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Operation Solstice, the Glossary

Operation Solstice (Unternehmen Sonnenwende), also known as Unternehmen Husarenritt or the Stargard tank battle, was one of the last German armoured offensive operations on the Eastern Front in World War II.^[1]

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February 1945 events in Europe

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.

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Armoured warfare

Armoured warfare or armored warfare (American English; see spelling differences), is the use of armoured fighting vehicles in modern warfare.

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Army Group Vistula

Army Group Vistula was an Army Group of the Wehrmacht, formed on 24 January 1945.

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Żalęcino

Żalęcino (Sallentin in German) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dolice, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Brandenburg

Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg (see Names), is a state in northeastern Germany.

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Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe.

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Choszczno

Choszczno (Arnswalde) is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.

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Courland Pocket

The Courland Pocket was an area of the Courland Peninsula where Army Group North of Nazi Germany and the Reichskommissariat Ostland were cut off and surrounded by the Red Army for almost a year, lasting from July 1944 until 10 May 1945. Operation Solstice and Courland Pocket are Battles and operations of the Soviet–German War and military operations of World War II involving Germany.

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Division (military)

A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 25,000 soldiers.

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East Pomeranian offensive

The East Pomeranian strategic offensive operation (Восточно-Померанская наступательная операция) was an offensive by the Soviet Red Army against the German Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front. Operation Solstice and East Pomeranian offensive are 1945 in Germany, Battles and operations of the Soviet–German War and February 1945 events in Europe.

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Eastern Front (World War II)

The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War in contemporary German and Ukrainian historiographies, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland.

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Elbląg

Elbląg (Elbing; script) is a city in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, located in the eastern edge of the Żuławy region with 127,390 inhabitants, as of December 2021.

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Führer Grenadier Brigade

The Führer Grenadier Brigade (formerly Führer Grenadier Battalion later Führer Grenadier Division) was an élite German Army combat unit which saw action during World War II.

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Führerbegleitbrigade

The Führerbegleitbrigade (also spelt Führer-Begleit-Brigade; abbreviated FBB; Führer escort brigade) was a German armoured brigade and later an armoured division (Panzer-Führerbegleitdivision), in World War II.

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Felix Steiner

Felix Martin Julius Steiner (23 May 1896 – 12 May 1966) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era.

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Flemish Legion

The Flemish Legion (Vlaams Legioen) was a collaborationist military formation recruited among Dutch-speaking volunteers from German-occupied Belgium, notably from Flanders, during World War II.

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Frankfurt (Oder)

Frankfurt (Oder), also known as Frankfurt an der Oder (Central Marchian: Frankfort an de Oder) is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after Potsdam, Cottbus and Brandenburg an der Havel.

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Frants Perkhorovich

Frants Iosifovich Perkhorovich (27 May 1894 11 October 1961) was a Belarusian Soviet Army lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Głogów

Głogów (Glogau, rarely Groß-Glogau, Hlohov, Głogōw) is a city in western Poland.

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Georgy Zhukov

Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (a; 189618 June 1974) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union.

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German occupation of Norway

The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung.

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Grudziądz

Grudziądz (Graudentum, Graudentium, Graudenz) is a city in northern Poland, with 92,552 inhabitants (2021).

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Guben

Guben (Polish and Sorbian: Gubin) is a town on the Lusatian Neisse river in Lower Lusatia, in the state of Brandenburg, in eastern Germany.

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Hans Krebs (Wehrmacht general)

Hans Krebs (4 March 1898 – 2 May 1945) was a German Army general of infantry who served during World War II. A career soldier, he served in the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht. He served as the last Chief of Staff of the Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) during the final phase of the war in Europe (1 April to 1 May 1945).

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Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was a German politician who was the 4th Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron; SS), a leading member of the Nazi Party of Germany, and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany, primarily known for being a main architect of the Holocaust.

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Heinz Guderian

Heinz Wilhelm Guderian (17 June 1888 – 14 May 1954) was a German general during World War II who, after the war, became a successful memoirist.

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Hetzer

The Jagdpanzer 38 (Sd.Kfz. 138/2), originally the Leichter Panzerjäger 38(t), known mostly post-war as Hetzer, was a German light tank destroyer of the Second World War based on a modified Czechoslovakian Panzer 38(t) chassis.

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History of Pomerania (1933–1945)

History of Pomerania between 1933 and 1945 covers the period of one decade of the long history of Pomerania, lasting from the Adolf Hitler's rise to power until the end of World War II in Europe.

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Hungary

Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps

The III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps (III. (germanisches) SS-Panzerkorps) was a Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II.

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Italian campaign (World War II)

The Italian campaign of World War II, also called the Liberation of Italy following the German occupation in September 1943, consisted of Allied and Axis operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to 1945.

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Jagdpanther

The Jagdpanther (German: "hunting Panther"), Sd.Kfz.

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Jagdpanzer IV

The Jagdpanzer IV / Sd.Kfz.

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Jastrowie

Jastrowie (Jastrow) is a town in northwestern Poland of approximately 9,000 inhabitants in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship.

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Karl Decker

Karl Decker (30 November 1897 – 21 April 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who committed suicide in the Ruhr Pocket on 21 April 1945.

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Konstantin Rokossovsky

Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (Russian: Константин Константинович (Ксаверьевич) Рокоссовский; Konstanty Rokossowski; 21 December 1896 – 3 August 1968) was a Soviet and Polish officer who became a Marshal of the Soviet Union, a Marshal of Poland, and served as Poland's Defence Minister from 1949 until his removal in 1956 during the Polish October.

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Kostrzyn nad Odrą

Kostrzyn nad Odrą(translated literally as Kostrzyn upon the Oder;; Küstrin) is a town in Gorzów County, Lubusz Voivodeship in western Poland, on the border with Germany.

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Lubieniów

Lubieniów (formerly the German village of Liebenow) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Recz, within Choszczno County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.

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Martin Unrein

Martin Unrein (1 January 1901 – 22 January 1972) was a German general during World War II who commanded several divisions.

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Miedwie

Miedwie is a lake in the Pomeranian Lakeland region of West Pomeranian Voivodship, in northwestern Poland.

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Mikhail Katukov

Marshal of Armoured Troops Mikhail Yefimovich Katukov (Михаи́л Ефи́мович Катуко́в. – 8 June 1976) served as a commander of armored troops in the Red Army during and following World War II.

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Moskorzyn, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Moskorzyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Polkowice, within Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Nikolai Simoniak

Nikolai Pavlovich Simoniak (Николай Павлович Симоняк, – April 23, 1956) was a General in the Soviet Army during World War II.

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Oder

The Oder (Czech, Lower Sorbian and) is a river in Central Europe.

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Oskar Munzel

Oskar Munzel (13 March 1899 – 1 January 1992) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II and in the Bundeswehr of West Germany who commanded several divisions.

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Panther tank

The Panther tank, officially Panzerkampfwagen V Panther (abbreviated PzKpfw V) with ordnance inventory designation: Sd.Kfz. 171, is a German medium tank of World War II.

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Panzer division (Wehrmacht)

A Panzer division was one of the armored (tank) divisions in the army of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Panzer Division Holstein

Panzer-Division Holstein was an armoured division of the German army during World War 2.

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Panzer IV

The Panzerkampfwagen IV (Pz.Kpfw. IV), commonly known as the Panzer IV, is a German medium tank developed in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War.

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Panzergrenadier

(), abbreviated as PzG (WWII) or PzGren (modern), meaning "Armour"-ed fighting vehicle "Grenadier", is the German term for the military doctrine of mechanized infantry units in armoured forces who specialize in fighting from and in conjunction with infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) – that is, armoured troop carriers designed to carry a mechanized squad of six to eight soldiers into, during and out of combat while providing direct fire support for those troops.

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Pavel Belov

Pavel Alexeyevich Belov (Russian: Павел Алексеевич Белов; 18 February 1897 – 3 December 1963) was a Soviet Army colonel general and a Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Piła

Piła (Schneidemühl) is a city in northwestern Poland and the capital of Piła County, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship.

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Pomerania

Pomerania (Pomorze; Pommern; Kashubian: Pòmòrskô; Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany.

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Poznań

Poznań is a city on the River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region.

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Province of Pomerania (1815–1945)

The Province of Pomerania (Provinz Pommern; Prowincja Pomorze) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1945.

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Province of Silesia

The Province of Silesia (Provinz Schlesien; Prowincja Śląska; Prowincyjŏ Ślōnskŏ) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1919.

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Pyrzyce

Pyrzyce (Përzëca; Pyritz) is a town in Pomerania, north-western Poland.

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Race to Berlin

The Race to Berlin was a competition between Soviet Marshals Georgy Zhukov and Ivan Konev to be the first to enter Berlin during the final months of World War II in Europe.

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Rüdiger Overmans

Rüdiger Overmans (born 6 April 1954 in Düsseldorf) is a German military historian who specializes in World War II history.

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Recz

Recz (Reetz) is a town in Choszczno County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 2,963 as of 2010.

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Schutzstaffel

The Schutzstaffel (SS; also stylised as ᛋᛋ with Armanen runes) was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.

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Semyon Bogdanov

Semyon Ilyich Bogdanov (Семён Ильи́ч Богда́нов; – 12 March 1960) was a Soviet Marshal of tank forces, and twice Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Sepp Dietrich

Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (28 May 1892 – 21 April 1966) was a German politician and SS commander during the Nazi era.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Stargard

Stargard (1945: Starogród, 1950–2016: Stargard Szczeciński; Stargard in Pommern or Stargard an der Ihna; Stôrgard) is a city in northwestern Poland, located in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship.

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Stavka

The Stavka (Russian and Ukrainian: Ставка, Belarusian: Стаўка) is a name of the high command of the armed forces formerly used formerly in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union and currently in Ukraine.

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Szczecin

Szczecin (Stettin; Stettin; Sedinum or Stetinum) is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland.

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Tiger II

The Tiger II was a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B, often shortened to Tiger B.Jentz and Doyle 1993, p. 16. The ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 182. (Sd.Kfz. 267 and 268 for command vehicles). It was also known informally as the Königstiger (German for Bengal tiger).

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Vistula

The Vistula (Wisła,, Weichsel) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at in length.

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Vistula–Oder offensive

The Vistula–Oder offensive was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European theatre of World War II in January 1945. Operation Solstice and Vistula–Oder offensive are 1945 in Germany, Battles and operations of the Soviet–German War, February 1945 events in Europe and military operations of World War II involving Germany.

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Volkssturm

The Volkssturm ("people's storm") was a levée en masse national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II.

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Volunteer Legion Netherlands

The Volunteer Legion Netherlands (Vrijwilligerslegioen Nederland) was a collaborationist military formation recruited in the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II.

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Wałcz

Wałcz (pronounced; Deutsch Krone) is a county town in Wałcz County of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland.

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Walloon Legion

The Walloon Legion (Légion Wallonie, "Wallonia Legion") was a unit of the German Army (Wehrmacht) and later of the Waffen-SS recruited among French-speaking collaborationists in German-occupied Belgium during World War II.

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Walther Wenck

Walther Wenck (18 September 1900 – 1 May 1982) was a German officer and industrialist.

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Wehrmacht

The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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XXXIX Panzer Corps

The XXXIX Panzer Corps (XXXIX., also previously designated the XXXIX. Armeekorps (mot)) was a German panzer corps which saw action on the Western and Eastern Fronts during World War II.

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10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg

The 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" (10.) was a German Waffen-SS armoured division during World War II.

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11th SS Panzer Army

The 11th SS Panzer Army (SS-Panzer-Armeeoberkommando 11) was little more than a paper army formed in February 1945 by Heinrich Himmler while he was commander of Army Group Vistula.

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11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland

The 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland (11.) was a Waffen-SS division primarily raised with Germans and ethnic Germans from Romania, but also foreign volunteers from Western Europe.

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163rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 163rd Infantry Division (163.) was a German Army infantry division in World War II.

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1st Belorussian Front

The 1st Belorussian Front (Пéрвый Белорусский фронт, Pervyy Belorusskiy front, also romanized "Byelorussian"), known without a numeral as the Belorussian Front between October 1943 and February 1944, was a major formation of the Red Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army group.

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1st Guards Tank Army

The 1st Guards Tank Red Banner Army is a tank army of the Russian Ground Forces (Military Unit Number 73621). The army traces its heritage back to the 1st Tank Army, formed twice in July 1942 and in January 1943 and converted into the 1st Guards Tank Army in January 1944. The army fought as part of the Red Army on the Eastern Front during World War II.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Solstice

Also known as Operation Sonnenwende, Unternehmen Husarenritt, Unternehmen Sonnenwende.

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