GDR - On the day of border guards (December 1). East German border troops are responsible for securing out Socialist fatherland. The means that every new soldier has to know his section of the border perfectly. Therefore post leader private Waldemar Vogt (R) explains every feature of the land to border soldier Detlef Warnowski.' (Reduced quality due to age of document.) Photo: dpa-ZB/Huelsdorff Stock Photo

RME7DHBD–The original report from the GDR news agency ADN on the back of the picture reads: '30.11.1978: GDR - On the day of border guards (December 1). East German border troops are responsible for securing out Socialist fatherland. The means that every new soldier has to know his section of the border perfectly. Therefore post leader private Waldemar Vogt (R) explains every feature of the land to border soldier Detlef Warnowski.' (Reduced quality due to age of document.) Photo: dpa-ZB/Huelsdorff

Korzeniewo, Poland on March 4, 2024. German flagged NATO soldiers exercise ability to cross Boxer armored vehicles through Vistula river on ferries during NATO's Dragon-24 exercise, a part of large scale Steadfast Defender-24 exercise. The Steadfast Defender-2 exercises, which will take place mainly in Central Europe, will involve some 90,000 troops from all NATO countries as well as Sweden. Their aim is to deter and present defensive abilities in the face of aggression. Stock Photo

RM2WNWPD6–Korzeniewo, Poland on March 4, 2024. German flagged NATO soldiers exercise ability to cross Boxer armored vehicles through Vistula river on ferries during NATO's Dragon-24 exercise, a part of large scale Steadfast Defender-24 exercise. The Steadfast Defender-2 exercises, which will take place mainly in Central Europe, will involve some 90,000 troops from all NATO countries as well as Sweden. Their aim is to deter and present defensive abilities in the face of aggression.

Vintage photo of Berlin Crisis of 1961: Building the Wall A Squad of East Berlin 'Workers' Militia' With Submachine Guns Stands Shoulder-To-Shoulder i Stock Photo

RF2HN3PB9–Vintage photo of Berlin Crisis of 1961: Building the Wall A Squad of East Berlin 'Workers' Militia' With Submachine Guns Stands Shoulder-To-Shoulder i

Propaganda! of the national socialist reporting on the back of the picturet: 'From the war in the East. From the border crossing-point: One year of Soviet-Russian mismanagement in Latvia and the population has to live in want. German soldiers give small Lithuanians something to eat.' Motif from the Eastern front, Lithuania, 06/24/1941. The attack undertaken by the German Army on the Soviet Union took place on 06/22/1941 under the code name 'Operation Barbarossa'. First welcomed and supported by the local population as 'liberators from the stalinist yoke' the Wehrmacht became hated by the majo Stock Photo

RMD9TJ64–Propaganda! of the national socialist reporting on the back of the picturet: 'From the war in the East. From the border crossing-point: One year of Soviet-Russian mismanagement in Latvia and the population has to live in want. German soldiers give small Lithuanians something to eat.' Motif from the Eastern front, Lithuania, 06/24/1941. The attack undertaken by the German Army on the Soviet Union took place on 06/22/1941 under the code name 'Operation Barbarossa'. First welcomed and supported by the local population as 'liberators from the stalinist yoke' the Wehrmacht became hated by the majo

RMF1DXAW–Last shift of the GDR border troops, the German-German border, here the border crossing point Wartha-Herleshausen, motorway A4

East German border guards patrol in a Trabant Kuebel the border strip along the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany, 1987. Photo: Dieter Palm - NO WIRE SERVICE Stock Photo

RME7DJ63–East German border guards patrol in a Trabant Kuebel the border strip along the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany, 1987. Photo: Dieter Palm - NO WIRE SERVICE

RM2WP3AA0–Korzeniewo, Pomorskie, Poland on March 5, 2024. German servicemen present transfer of tanks and armored vehicles via Vistula river during NATO's Dragon-24 exercise, a part of large scale Steadfast Defender-24 exercise. The exercises, which take place mainly in Central Europe, involve some 90,000 troops from all NATO countries as well as Sweden. The aim of Steadfast Defender-24 is to deter and present defensive abilities in the face of aggression. Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/Alamy Live News

East German border guards are reconstructing the Wall, mounting barbed wire and spikes underneath the windows to gore refugees. The death stripe in the middle and the wall to the right. Stock Photo

RME7DJ5D–East German border guards are reconstructing the Wall, mounting barbed wire and spikes underneath the windows to gore refugees. The death stripe in the middle and the wall to the right.

Thousands of East and West Berliners celebrate the opening of the border on the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate. GDR frontier guards prevent people from entering the restricted area at the square in front of the Brandenburg Gate and the Pariser Platz. Stock Photo

RMRMGW5J–Thousands of East and West Berliners celebrate the opening of the border on the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate. GDR frontier guards prevent people from entering the restricted area at the square in front of the Brandenburg Gate and the Pariser Platz.

Opening of the Berlin Wall - East German NVA border guard is walking on top of the wall in the Western side of the separation barrier at the Brandenburg Gate, looking at the Western part of the city on NOvember 16th 1989. Photo: Sven Barten (c) dpa - Report Stock Photo

RMDC95J9–Opening of the Berlin Wall - East German NVA border guard is walking on top of the wall in the Western side of the separation barrier at the Brandenburg Gate, looking at the Western part of the city on NOvember 16th 1989. Photo: Sven Barten (c) dpa - Report

2nd Lt. Rat.L. Dewell, S.C., photographed on Feb. 26, 1919, commanded the 125th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division, formerly known as the 33rd Michigan Infantry with elements of the Inter 31st Michigan Infantry and 5th Wisconsin Infantry. The photo shows the regiment, under the leadership of Colonel Edw. G. Heckel, crossing the national bridge from Echternach, Luxembourg, to Echternach-Bruck, Germany. Stock Photo

RM2RCG5XE–2nd Lt. Rat.L. Dewell, S.C., photographed on Feb. 26, 1919, commanded the 125th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division, formerly known as the 33rd Michigan Infantry with elements of the Inter 31st Michigan Infantry and 5th Wisconsin Infantry. The photo shows the regiment, under the leadership of Colonel Edw. G. Heckel, crossing the national bridge from Echternach, Luxembourg, to Echternach-Bruck, Germany.

Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate posing to have your picture taken - Pariser Platz Stock Photo

RMCX4HB7–Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate posing to have your picture taken - Pariser Platz

Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate, summer 2013 - Pariser Platz and tourists with Soldiers Stock Photo

RMDF19JT–Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate, summer 2013 - Pariser Platz and tourists with Soldiers

RMCX4HE3–Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate border guards and tourists posing to have their picture taken - Pariser Platz

RMDF19HA–Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate, summer 2013 - Pariser Platz and tourists with Soldiers

RMBB5NN6–NVA soldiers on the Berlin Wall in 1989, Berlin, Germany

RMCX4HCY–Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate border guards and tourists posing to have their picture taken - Pariser Platz

Vintage photo of Berlin Crisis of 1961: Building the Wall. Patton Tanks of Company F, 40 Armor Emplaced On Friedrichstrasse, Cover Riflemen of the 2nd Stock Photo

RF2HN3PBR–Vintage photo of Berlin Crisis of 1961: Building the Wall. Patton Tanks of Company F, 40 Armor Emplaced On Friedrichstrasse, Cover Riflemen of the 2nd

RMF1DXTJ–Last shift of the GDR border troops, the German-German border, here the border crossing point Wartha-Herleshausen, motorway A4

RM2WP3BRR–Korzeniewo, Pomorskie, Poland on March 5, 2024. German servicemen present transfer of tanks and armored vehicles via Vistula river during NATO's Dragon-24 exercise, a part of large scale Steadfast Defender-24 exercise. The exercises, which take place mainly in Central Europe, involve some 90,000 troops from all NATO countries as well as Sweden. The aim of Steadfast Defender-24 is to deter and present defensive abilities in the face of aggression. Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/Alamy Live News

RMRMGW5H–Thousands of East and West Berliners celebrate the opening of the border on the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate. GDR frontier guards prevent people from entering the restricted area at the square in front of the Brandenburg Gate and the Pariser Platz.

RMBB5NJ7–NVA soldiers on the Berlin Wall in 1989, Berlin, Germany

RMCX4HG8–Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate border guards and tourists posing to have their picture taken - Pariser Platz

Vintage photo of Berlin Crisis of 1961: Building the Wall. Communist 'People's Police' Burn the Remaining Rubble After a Row of Houses Near the Berlin Stock Photo

RF2HN3PBP–Vintage photo of Berlin Crisis of 1961: Building the Wall. Communist 'People's Police' Burn the Remaining Rubble After a Row of Houses Near the Berlin

RMF1DXA3–Last shift of the GDR border troops, the German-German border, here the border crossing point Wartha-Herleshausen, motorway A4

Korzeniewo, Pomorskie, Poland on March 5, 2024. German and British servicemen present transfer of tanks and armored vehicles via Vistula river during NATO's Dragon-24 exercise, a part of large scale Steadfast Defender-24 exercise. The exercises, which take place mainly in Central Europe, involve some 90,000 troops from all NATO countries as well as Sweden. The aim of Steadfast Defender-24 is to deter and present defensive abilities in the face of aggression. Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/Alamy Live News Stock Photo

RM2WP3BTC–Korzeniewo, Pomorskie, Poland on March 5, 2024. German and British servicemen present transfer of tanks and armored vehicles via Vistula river during NATO's Dragon-24 exercise, a part of large scale Steadfast Defender-24 exercise. The exercises, which take place mainly in Central Europe, involve some 90,000 troops from all NATO countries as well as Sweden. The aim of Steadfast Defender-24 is to deter and present defensive abilities in the face of aggression. Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/Alamy Live News

RMBB5N94–NVA soldiers on the Berlin Wall in 1989, Berlin, Germany

RMCX4HET–Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate border guards and tourists posing to have their picture taken - Pariser Platz

Vintage photo of Berlin Crisis of 1961: Building the Wall Military Water Trucks, With High-Pressure Hoses Mounted in Their Turrets, Are Lined Up in Le Stock Photo

RF2HN3PB6–Vintage photo of Berlin Crisis of 1961: Building the Wall Military Water Trucks, With High-Pressure Hoses Mounted in Their Turrets, Are Lined Up in Le

RMF1DXPW–Last shift of the GDR border troops, the German-German border, here the border crossing point Wartha-Herleshausen, motorway A4

Korzeniewo, Pomorskie, Poland on March 5, 2024. German and Polish servicemen present transfer of tanks and armored vehicles via Vistula river during NATO's Dragon-24 exercise, a part of large scale Steadfast Defender-24 exercise. The exercises, which take place mainly in Central Europe, involve some 90,000 troops from all NATO countries as well as Sweden. The aim of Steadfast Defender-24 is to deter and present defensive abilities in the face of aggression. Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/Alamy Live News Stock Photo

RM2WP3ANC–Korzeniewo, Pomorskie, Poland on March 5, 2024. German and Polish servicemen present transfer of tanks and armored vehicles via Vistula river during NATO's Dragon-24 exercise, a part of large scale Steadfast Defender-24 exercise. The exercises, which take place mainly in Central Europe, involve some 90,000 troops from all NATO countries as well as Sweden. The aim of Steadfast Defender-24 is to deter and present defensive abilities in the face of aggression. Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/Alamy Live News

RMBB5NT5–NVA soldiers on the Berlin Wall in 1989, Berlin, Germany

RMCX4HFH–Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate border guards and tourists posing to have their picture taken - Pariser Platz

RMF1DXT6–Last shift of the GDR border troops, the German-German border, here the border crossing point Wartha-Herleshausen, motorway A4

Korzeniewo, Pomorskie, Poland on March 5, 2024. Polish and German servicemen present transfer of tanks and armored vehicles via Vistula river during NATO's Dragon-24 exercise, a part of large scale Steadfast Defender-24 exercise. The exercises, which take place mainly in Central Europe, involve some 90,000 troops from all NATO countries as well as Sweden. The aim of Steadfast Defender-24 is to deter and present defensive abilities in the face of aggression. Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/Alamy Live News Stock Photo

RM2WP39Y6–Korzeniewo, Pomorskie, Poland on March 5, 2024. Polish and German servicemen present transfer of tanks and armored vehicles via Vistula river during NATO's Dragon-24 exercise, a part of large scale Steadfast Defender-24 exercise. The exercises, which take place mainly in Central Europe, involve some 90,000 troops from all NATO countries as well as Sweden. The aim of Steadfast Defender-24 is to deter and present defensive abilities in the face of aggression. Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/Alamy Live News