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- Andrew McNaughton was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. ww2dbase [Andrew McNaughton | CPC]
- The Byelorussian Communist Organization was founded as a separate party. ww2dbase [CPC]
United States
- USS Arizona departed New York Navy Yard, New York, United States for Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. ww2dbase [New York Navy Yard | Arizona | New York | CPC]
Romania
- Georg von Bismarck was transferred to the German 5th Infantry Regiment. ww2dbase [Georg von Bismarck | CPC]
- In Siberia, Russia, one of Semenov's armoured trains opened fire at night on a American troop train at Verkhne Udinsk; the Americans then captured the armoured train and arrested seven Cossack officers and forty-eight men, who confessed under interrogation that they had murdered fifty civilians over the past few days. ww2dbase [AC]
United States
- The United States Senate voted against joining the League of Nations. ww2dbase [Washington | CPC]
- USS R-5 joined the US Navy winter exercises in the Gulf of Mexico. ww2dbase [R-5 | CPC]
- The Paris Peace Conference ended. ww2dbase [Paris | CPC]
- The Americans commenced their withdrawal from Siberia, Russia; turning over their Cossack prisoners to the Czechs, but the latter were forced to release them under the threat of action by the Japanese. ww2dbase [AC]
Japan
- Yasuji Kaneko was born in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Yasuji Kaneko | Urayasu, Chiba | CPC]
- The South African air arm was created out of a squadron (1. The Suid Afrikaanse Lugmag) that had been attached to the Royal Flying Corps during the Great War. ww2dbase [AC]
United States
- Henry Heimlich was born in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. ww2dbase [Henry Heimlich | Wilmington, Delaware | CPC]
- Pierre van Ryneveld and Quintin Brand departed England on a flight to South Africa. ww2dbase [Quintin Brand | CPC]
United Kingdom
- The world's first Military Air Academy was established at RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom to train officer cadets for the British Royal Air Force. ww2dbase [Cranwell, England | AC]
- Vice-Admiral Aleksandr Vasilevitch Kolchak, one-time Supreme Ruler of Russia, was taken from his cell to a place on the bank of the Angara River in Siberia, and there with Victor Pepelyaev, was shot by an execution squad and his body pushed through a hole in the ice. Representatives of the Czech Legion signed an agreement with Smirnov guaranteeing the evacuation of all Czech personnel and their equipment from Russian soil, in return for their non-intervention of the Bolshevik treatment of Kolchak and his staff. ww2dbase [AC]
United States
- Clifton Cates was made the aide-de-camp to Major General George Barnett in Washington DC, United States. ww2dbase [Clifton Cates | Washington | CPC]
United States
- Robert Johnson was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States. ww2dbase [Robert Johnson | Lawton, Oklahoma | CPC]
- Adolf Hitler made the Twenty-Five Theses speech in Munich, Germany. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | CPC]
- Ernst Udet married Eleanor Zink. ww2dbase [Ernst Udet | CPC]
United States
- Stewart was launched by the William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, sponsored by Mrs. Margaretta Stewart Stevens, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Charles Stewart. ww2dbase [Stewart | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | CPC]
Germany
- Eleonore Baur was arrested for disturbing the peace following an anti-Semitic speech at a women's rally in München (Munich), Germany. ww2dbase [Eleonore Baur | München | CPC]
Germany
- Adolf Hitler took his first flight traveling from Augsburg for Berlin, Germany. The aircraft ran out of fuel unexpectedly and had to make an emergency landing before reaching Berlin. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | Augsburg | CPC]
Germany
- Adolf Hitler departed Berlin, Germany after a planned coup failed to start. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | Berlin | CPC]
Japan
- Tsuji Masanobu completed his studies at a military academy in Nagoya, Japan; he received a silver watch from Crown Prince Hirohito for this achievement. ww2dbase [Masanobu Tsuji | Nagoya, Aichi | CPC]
Germany
- Adolf Hitler was demobilized from the Bavarian Army. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | München | CPC]
- Maria Smirnova was born in Vorobievo, Tver Oblast, Russia. ww2dbase [Maria Smirnova | Vorobievo, Tver | CPC]
- The German Workers Party (DAP) was officially renamed the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP). ww2dbase [CPC]
- The last American ground troops sailed from Vladivostock, Russia to the considerable relief of the State Department, leaving only units of the US Navy in the harbour. ww2dbase [AC]
- Settsu entered Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan for reboilering and hull repairing. ww2dbase [Kure Naval Arsenal | Settsu | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
- USS R-5 completed the US Navy winter exercises in the Gulf of Mexico. ww2dbase [R-5 | CPC]
Germany
- Walther von Brauchitsch was awarded the Service Award for 25 years of military service. ww2dbase [Walther von Brauchitsch | CPC]
Japan
- Tenryu was transferred to the reserves at Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [Tenryu | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
- Marshal Pilsudski, the Polish leader, signed a treaty with Simon Petlyura promising Ukrainian independence in return for military help in crushing the Bolsheviks. ww2dbase [AC]
- Four Polish armies under the command of Marshal Pilsudski marched into the Ukraine. ww2dbase [AC]
Azerbaijan
- Bruce Fraser, along with all members of a Royal Navy commission, was interned by the Soviet Red Army at Baku, Azerbaijian. ww2dbase [Bruce Fraser | Baku | CPC]
Azerbaijan
- The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic was formed. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Crown Prince Yi Un of Korea married Japanese Princess Masako of Nashimoto. ww2dbase [Yi Un | CPC]
United States
- Pilsudski's Polish troops occupied Kiev, Ukraine. ww2dbase [AC]
- Quintin Brand received the title of Qualified Flight Instructor with the RAF Flying Training School. ww2dbase [Quintin Brand | CPC]
United Kingdom
- Carrier Eagle held taxiing trials with Sopwith Camel fighters and Parnall Panther reconnaissance aircraft while still being docked. ww2dbase [Eagle | CPC]
- Mitsuye Endo was born in Sacramento, California, United States. ww2dbase [Mitsuye Endo | Sacramento, California | CPC]
United Kingdom
- Oswald Mosley married Lady Cynthia Curzon, the daughter of British Foreign Secretary George Curzon, at St James's Palace in London, England, United Kingdom. Their guests included King George V of the United Kingdom and King Leopold III of Belgium. ww2dbase [Oswald Mosley | London, England | CPC]
Germany
- Toni Schneiders was born in Urbar, Mayen-Koblenz, Germany. ww2dbase [Toni Schneiders | Urbar | CPC]
- Quintin Brand was made Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. ww2dbase [Quintin Brand | CPC]
- Fox was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Fox | CPC]
- USS Arizona departed New York City, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Arizona | New York | CPC]
- Joseph Stilwell completed a Chinese curriculum at the University of California in Berkeley, California, United States. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Berkeley, California | CPC]
United States
- USS R-1 arrived at New London, Connecticut, United States. ww2dbase [R-1 | New London, Connecticut | CPC]
- USS R-5 arrived at Newport, Rhode Island, United States. ww2dbase [R-5 | Newport, Rhode Island | CPC]
- Joseph Stilwell began a period of leave in the United States. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | CPC]
China
- Isaburo Yamagata succeeded Gonsuke Hayashi as the Governor-General of Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The Bolsheviks launched a general offensive all along the front in Ukraine. The treaty with Ukrainian leader Petlyura quickly proved worthless and the Poles, outflanked by the Red Armies, were forced to retreat. ww2dbase [AC]
- Chiaki Matsuda entered the Gunnery School. ww2dbase [Chiaki Matsuda | CPC]
- Masafumi Arima enrolled in gunnery school in Japan. ww2dbase [Masafumi Arima | CPC]
- USS Tennessee was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Tennessee | CPC]
- Captain Hisashi Yoko was named the commanding officer of Settsu while the ship was undergoing overhaul at Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [Kure Naval Arsenal | Settsu | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
- The US Army Reorganization Act made the Air Service a combatant arm of the army, with 1,516 officers and 16,000 men in a total force of 280,000; this legislation defeated hopes for an independent air arm similar to the RAF, but marked progress towards recognising aviation as an asset to be administered independently from ground forces; of the authorised strength, only 919 officers and 8,725 men were engaged. ww2dbase [AC]
- Clifton Cates's 1921 promotion to captain was retroactively dated to this date. ww2dbase [Clifton Cates | CPC]
Korea
- Tak Kyonghyong was born in Gyeongsangnam Province, Korea. ww2dbase [Tak Kyonghyong | Gyeongsangnam | CPC]
- Edward Brooks' son Edward, Jr. was born. ww2dbase [Edward Brooks | CPC]
Ukraine
- The highest scoring Allied fighter ace of World War II, Ivan Kozhedub, was born at the village of Obrazheyevska in the Sumy region of the Ukraine. ww2dbase [Obrazheyevska, Sumy | AC]
Poland
- In Warsaw the Polish cabinet collapsed causing political turmoil and widespread panic; it would be two weeks before a new government was formed. Some factions pressed for peace negotiations with the Bolsheviks, but Pilsudski clung to the hope that the western Allies would come to Poland's assistance. ww2dbase [Warsaw | AC]
- A new border treaty between Germany and Denmark gave northern Schleswig to Denmark. ww2dbase [CPC]
France
- Jean de Lattre de Tassigny was made a Officier of the Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur. ww2dbase [Jean de Lattre de Tassigny | CPC]
- George Patton reverted to the permanent rank of captain. ww2dbase [George Patton | CPC]
United States
Greece
- Alexandros Sakellariou's 2 Dec 1920 promotion to commander was retroactively dated to this date. ww2dbase [Alexandros Sakellariou | CPC]
United States
- Henry Arnold reverted to his permanent rank of captain. ww2dbase [Henry Arnold | CPC]
- George Patton was promoted to the permanent rank of major. ww2dbase [George Patton | CPC]
- Ira Eaker was promoted to the rank of captain. ww2dbase [Ira Eaker | CPC]
- Harold George was promoted to the rank of captain. ww2dbase [Harold George | CPC]
- James Doolittle received a commission in the Regular Army component of the US Army. ww2dbase [James Doolittle | CPC]
United States
- John Ford married Mary McBride Smith. ww2dbase [John Ford | CPC]
- Kasuga arrived at Portland, Maine, United States to attend the centennial celebrations of the state. ww2dbase [Kasuga | Portland, Maine | CPC]
- Joachim Ribbentrop married Anna Elisabeth "Annelies" Henkell. ww2dbase [Joachim von Ribbentrop | CPC]
- Franklin Roosevelt was nominated as a candidate for US Vice President. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | CPC]
Estonia
- Finland recognized the Republic of Estonia. ww2dbase [CPC]
Korea
- Japanese Governor General of Korea Makoto Saito lead a ceremony at the General Government Building in Keijo (now Seoul) construction site, during which an engraved tablet was installed. ww2dbase [Keijo General Government Building | Keijo | CPC]
- USS Arizona was given the designation BB-39. ww2dbase [Arizona | CPC]
- The Bolsheviks crossed into Polish territory and began their advance on Warsaw. ww2dbase [AC]
- USS R-5 was given the hull number of SS-82. ww2dbase [R-5 | CPC]
French Syria and Lebanon
Russia
- Semyon Timoshenko was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the first time. ww2dbase [Semyon Timoshenko | CPC]
Poland
- Mikhail Tukhachevsky's Bolshevik offensive drove Józef Pilsudski's Polish Army out of Brest-Litovsk, Poland (now Brest, Belarus). ww2dbase [Brest-Litovsk | AC]
France
- François Flohic was born in Ploubazlanec, Bretagne, France. ww2dbase [François Flohic | Ploubazlanec, Bretagne | CPC]
United States
- The keel of Marblehead was laid down by William Cramp and Sons in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. ww2dbase [Marblehead | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | CPC]
- Joseph Stilwell ended a period of leave in the United States. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | CPC]
United States
- Joseph Stilwell boarded USAT Madawaska in California, United States. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | California | CPC]
Kazakhstan
- The Kirghiz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was formed within Russia. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Józef Pilsudski issued his orders for the battle to defend Warsaw, Poland to be carried out on 17 Aug 1920. ww2dbase [AC]
Poland
- Having captured Józef Pilsudski's plans from the body of a dead Polish officer, Mikhail Tukhachevsky (who regarded them as a hoax) issued his orders for the attack on Warsaw, Poland to be carried out on 14 Aug 1920, three days before Pilsudski planned to be ready. ww2dbase [AC]
United States
- Henry Arnold was promoted to the permanent rank of major and was transferred to the US Army Air Service by the US War Department Special Order No. 188-0. ww2dbase [Henry Arnold | CPC]
- Polish Marshal Pilsudski launched a counter offensive in the Deblin sector in Poland. Every available Polish aircraft was thrown into action in support of the ground troops. Under the combined air-ground onslaught the Red fprces wavered and broke. ww2dbase [AC]
- Lieutenant General Jiro Oba was named the commanding officer of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea, relieving Heitaro Utsunomiya. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Peace talks commenced between the Poles and Bolsheviks at Minsk, but progress slowly whilst the course of the battle remained undecided. ww2dbase [AC]
- Józef Zajac was made the chief of staff of the Wisla operational group of Polish 5th Army. ww2dbase [Józef Zajac | CPC]
Poland
- Defeated, Mikhail Tukhachevsky's 15th, 3rd and 16th Armies were in full retreat, whilst his 4th Army was trapped by a Polish counter attack from Warsaw, Poland by Józef Pilsudski's 1st, 2nd and 5th Armies. ww2dbase [AC]
- The Polish spearhead reached the River Narew in eastern Poland, cutting off General Tukhachevsky's 4th Red Army from the bulk of the Soviet forces. ww2dbase [AC]
- Kasuga arrived at Cristóbal, Panama Canal Zone. ww2dbase [Kasuga | Cristóbal | CPC]
- USS Arizona was named the flagship of US Navy Battleship Division 7. ww2dbase [Arizona | CPC]
Panama Canal Zone
- Kasuga departed Cristobal, Panama for San Francisco, California, United States. ww2dbase [Kasuga | Cristóbal | CPC]
- The defeated 4th Red Army, broken by the Poles at Grodno-Wolkowsysk, fled in disorder. ww2dbase [AC]
Japan
- Tenryu departed Yokosuka, Japan for eastern Russia. ww2dbase [Tenryu | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]
- Owen Baggett was born in Graham, Texas, United States. ww2dbase [Owen Baggett | Graham, Texas | CPC]
- Kuma was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Kuma | CPC]
- Joseph Stilwell disembarked USAT Madawaska at Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Manila | CPC]
Germany
- Brückenbau Flender AG's shipbuilding site in Lübeck, Germany launched its first ship since the 1918 expansion, coastal freighter Orantes. ww2dbase [Lübecker Flenderwerke AG | Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein | CPC]
Hawaii
- USS R-14 arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [R-14 | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
Japan
- Tenryu arrived at Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan. ww2dbase [Tenryu | Otaru, Hokkaido | CPC]
- Hachiro Arita was awarded Order of the Rising Sun 4th Class. ww2dbase [Hachiro Arita | CPC]
United States
- Gordon Seagrave married Marion Grace Morse in the United States. ww2dbase [Gordon Seagrave | CPC]
United States
- USS R-1 departed New London, Connecticut, United States for overhaul at Norfolk, Virginia, United States. ww2dbase [R-1 | New London, Connecticut | CPC]
- USS R-5 departed Newport, Rhode Island, United States for a scheduled overhaul at Norfolk, Virginia, United States. ww2dbase [R-5 | Newport, Rhode Island | CPC]
United States
- USS Stewart was commissioned into US Navy service with Lieutenant Scott Grisell Lamb in command and was assigned to Destroyer Division 37 of the Atlantic Fleet. ww2dbase [Stewart | CPC]
United States
- James Doolittle was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant in the US Army Air Service. ww2dbase [James Doolittle | CPC]
China
- Joseph Stilwell arrived in Beijing, China to study Chinese. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Beijing | CPC]
- Richard Bong was born. ww2dbase [Richard Bong | CPC]
- USS Reuben James was commissioned into service with Commander Gordon W. Hines in command. ww2dbase [Reuben James | DS]
- Quintin Brand began studies at Cambridge University in Britain. ww2dbase [Quintin Brand | CPC]
- McFarland was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [McFarland | CPC]
China
- Vice Admiral Naoe Nakano succeeded Vice Admiral Tatsuo Matsumura as the commanding officer of the Ryojun Military Port (previously known as Port Arthur; now Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China), Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. ww2dbase [Ryojun Guard District | Lushunkou, Liaoning | CPC]
Taiwan
- Tsia Bun-tat became the first Taiwanese touring flight show pilot as he performed in an Itoh Emi 5 aircraft in Taichu, Taiwan. ww2dbase [Tsia Bun-tat | Taichu | CPC]
Latvia
France
- Paul Teste landed on Béarn, becoming the first French naval aviator to make a carrier landing. ww2dbase [Béarn | CPC]
- S-30 was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [S-30 | CPC]
Taiwan
- Tsia Bun-tat performed a flight show in an Itoh Emi 5 aircraft over at the Taihoku Cavalry Training Field (now Machangding Memorial Park) in Taihoku (now Taipei), Taiwan. ww2dbase [Tsia Bun-tat | Taihoku | CPC]
Taiwan
- Tsia Bun-tat performed a flight show in an Itoh Emi 5 aircraft over at the Taihoku Cavalry Training Field (now Machangding Memorial Park) in Taihoku (now Taipei), Taiwan. ww2dbase [Tsia Bun-tat | Taihoku | CPC]
Japan
- Kenkichi Ueda was awarded Order of the Rising Sun 3rd Class and Order of the Golden Kite 4th Class. ww2dbase [Kenkichi Ueda | CPC]
- Franklin Roosevelt was defeated as a US Vice Presidential candidate. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | CPC]
Azerbaijan
- Bruce Fraser departed Baku, Azerbaijian by rail under captivity. ww2dbase [Bruce Fraser | Baku | CPC]
Georgia
- Bruce Fraser arrived at Tiflis, Georgia by rail under captivity. ww2dbase [Bruce Fraser | Tiflis | CPC]
- Poland agreed not to enter any international agreements involving the soon-to-be-formed Free City of Danzig without Danzig's approval. ww2dbase [CPC]
Greece
- Alexandros Sakellariou returned to Greek naval service. ww2dbase [Alexandros Sakellariou | CPC]
- Walter Krupinski was born in Domnau, East Prussia, Germany. ww2dbase [Walter Krupinski | CPC]
Turkey
- Bruce Fraser departed Constantinople, Ottoman Empire aboard HMS Heliotrope. ww2dbase [Bruce Fraser | Constantinople | CPC]
- Nagato was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Nagato | CPC]
- The Free City of Danzig was created. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Clifton Cates was made the aide-de-camp to General George Barnett in San Francisco, California, United States. ww2dbase [Clifton Cates | San Francisco, California | CPC]
China
- Rear Admiral Kenkichi Wada was named the chief of staff of Vice Admiral Naoe Nakano (Ryojun Military Port, northeastern China). ww2dbase [Ryojun Guard District | Lushunkou, Liaoning | CPC]
- Captain Kazu Takemitsu was named the commanding officer of Settsu while the ship was undergoing overhaul at Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [Kure Naval Arsenal | Settsu | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
- Umrao Singh was born. ww2dbase [Umrao Singh | CPC]
Korea
- Paik Sun-yup was born in Kangso-gun (now Nampho), Phyongannamdo, Korea. ww2dbase [Paik Sun-yup | Kangso-gun, Phyongannamdo | CPC]
Australia
- Edmund Herring arrived in Melbourne, Australia. ww2dbase [Edmund Herring | Melbourne, Victoria | CPC]
- Bruce Fraser arrived in Britain. ww2dbase [Bruce Fraser | CPC]
Russia
- Semyon Timoshenko was awarded the honorary sword to his Order of the Red Banner. ww2dbase [Semyon Timoshenko | CPC]
- Chuichi Nagumo was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander and was named the commanding officer of destroyer Momi. ww2dbase [Chuichi Nagumo | CPC]
- Chiaki Matsuda was assigned to cruiser Yudachi. ww2dbase [Chiaki Matsuda | CPC]
- Prince Hiroyasu was named a member to the Supreme War Council. ww2dbase [Hiroyasu | CPC]
- Masafumi Arima was assigned to Kongo. ww2dbase [Masafumi Arima | CPC]
- Engineering Rear Admiral Tamotsu Niratsuka was made the commanding officer of Maizuru Naval Arsenal in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
- Minoru Ota began the Gunnery School Advanced Course at the rank of lieutenant. ww2dbase [Minoru Ota | CPC]
- Masaichi Niimi was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander. ww2dbase [Masaichi Niimi | CPC]
- Vice Admiral Kazuyoshi Yamaji was named the commanding officer of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. ww2dbase [Chinkai Guard District | Chinkai, Gyeongsangnam | CPC]
- Admiral Naomi Taniguchi was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. ww2dbase [Mako Guard District | Mako, Hoko | CPC]
- Bruce Fraser greeted officers returning from Soviet captivity at Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Bruce Fraser | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
Greece
- Alexandros Sakellariou was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander (the promotion was retroactively dated to 21 Dec 1917) and immediately was promoted again to the rank of commander (retroactively dated to 26 Jun 1920). ww2dbase [Alexandros Sakellariou | CPC]
Danzig
- Heinrich Sahm became the first President of the Senate of Danzig. ww2dbase [CPC]
Austria
- The Luftwaffe fighter ace Walter Nowotny was born in Gmünd, Austria. The youngest of three sons of an Austrian railway official, during the war he would be credited with no less than 258 aerial victories and commanded the world's first jet fighter wing. ww2dbase [Gmünd | AC]
- Nobutake Kondo arrived at Germany. ww2dbase [Nobutake Kondo | CPC]
United States
- The keel of S-43 was laid down at the Bethlehem shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. ww2dbase [Bethlehem Fore River Shipyard | S-43 | Quincy, Massachusettes | CPC]
- The keel of light carrier Hosho was laid down. ww2dbase [Hosho | CPC]
- Werner von Blomberg was promoted to the rank of Oberstleutnant. ww2dbase [Werner von Blomberg | CPC]
- In the Soviet Union, the foreign intelligence section of OO (Special Department) was broken out, forming the INO (Foreign Department). ww2dbase [CPC]
Estonia
- Poland recognized the Republic of Estonia. ww2dbase [CPC]
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