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@serpens8

11 күн бұрын

MALWARE!

Thank you all wikings who fought for Finland.

I knew of a few American veterans who had friends from the 5th Wiking, many of them moved to the USA after the war, they were a very skilled bunch of fighters

@The_war_thunder_noob_02

Ай бұрын

Skilled what?

@chrisstucker1813

Ай бұрын

hard as nails. fought in some of the war's toughest conditions and performed extremely well

@mattclements1348

Ай бұрын

​@chrisstucker1813 yes those guys were tough, to go thru that, as i get older i look at the war more objectively, the victors do write the history books. Were atrocities committed yes, on both sides, but most were soldiers doing there job 🫡

@uranusismightybig5111

Ай бұрын

​@@The_war_thunder_noob_02 skilled at fëeling yøu up yøur drêss...

@girthyrichar6947

Ай бұрын

​@@The_war_thunder_noob_02 Read it again

Absolutely love your work, the fine line in history where we should explore. Your perfectly centred, not too radical with your presentations as like others on KZread, love it

@PassionateSpirit88

Ай бұрын

Did the American vets mention that they regret fighting the Germans in WW2?

The most Based channel on YT, appreciate all of your work

@blutrache19

Ай бұрын

youtube.com/@FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL?si=bu3rjQkZDol2tgPy Here's another one. Exquisite contents.

@drivenmad7676

13 күн бұрын

Check out Robert Sepehr. The most dangerous anthropologist.

These guys volunteered to end communism. The german forces was some of the most diverse soldiers ever to that point to fight together. And operatio barborasa was a 6 nation invasion not just germany

@drivenmad7676

13 күн бұрын

Facts! "History is a set of lies agreed upon." NB

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

7 күн бұрын

But under German command

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

7 күн бұрын

​@@drivenmad7676lol whatever basement general

Leon Degrelle and his Sturmbrigade Wallonien would be worth a separate video. He was awarded the close-combat clasp in gold, which means he lived through at least 50 days of close combat. Only around 650 soldiers had been awarded the "Nahkampf-Spange in Gold".

@cocobot90

3 күн бұрын

Yeah, AFAIK any soldier wearing this had earned the immediate respect of any soldier or officer they met. The Knight's Cross was given out in ever greater numbers towards the end of the war, as a moral boost. While still being prestigious, there could be a big difference between a regular KC awarded early in the war and one awarded between ~1944(?) and the end. There were those truly earned Knight's Crosses and then those awarded for propaganda value and on an "honorary" basis to higher ranking party members and the like. Conversely, the conditions for the "consecutive days spent in close-combat", increased between the clasp in bronze, silver ans gold. However, there wasn't ever any doubt involved about anyone sporting the iconic close-combat clasp in gold.

I always recommend reading “twilight of the gods” by thorolf hillblad about a Swedish ss soldier serving in ss nordland a great book which shows the toughness of ss volunteers in general

@yuppy1967

Ай бұрын

Awesome book, it cuts through all the negative propaganda that was generated after the end of the war. It gives you the truth, which is hard to come by these days.

@liamneilson5831

Ай бұрын

@@yuppy1967 reminds me of some of my opas war stories from the eastern front, such a brutal struggle

I used to talk (early 90's) with two finnish SS men who were volunteers and fought in the east front during '41-'44. They we're hard boiled fighters.

@wingnutjtw

Ай бұрын

Wow the stories those men must have had.

@loneranger5349

Ай бұрын

Obviously the Russians were harder 😊

@Farkmetal

Ай бұрын

Were they in the wiking division or maybe nord?

@ColinFreeman-kh9us

Ай бұрын

@@loneranger5349 when they were a rapin’ you mean as obviously to anyone with a brain the results of the winter war proved different looking at losses.

@henrysatterwhite375

Ай бұрын

​@loneranger5349 if by the Russians being Harder you mean, had 20 times the man power, yeah sure lol. 1,000,000,000,000 ants will probably take down an elephant

I do agree that the SS Wiking division was the elite foreign division of the SS but not of the entirety of German forces. The 250th infantry division of the 16th army also known as the Blue division gets that distinction in my opinion. They were a division made up of Spanish volunteers. They showed their tenacity with their first orders. They were to march over 550 miles from Poland to join Army Group Center for its march towards Moscow. Shortly before they arrived they were reassigned to Army Group North and its siege of Leningrad. In its most famous battle at Krasny Bor just under 5000 of them took the brunt of the attack from 33000 Soviet infantry of the 55th Army. Even with the Soviets attacking with 30 tanks and over 1000 field guns they could not dislodge the Spaniards. The Blue division dealt the red army 5 times more casualties and stopped the Soviets cold allowing the siege of Leningrad to go on another year. They were never beaten in battle and Hitler created a special award just for them. He was reported to hold them in very high regard saying "Those Spanish have never yielded an inch." Also remarking that he was sure any German troops would be happy to know they had the blue division on their line. They were battle hardened from the Spanish Civil War before joining the Germans and hated communism. Franco because of allied pressure ordered the last of them to return to Spain before the Soviets launched Bagration which more than likely saved the Spanish some very heavy casualties. They were a fierce division of warriors being led by Spanish generals. They were the true elite of German foreign divisions. Wiking, Charlemagne and the Latvian Legion all deserve recognition but can any of them say a military award was created in their honor and awardedbby Hitler?

@aegontargaryen9322

Ай бұрын

Great post Robert . I had heard of Spanish nationals fighting for Germany but knew very little of them . Thank you for that post

@majorjohnathanlamey9918

Ай бұрын

There you go again glorifying those murdering fascist legions. You have no regard for those killed for NOTHING BUT GREED.

@GarrettBradfordTX

Ай бұрын

Great info

@slimbim77

Ай бұрын

@@aegontargaryen9322 Indeed, I absolutely agree

@smoothbrush4722

10 күн бұрын

tough those spanish, never knew that, thanks.

Felix Steiner was one of very few ss-generals who was not trialed of war crimes .

@roymustang6101

Ай бұрын

Wrong side won idiot, as if people who commit crimes like dresden could moralize to anyone

@Jakal-pw8yq

Ай бұрын

"Where is Steiner," "Where is Steiner??" AH, April '45 Every German General: "Steiner ain't comin'!!"

@danilovega2029

Ай бұрын

@@Jakal-pw8yq"DaS wAr eIn bEfEhL!"

@majorjohnathanlamey9918

Ай бұрын

They were fighting for nothing but the inflicting of pain and suffering. Both Stalin and Hitler were blood-seeking wolves.

a hard division that fought every where, brave soldiers, thanks for this doco

The last Knights of Europa.

The Viking Division, contrary to what has been told, existed for the bigger part of ethnic germans! The volunteer numbers from other European countries, didn’t meet the expectations of the ss … Nonetheless, respect to all the European volunteers who bravely fought against the new world order on german side!!!!

@adambane1719

Ай бұрын

Ooooooh Motheeeer !!!!

@jonatanedgren9522

Ай бұрын

Load of nonsense. They fought for a supposed ”master race” that lost the first war they ever fought.

These videos are amazingly well done, so much research and scripting and editing. Thank you so much for your dedication. Will always follow your channel brother.

Thankyou ! Gotta come back to this later with more time lol.

A great video and effort to find so much information. Thanks

You have a new sub.. ive watched a few of your videos.. great quality content.. you and the history underground are 2 of the best on here

And the snow fell …

@Schwxrzritter

14 күн бұрын

Saga?

@user-user-user-user.

14 күн бұрын

@@Schwxrzritter Skrewdriver first, then Saga

Wiking had some of the toughest german soldiers, e.g. Hans Dorr.

Beautiful video. Congratulations ❤❤❤ great history and very well and honest narrative.

What a great ❤documentary 😢it’s sad that so many life’s from all sides lost so much but their memories shall never be forgotten for their valor

We need these on streaming services, amazing documentary’s

@Yamaha38XCRacer

Ай бұрын

Tubi has some good ones on Soviet and German, ww1 and ww2

@nicholasgiokas4939

Ай бұрын

You mean "documentaries" (plural).

@amacca2085

Ай бұрын

Why it’s on KZread your watching it

Well done very interesting and informative

Goosebumps

Great video, love the narration

The speaker in the smaller documents like „Encirclement Kiew 1941“ suits the best and gives goosebumps together with the background music !

Brilliant footage and a respectful voice over.

God, I love this channel

Fascinating stuff, great insights

crazy footage, never seen it before i dont know where u got it from

Great channel, well researched really interesting showing another side literally to the world greatest conflict.

Note NOT in Viking - there were British and a sprinkling of Canadian, South African, Australian and New Zealanders in the SS. One Brit now passed was a strong man and stayed on in Berlin after its conquest. He got a job in a circus doing strong man acts. Eventually the Russians found out and he spent 10 years in a Russian Gulag camp. He was released in 1955 and returned to UK. Later the same year he was employed teaching Norfolk school children PT - a remarkable come back

@historyatwar

Ай бұрын

Interesting! Do you have his name?

The documentary Europa the last battle is also good!

Informative video about Waffen Viking SS divisions members & Ethnic groups...video showed theirs furious and deciplined fought...

Danes and Norwegians each joined the Waffen-SS at an average rate of just four a day. There was certainly nobody killed in a crush at recruitment offices! Only 180-200 Swedes joined the Germans (an average of just 3 men a month!), which was insufficient to even keep a single company up to strength in combat. As a result, there was no Swedish unit at all. Six Icelanders are known to have served with the Wehrmacht in WWII. Compare that to the 258 Icelanders who were repatriated via Sweden and Finland on a single ship to British-occupied Iceland in September 1940. Low Scandinavian recruitment was a massive disappointment for the Germans. As a result, the Wiking Division, which the Scandinavians were meant to fill, had to be manned largely by Germans.

@GuntherSDoumson2178

Ай бұрын

Lot of Flemish and Dutch to...

@markaxworthy2508

Ай бұрын

@@GuntherSDoumson2178 No, not "a lot". Belgium fielded 22 divisions in 1940. Belgian Flemings and Walloons provided less than two for Germany. In 1940 the Dutch, who ha a weak army, fielded 166 battalions. The Waffen-SS raised eight battalions of Dutchmen in two brigades, which were eventually exaggeratedly styled "divisions".

@yuppy1967

Ай бұрын

So what, pound for pound, the best ones are the ones that joined the Germans. You can keep the allied Scandinavians, there are no songs sung in their honor or their prowess on the battlefield.

@markaxworthy2508

Ай бұрын

@@yuppy1967 Songs? Songs? Are you serious? The measure of the Wiking Division is now to be how far they got up the music charts? 🤣 Even we sceptics think the Scandinavians deserve better than the ABBA defence!!!

@yuppy1967

Ай бұрын

@@markaxworthy2508 I find statements like this ridiculous, where are you getting your facts from? And most of the German divisions were under strength, especially towards the end of the war.

Really fascinating stuff

Wow really good video. But with the maps where better. Good job.

I love your content! Thank you! Just out of curiosity where do you get all of this incredible footage? I can never seem to find anything good that isn’t under the Creative Commons lol. Keep up the great work! Have a great day!

I have studied WW2 for over 50 years. I didn't know there were men from Iceland in the SS.

@EggertEggertsson-cz7ln

Ай бұрын

At least one served in Waffen SS, Björn Sveinsson, the son of the first Icelandic president and maybe 5 others, quite obscure in Iceland and lost in time. Iceland got it´s independence 1944 and when Björn came home after the war it was silenced by the government I guess. Decades passed before it was talked about again, very touchy subject for the president at that time.

@uranusismightybig5111

Ай бұрын

​@@EggertEggertsson-cz7lndo you know how the general public in Iceland felt about the few men who had served when they returned? My guess is nobody really cared. Iceland was never occupied so they didnt have the same issues as they had in Norway and Denmark for example...!?!

@EggertEggertsson-cz7ln

Ай бұрын

As I understand it, the president asked the media in Iceland not to report anything about his son so the general public didn´t quite know anything about it. Furthermore he told his son never to talk about it. It was mainly reported in left/communist media but few cared out of respect for the president or something... or just didn´t car as you say. Iceland was in fact occupied by the British and later Americans but it was a "glorious" occupation for Iceland, lot of work and prosperity. Pre war some Icelanders liked Hitler and his Ludacris Arian philosophy about the Nordic master race so I guess no one wanted to talk about it later on. Everyone realized soon It was so much blessing to get Allied forces instead of the Nazis. @@uranusismightybig5111

@EggertEggertsson-cz7ln

Ай бұрын

I did replied yesterday but it was deleted, I guess I´ve mention something not allowed or whatever. Anyways, general public didn't care for the most part, partly because of respect for the president and partly it was simply not comfortable to talk about Icelander working for the Germans, let alone WSS.... small community and all. In fact Iceland was occupied by the British and later Americans but our occupation was "glorious", lots of work and prosperity came mostly by the Yankees e @@uranusismightybig5111

@fishmonger1908

Ай бұрын

I'll bet that if you've only studied the "approved" narrative, then there is much you don't know.....

My Father lived in Esztergom Hungary was a four year old boy at the time . The nearby road leads to Budapest. He remembers the arrival of Wiking and how the SS tanks and apcs shook the foundations of every house as they rolled in. . A smiling SS trooper picked him up sat him on his knee and cut off a large chunk of bread and smoked ham to feed him . They stayed in the town for a while and in their back garden set up a heavy MG. Firing on Soviet column's on the other side of the Danube. They stayed for for a few days and rolled off towards Budapest. Still remembers to this day . Really good channel here best one on KZread.

Hey can you make one video about the Prinz Eugen Division? I heard they were the most brutal ones

The Austrian painter had to have Stalingrad instead of oil, from there it was all retreat.

@ColinFreeman-kh9us

Ай бұрын

Cut the Volga cut supplies . Ya know Roosevelt was the son of the worlds biggest heroin dealer

@jayjayson9613

Ай бұрын

​@@ColinFreeman-kh9us maybe so but splitting the army in two was a huge mistake that led to disaster

@ColinFreeman-kh9us

Ай бұрын

@@jayjayson9613 true it didn’t help

I told you that last video wasn't gonna last long. Can you upload it again soon??

Great video! By the way, where do you find all the footage for these videos? Is it all from Deutsche Wochenschau?

@historyatwar

Ай бұрын

Thank you! But we can’t tell our secrets😆

I don’t suppose you can do a video on the LSSAH division at some point?

Wir sind stolz auf unsere Soldaten der Wickingeinheit!

Outstanding account of the 5th Wiking SS division.

Look at europe and usa today 😢

German/Irish - American born. US Military - 1971 to 1973. Western European, American History/Military History & Ancient History. Thanks.

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

7 күн бұрын

Who?

The maps were looking different, anyway good job

My grandfather could be in those video clips.Died in Kaukasus 1943...Finland contripution against ryssä.

I’m almost positive you don’t have the hoses out the window to use the heat. I mean, having your window open in the winter period makes no sense. We have a heater that doesn’t use hoses and it works great

Amazing footage for ww2 painters.

Can we have a video about the 10th army(wermacht) fighting in italy? My grandpa fought in that army

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

7 күн бұрын

They...... Lost

@decombatnfl3639

7 күн бұрын

@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg We lost. You lost

While this stuff is interesting,war and warfare shouldn’t be glorified,all these men’s lives were wasted for nothing,

By volunteer he means starving people that heard about a job that included meals. just keeping it real

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Another banging documentary about the Waffen SS

When i grew up and learned that the USA allied with Communist Jays in Russia everything that i didn’t understand about my Country’s failed culture, foreign policy, Economic policy, and its hattred of US European stock , all of a sudden it all made perfect sense….Communist allies….NVTS

Yesss

In some aspects Wiking can be considered father of NATO.

@user-uy8wx4pk4h

26 күн бұрын

ahhh no

No matter how elite your division is you can't beat numbers and quantity

@chadrowe8452

Ай бұрын

300 spartans

@cheiatianbriem2078

14 күн бұрын

not with that attitude

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

7 күн бұрын

Numbers AND Quantity?........ same thing!

Long panzer 3 ? try long barrelled gun on the panzer 3, that would be the 50mm. Leona

Where did they bury their victims during or after all that combat?

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They are modern SAS

@BudgetGainsByJJ

4 күн бұрын

Not a very good comparison

love this channel, i think its shadow banned by the yt regime. saved.

There were also many Bosniac muslims in Wehrmacht and SS.

Ja nun,alles vorbei,heute haben wir andere Probleme in D.

Germany lost so many men and women of good stock to this senseless war.

The German Military had the most diverse Military in the war... They had Arab divisions, French, Indian, Waloon, Russians, Ukrainians, Turks,

you need to do the 2nd SS Panzer. there is a book MEN OF STEEL 2nd SS Panzer

I wonder how many men actually survived all the campaigns

@aleksandarsimic4730

Ай бұрын

Less than 1k

@bitmap9701

Ай бұрын

In the Belgian Walloonien Division, of the 300 men that first joined up, only three survived the whole war. So, not many. Not many at all.

Us Brits were on the wrong side 🤷‍♂️

@bennyboy2466

18 күн бұрын

"if all the dead allied soldiers could see their countries now, they would have thrown down their weapons and fought with the Germans"

@HM-kk8dq

16 күн бұрын

😂​@@bennyboy2466

@FulhamboyH

10 күн бұрын

@@HM-kk8dq he’s absolutely right

@connorredden919

7 күн бұрын

@connorredden919

7 күн бұрын

​@@HM-kk8dqI don't think you understand how it was in America. If you drank out of the wrong fountain..... you wouldn't have to worry about being thirsty anymore.

52:30 deliberate starvation! The victors and Even democratic regimes too has a long history of invading and attacking other countries Like they say never forget

Diversity is our strength. Lol

You miss plenty Check out swedish k4 under the finland war

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Please can you do one on bolshevism elite units

@adambane1719

Ай бұрын

There werern't any

bruh this is up to par. the Ai has arrived

@GeorgeKilly

Ай бұрын

What Ai?

Note Well: there were NO Polish volunteers nor Greeks, thus "other European nations" is a flippant remark.

Just to tell you what happend doing battle on the eastern-front - my wifes father had a working mate that had fought in the waffen ss at the Stalingrad front and had the one Lung shot through and came to Pitomnik airfield to be flown out of the kessel to be sent to a Field lazaret far away , he survived the ordeal and came Back to denmark sometime in early 1944 , many years later and with a unhealty use of alcohol he told my father in law that he fought the russians Every night waking up screamming and strugling so the fear was with him the rest of his life - damm ruskis

there is no w sound in germam so it is pronounced 'v'

Great division. Extremely tough soldiers, and they were highly respected by all, especially the allies

@markaxworthy2508

Ай бұрын

Errrr....no. They had a reputation for indiscipline even in German ranks. The diary of General Turanec, commander of the Slovak Rapid Division, on the Chir in the winter of 1941-42 records a conversation he had with General Eglseer, commander of a German mountain division and another German divisional commander in which the two German generals complained bitterly about the indiscipline of the Wiking Division in rear areas. Another diary, by a member of the Finnish battalion attached to Wiking, records atrocities committed by the division with some disgust.

@ptimms79822004

Ай бұрын

They barely fought the Allied forces just the Soviets

@legendzeroone1537

Ай бұрын

Wtf the allies murdered most of the ss troops they captured??

@markaxworthy2508

Ай бұрын

@@legendzeroone1537 Nope. Two thirds of all W-SS men survived the war. On the Eastern Front it was more dangerous to be a captured Austrian than a captured member of the W-SS. Why? Because Austria lost three divisions at Stalingrad, very few of whose members survived. Most W-SS men were captured on the Eastern Front later in the war and had better prospects of survival by comparison.

@legendzeroone1537

Ай бұрын

@@markaxworthy2508 yeah not talking about the eastern front and the soviet brutality... But the guy sayd they were respected by the allies, thats not true. They were feared but not treated very good. And very often just killed after they got captured.

The Wiking SS division ( pronounced 'vee-king) was comprised of 90% Germans, according to Roman Töppel, so not really a European army at all in the broader sense. That is not to say that quite a few northern Europeans didn't serve in the Wehrmacht or Waffen SS.

It's pronounced Vee-Keeng... Not (Why-king)

ERAN UNOS LUCHADRES TERRIBLES Y UN POCO SUICIDAS

Beautiful! Those soldiers deserves statues in every corner of modern germany.. instead, there's statues of jews there. That shows WHO led modern germany (directly, by global financiar system AND via british-american IMPERIAL forces)

@user-uy8wx4pk4h

26 күн бұрын

Their days are numbered.

💀The Wiking Division, largely symbolic, to portray a pan-Germanic/indo-aryan unity, failed to attract significant Scandinavian/international recruits in #s expectant, like, say, the allure of The French Foreign Legion.🎥✔️

The German armies had real tough soldiers trained to do the work given.they were the best matchless warriors to walk the earth at WW 2, since the Roman Empire Legion's.

@skannerdk7268

Ай бұрын

Absolutely

Why do you say the w in waffen correct (w=v in English) but sound silly saying WHY king instead of just how it is. Viking and wiking same group of BA’s same pronunciation. Just remember the movies when one might say ,”(Ve have Vays of making you talk.

Faut pas oublier les slaves, un total de 70.000 waffen SS, dont 15.000 russes, 25.000 cosaques, 10.000 Ruthenes, etc ... Il y a eu 30 nations impliquées dans l'engagement de volontaires pour la waffen SS.

I don't understand why Finnish soldiers would join this division, instead of joining the Finnish Army.

@tuuliaan79

Ай бұрын

Finland had fought against USSR in winter war which ended on 13th of March 1940. After the winter war the Germans began negotiating with Finland and made a deal that Germany can recruit volunteers from Finland for a 2 year contract. When recruiting began the Finnish volunteers didn’t know at that point that Finland is going to enter into another war with the USSR on 25th of June 1941. If they had known, they most likely wouldn’t have volunteered. So most of them served the 2 year contract in Waffen SS. The Finnish government refused to renew the contract after the 2 year period, so then most of the Finnish volunteers went back to Finland and joined the Finnish army.

@jayjayson9613

Ай бұрын

@@tuuliaan79 oh nice, thank you for that information! Part of me wondered if some of those Fins who were part of the division were ideologically inclined to join and the Finnish wanted them out of their hair. Finland has a very interesting history during WW2, I was just reading about Lauri Torni recently. Fascinating

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

7 күн бұрын

​@@jayjayson9613he was a single individual

The Wiking had a reputation for indiscipline even in German ranks. The diary of General Turanec, commander of the Slovak Rapid Division, on the Chir in the winter of 1941-42 records a conversation he had with General Eglseer, commander of a German mountain division and another German divisional commander in which the two German generals complained bitterly about the indiscipline of the Wiking Division in rear areas. Another diary, by a member of the Finnish battalion attached to Wiking, records atrocities committed by the division with some disgust.

Jerman king military guns

When I hear about so called elites and best fighters the SS. I ask myself who defeated them? Soviet elites? No, It was a regular army with no special skilles other than to fight for their homeland.

@BaltimoresBerzerker

Ай бұрын

Hoardes

@BaltimoresBerzerker

Ай бұрын

In all seriousness I highly recommend WW2 Through German Eyes by James Lucas. He does a great job and explains the logistical and economic war effort shortcomings of the Germans. After reading this short read it becomes obvious why they lost regardless of their soldiers quality.

@nard4471

Ай бұрын

@@BaltimoresBerzerker thanks, I will try to get s copy.

@henrysatterwhite375

Ай бұрын

Agree with below statement, just endless hoardes and hoardes and soviets, the soviets could send more men at the Germans than the Germans had ammunition.

@cryptic_rain8951

Ай бұрын

Smaller ss divisions with hundreds of thousands less men then the Soviet army’s fanaticaly fought and held off thousands of soviet tanks thousands of artillery and close to millions of soviet troops. That is what these elite ss divisions would fight against. To the last man no surrender they were outnumbered at many times 1/10, thus still fighting fanatically and never giving up even when in the face of a certain defeat. These elite divisions held out their ground and held off soviet attacks against all odds. To say their not elite is questionable

the advertisment that game is unrealistic please give realistic games the credit they deserve gates of hell osfront on pc thats a realistic game the games war thunder your just making possibly half your audience po ed cause we dont play games on cell phones so please stop

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