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Question 28: The Battle of the Coral Sea was most crucial for the Allies in defending which country in WWII?
Author: Allan - Category: World War Two Special
Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: Others

  • The Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) - 10% (120)
  • The Phillipines - 19% (226)
  • Singapore - 6% (67)
  • Australia - 48% (579)
  • No answer picked: 18% (215)
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    Question 67: During WW2, where was the headquarters for the Imperial Japanese Army in SE Asia located?
    Author: XIII - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 5/5 - Zone: Asia (except Middle-East)

  • Singapore - 21% (121)
  • Manila - 19% (108)
  • Saigon - 27% (153)
  • Jakarta - 6% (35)
  • No answer picked: 27% (151)
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    Question 823: Which island was invaded in Nazi Germany's Operation Mercury?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 4/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • Crete - 25% (35)
  • Malta - 21% (29)
  • Britain - 5% (7)
  • Sri Lanka - 1% (2)
  • No answer picked: 48% (68)
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    Question 826: Fall Blau was Germany's attack into Russia in which year?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 4/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • 1941 - 10% (14)
  • 1914 - 6% (9)
  • 1942 - 27% (38)
  • 1916 - 3% (4)
  • No answer picked: 53% (74)
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    Question 827: Which country suffered the most deaths in absolute terms in World War Two?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 1/5 - Zone: World

  • Poland - 8% (20)
  • Russia - 33% (80)
  • Japan - 13% (31)
  • China - 3% (6)
  • No answer picked: 43% (103)
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    Question 829: On what day was the USSR's Operation Bagration?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 5/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • April 5th, 1915 - 4% (6)
  • May 20th, 1920 - 2% (3)
  • June 22nd, 1944 - 33% (47)
  • September 9th, 1943 - 7% (10)
  • No answer picked: 54% (77)
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    Question 831: Which German generals tried to breakthrough to relieve the 6th army at Stalingrad?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 4/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • Heinz Guderian and Eduard Dietl - 7% (11)
  • Erich Von Manstein and Hermann hoth - 26% (42)
  • Erwin Rommel and Ion Antonescu - 9% (15)
  • Gerd von Rundstedt and Hermann hoth - 8% (12)
  • No answer picked: 50% (80)
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    Question 837: How did Erwin Rommel overcome the Gazala Line?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: Arab World and Israel

  • He forced through its center - 7% (11)
  • He went around its southern flank - 28% (42)
  • He landed amphibious troops behind it - 5% (7)
  • He didn't - 11% (16)
  • No answer picked: 50% (75)
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    Question 841: Which German commander was in charge of the defense of Italy in World War Two after North Africa was lost?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 4/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • Erwin Rommel - 18% (25)
  • Hans Gunther von kluge - 7% (9)
  • Albert Kesselring - 20% (27)
  • Werner von Blomberg - 2% (3)
  • No answer picked: 53% (72)
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    Question 847: Which of the following German WWII Operations did not happen?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 5/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • Fall Gelb - 6% (7)
  • Fall Weserübung - 9% (11)
  • Fall Grün - 21% (27)
  • Fall Blau - 9% (11)
  • No answer picked: 56% (70)
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    Question 849: Which of the following did France not have superiority in against the Germans during the Blitzkrieg of France?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • Tank Technology - 17% (29)
  • Allies - 7% (11)
  • Strategic and Tactical Doctrine - 22% (37)
  • Land Numerical Superiority - 7% (11)
  • No answer picked: 47% (79)
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    Question 850: Which of these nations was not part of the Axis in WWII?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 1/5 - Zone: World

  • Italy - 8% (19)
  • Germany - 1% (2)
  • Japan - 4% (9)
  • Poland - 45% (101)
  • No answer picked: 42% (94)
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    Question 851: What nation was the only democratic power in the Axis in WWII?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: World

  • Finland - 26% (45)
  • Germany - 9% (16)
  • Japan - 9% (15)
  • Hungary - 12% (21)
  • No answer picked: 44% (77)
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    Question 852: Which of these Russian cities was besieged by the Germans for a long time during WWII?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: World

  • Stalingard - 19% (34)
  • Leningrad - 26% (47)
  • Moscow - 4% (7)
  • Kiev - 3% (6)
  • No answer picked: 47% (84)
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    Question 853: What was the critical airfield that the German paratroopers seized at the Battle of Crete in WWII?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 5/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • Canea - 16% (23)
  • Rethymno - 9% (13)
  • Maleme - 23% (32)
  • Pearl Harbor - 1% (2)
  • No answer picked: 51% (72)
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    Question 854: Who bombed Pearl Harbor?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 1/5 - Zone: United States

  • The Japanese - 60% (146)
  • The Germans - 2% (5)
  • The Russians - 1% (3)
  • The British - 0% (1)
  • No answer picked: 37% (90)
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    Question 857: What was the name of the russian counteroffensive at Stalingrad?
    Author: John Glastonbury - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 5/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • Operation Torch - 8% (11)
  • Operation Neptune - 15% (21)
  • Operation Uranus - 19% (27)
  • Operation Blue - 6% (9)
  • No answer picked: 52% (74)
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    Question 858: Which nation switched sides late in WWII after surrendering?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 4/5 - Zone: World

  • Romania - 30% (45)
  • Hungary - 12% (18)
  • Finland - 7% (10)
  • Japan - 5% (8)
  • No answer picked: 47% (71)
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    Question 859: What German general commanded the Afrika Korps in World War Two?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: World

  • Heinz Guderian - 6% (9)
  • Werner von Blomberg - 5% (8)
  • Erwin Rommel - 37% (57)
  • Eduard Dietl - 2% (3)
  • No answer picked: 50% (76)
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    Question 860: What Belgian fort did German paratroopers capture with ease in WW2?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 5/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • Prezmysl - 5% (7)
  • Eben Emael - 31% (42)
  • Brest Litovsk - 8% (11)
  • Ticonderoga - 1% (2)
  • No answer picked: 54% (73)
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    Question 861: What were elite German mountain troops called in WWII?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 4/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • Gebirgsjäger - 21% (26)
  • Fallschirmjäger - 10% (12)
  • Panzergrenadiers - 7% (9)
  • Waffen SS - 5% (6)
  • No answer picked: 57% (69)
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    Question 862: Which nation first used paratroopers in actual airborne operations?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: World

  • Britain - 15% (23)
  • Russia - 5% (8)
  • Germany - 25% (40)
  • USA - 7% (11)
  • No answer picked: 48% (75)
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    Question 863: The Allied control of which island severely hindered the supply of Axis troops in Northern Africa in WW2?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 2/5 - Zone: Arab World and Israel

  • Cyprus - 14% (21)
  • Taiwan - 4% (6)
  • Crete - 7% (10)
  • Malta - 29% (44)
  • No answer picked: 46% (69)
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    Question 864: Bernard Montgomery was a military commander for which country?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: World

  • The United Kingdom - 37% (61)
  • The Soviet Union - 4% (6)
  • The USA - 9% (15)
  • France - 3% (5)
  • No answer picked: 48% (79)
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    Question 865: What was the German plan to link up with the forces trapped in Stalingrad called?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 4/5 - Zone: World

  • Operation Winter Storm - 20% (26)
  • Operation Typhoon - 8% (10)
  • Schlieffen Plan - 7% (9)
  • Operation Mars - 9% (11)
  • No answer picked: 56% (72)
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    Question 866: What was the most produced tank during WWII?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: World

  • The M4 Sherman - 15% (26)
  • The Somua S-35 - 4% (7)
  • The T-34 - 27% (47)
  • The Panzerkampfwagen IV - 6% (10)
  • No answer picked: 48% (83)
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    Question 867: What was the American plan to kill Isoroku Yamamoto?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 5/5 - Zone: World

  • Operation Repulse - 5% (7)
  • Operation August Storm - 10% (14)
  • Operation Vengeance - 23% (32)
  • Operation Judge - 7% (10)
  • No answer picked: 54% (74)
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    Question 868: What was Operation Husky?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 4/5 - Zone: World

  • The Allied Invasion of the Italian Peninsula - 8% (11)
  • The Allied Invasion of Sicily - 23% (33)
  • The German Invasion of Poland - 9% (12)
  • The German Attack at Stalingard - 5% (7)
  • No answer picked: 55% (78)
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    Question 869: Which of the following was NOT a British Commander in North Africa in WWII?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 4/5 - Zone: Arab World and Israel

  • Bernard Montgomery - 5% (6)
  • Lord Mountbatten - 23% (29)
  • Archibald Wavell - 2% (2)
  • Claude Auchinleck - 13% (17)
  • No answer picked: 57% (73)
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    Question 870: What was the Allied Plan to liberate France?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 1/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • Operation Overlord - 31% (60)
  • Operation Barbarossa - 7% (13)
  • Operation D-Day - 18% (35)
  • Operation Cobra - 1% (2)
  • No answer picked: 43% (82)
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    Question 871: What was Canada's beach of landing in Normandy known as?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • Gold Beach - 6% (10)
  • Juno Beach - 27% (42)
  • Sword Beach - 5% (8)
  • Omaha Beach - 9% (14)
  • No answer picked: 52% (80)
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    Question 872: Operation Weserübung was the German plan for invasion of what countries?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • Belgium and the Netherlands - 17% (27)
  • France and Britain - 11% (17)
  • Yugoslavia and Greece - 4% (6)
  • Denmark and Norway - 20% (32)
  • No answer picked: 48% (76)
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    Question 873: Of which country's flag is the picture below a military variation?
    Author: K. - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 1/5 - Zone: Asia (except Middle-East) - picture

  • Nationalist China - 9% (18)
  • Greece - 5% (11)
  • Japan - 41% (85)
  • Canada - 3% (6)
  • No answer picked: 42% (87)
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    Question 874: Over which building is the Soviet flag being raised in this famous photograph?
    Author: K. - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 2/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia) - picture

  • The City Hall in Stalingrad - 7% (11)
  • The Reichstag in Berlin - 30% (44)
  • The Castle of Prague - 5% (8)
  • The Polish Parliament in Warsaw - 7% (11)
  • No answer picked: 50% (74)
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    Question 875: What device is pictured below?
    Author: K. - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 2/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia) - picture

  • A British input device for use with the Colossus, an experimental computer - 18% (28)
  • A Soviet-built portable telegraphic machine - 7% (11)
  • A portable calculator developped for use in the US Manhattan Project - 3% (4)
  • A German cypher machine, the Enigma - 26% (41)
  • No answer picked: 46% (73)
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    Question 887: Which of these east European nations didn't join the Axis in WW2?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • Bulgaria - 7% (11)
  • Romanian - 9% (13)
  • Hungary - 6% (9)
  • Turkey - 30% (44)
  • No answer picked: 48% (72)
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    Question 888: Which of these nations was not attacked by Nazi Germany in WW2?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 2/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • The Netherlands - 9% (15)
  • Norway - 7% (11)
  • Sweden - 31% (51)
  • Greece - 9% (15)
  • No answer picked: 43% (70)
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    Question 890: Which of the following is NOT true about Romania in WW2?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • They switched sides late in the war. - 12% (16)
  • They provided oil to Germany. - 7% (10)
  • They did not participated significantly in battle against the Soviets. - 19% (27)
  • They had a large conscripted army which performed poorly. - 10% (14)
  • No answer picked: 52% (72)
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    Question 896: Germany's Operation Sealion, which was never carried out, was what?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 2/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • Invasion of Sweden - 6% (10)
  • Amphibious Landings in Palestine - 7% (12)
  • Invasion of Britain - 40% (66)
  • Attack towards Moscow - 3% (5)
  • No answer picked: 43% (71)
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    Question 897: What was Germany's foolish attack at the defenses at Kursk called?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 5/5 - Zone: Others

  • Operation Citadel - 24% (34)
  • Operation Dynamo - 8% (11)
  • Operation Death Blow - 9% (13)
  • Operation Fortress - 11% (16)
  • No answer picked: 48% (68)
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    Question 898: What German General commanded the forces at Stalingrad?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 4/5 - Zone: Others

  • Heinz Guderian - 8% (10)
  • Friedrich von Paulus - 28% (36)
  • Erwin Rommel - 6% (8)
  • Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck - 2% (3)
  • No answer picked: 56% (73)
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    Question 899: Which of these was NOT a neutral nation in World War Two?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 2/5 - Zone: World

  • Spain - 9% (15)
  • Sweden - 6% (10)
  • Ireland - 4% (7)
  • Bulgaria - 34% (57)
  • No answer picked: 47% (80)
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    Question 900: What Soviet general was in charge of Operation Mars?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 4/5 - Zone: World

  • Ivan Konev - 8% (11)
  • Vassili Chuikov - 11% (15)
  • Konstantin Rokossovsky - 5% (7)
  • Georgi Zhukov - 22% (31)
  • No answer picked: 54% (74)
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    Question 901: What was the objective of Germany's Wacht Am Rhein, AKA the Ardennes Offensive/The Battle of the Bulge?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)

  • Bastogne - 14% (21)
  • Antwerp - 20% (30)
  • Brussels - 8% (13)
  • Paris - 6% (9)
  • No answer picked: 52% (80)
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    Question 902: Which of these places held out the longest in WWII?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 2/5 - Zone: World

  • Leningrad - 35% (55)
  • Bastogne - 6% (9)
  • Wake Island - 6% (10)
  • Cherbourg - 4% (7)
  • No answer picked: 49% (78)
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    Question 903: Which of these nations won World War Two?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 1/5 - Zone: World

  • Hungary - 7% (16)
  • Germany - 9% (22)
  • Belgium - 42% (100)
  • Japan - 3% (7)
  • No answer picked: 39% (93)
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    Question 904: Which of these nations was first part of World War Two?
    Author: Mightfox - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: World

  • Norway - 20% (34)
  • Soviet Union - 19% (32)
  • USA - 5% (8)
  • Spain - 11% (18)
  • No answer picked: 45% (76)
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    Question 1484: What type of party were the Nazis?
    Author: leslie - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: Europe (Minus Russia)
    Not confirmed yet

  • Nationalists - 0% (0)
  • Communists - 0% (0)
  • Socialists - 0% (0)
  • A and C - 0% (0)
  • No answer picked: 0% (0)
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    Question 1614: What is the name of the plane used to dropped the atomic bomb over hiroshima?
    Author: John Hernandez - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 2/5 - Zone: World
    Not confirmed yet

  • Heimerdinger 456 - 0% (0)
  • Jarvan IV - 0% (0)
  • Enola Gay - 0% (0)
  • Boeing military 747 - 0% (0)
  • No answer picked: 0% (0)
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    Question 1616: What is the name of the German Tactics used against poland on the beggining of world war II?
    Author: John Hernandez - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 1/5 - Zone: World
    Not confirmed yet

  • Operation: Katarina - 0% (0)
  • Operation: Cherryblossom - 0% (0)
  • Operation: Cho'gath - 0% (0)
  • Operation: Blietzkrieg - 0% (0)
  • No answer picked: 0% (0)
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    Question 1617: Name of Famous Russian Sniper
    Author: John Hernandez - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 1/5 - Zone: World
    Not confirmed yet

  • Kardel Vasili - 0% (0)
  • Vasili Zaitzeb - 0% (0)
  • Caitlyn pavlova - 0% (0)
  • Joseph Vladimir - 0% (0)
  • No answer picked: 0% (0)
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    Question 1706: Name the war by which the British got back control of Iraq during the WWII.
    Author: - Category: World War Two Special
    Difficulty: 3/5 - Zone: World
    Not confirmed yet

  • Anglo-Iraqi War - 0% (0)
  • Fall of Baghdad - 0% (0)
  • 1941 Iraqi coup d'état - 0% (0)
  • Battle of Baghdad - 0% (0)
  • No answer picked: 0% (0)
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