Perhaps the most important lasting consequence of Mexico’s participation in World War II was the impact it had on the Mexican economy. This is a table of the ranks and insignia of the Mexican Army. The result was massive Mexican American participation in World War II, the most recent estimate being that some 500,000 Mexican Americans served in the conflict For many, a novel sensation of belonging accompanied the experience. These amazing ships were the first river gunboats fitted with steam turbines, which was very unusual for riverine vessels, not expected to go fast. However, Nazi propagandist Arthur Dietrich and his agents in Mexico successfully manipulated editorials covering the European war via bribings, leading major oil companies to boycot Mexican oil following Lázaro Cárdenas’ nationalization of the domestic oil industry, and expropriation of all oil properties in 1938. Specifications: Displacement 60 tonnes, 36 x 4.60 x 0.90 m 2 shafts VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers, 800 hp, 12 knots Armour 5 mm belt, main deck 4 mm, turret 5 mm, CT 5 mm Armament: 1 x 66 mm/27 G. L/30 K.09, 2 x 8.3 mm/66 MGs Complement: 27. Detachments of the Soviet army quickly arrived on the territory, at key defensive points. In 1942 Japanese sailors were back to the Imperial Japanese Navy. On 9 August 1945, four gunboats and three patrol boats mutinied and surrendered and the fleet was captured Soviets after Harbin fell, on 20 August. She displaced 90 tonnes, for 30 x 5 x 0.80 m, one shaft diesel and 280 hp, and was armed with two 83 mm/66 guns, 12 mines or a mechanical minesweeping gear, and carried a crew of 9. Captured in 1940 by the Soviets, the Kalev would be used against the Finns (sunk by mines in Hangö in Nov. 1941) while the Lembit became the U1 in 1945, then S85 in 1949, and in 1956 was transferred to a shipyard for experiments. Third rank fleets fell often also in this category, beyond the Soviet fleet. In 385 BC, Illyria was conquered by Philip II of Macedonia, then by the Romans from 230 BC to 9 BC. … There were two units of 500 men each with light weaponry. This did not stopped there as Azerbaijani and Kurdish peoples supported by Moskow rebelled and damaged the new Iranian government action. In June 1940, “Z” Force arrived from Canada and three Canadian battalions were garrisoned until retired in the spring of 1941, while British reserve garrison forces replaced them in turn. The first trained in Los Angeles in 1942. Maros surrendered to American troops. To do this, it underwent a period of industrial and economic development during and after the conflict that became known as the “Mexican Miracle.”. During the war, Mexico provided more strategic resources to the United States than any other Latin American nation, including vital minerals such as copper, zinc, mercury, cadmium, graphite and lead. For the latter, this unit was called the Manchu Imperial Navy land units. After his death however, the country fell again, and for a long time under Ottoman rule. The gunboat Guanajuato after the war (src shipspotting.com). Despite long standing tensions with the United States, Mexico would become a valuable ally to its northern neighbor, ramping up its industrial production and contributing vital resources to the Allied war effort. The Imperial Japanese Navy needs no presentation. “Over the couple of decades after the [Mexican] Revolution took place, the common narrative became that it ousted a dictator,” Rankin says. Taken over by the Soviets in 1939, she was converted into a patrol vessel of the NKVD, then auxiliary and training ship, and finally enede as a pontoon in Leningrad in 1955. After German submarines began attacking Mexican merchant ships and oil tankers, Mexico formally declared war on the Axis powers in May 1942. Indeed the Royal Albanian Navy stationed in Durrës consisted of these four patrol boats and a coastal battery with four 75 mm (3 in) guns, which also took part in the fighting. –Destroyer Hai Wei, ex Kasii, transferred by the IJN in 1937, returned in 1943. They were bad seaboats at high speed, the bow hoping up and masking the view from the low deck house. Reza Shah refused categorically to take any measure. Although one of the wealthiest country in South America, Mexico never invested in a substantial Navy. Ting Pien, Chin yen. Schroeder, John H. Shaping a Maritime Empire: The Commercial and Diplomatic Role of the American Navy, 1829-1861. -2 shaft diesel 900 bhp, 15.5 knots -Armed by two 75 mm and two 37 mm guns AA, all in single mounts. King Zog fled to Britain. This class was split between flotillas of the Pacific ocean and Caribbean. All Rights Reserved. Apart a riverine force to patrol the amazon, the small Equadorian Navy only existed thanks to the use of nearby Chilean naval infrastructure for training. Ten were killed, as this two-masted, on funneled vessel was sent to support the forced of General Carranza, then legitimate president. Resistance was futile, and the population suffered from the the occupation. Shortly before 1939, Austria acquired small minelayer crafts and a few modern, also small patrol boats. It was not until 1878 when the Pritzen League was formed, that Albania regained independence, and in 1912, following the Balkan war gained it fully. After the 1920 partition of St Germain en Laye, Hungary inherited part of the Riverine Austro-Hungarian fleet, which made the bulk of the navy. This was setup in 1930: -Esja (1939, 1347 GRT) -Aegir (1929, 497 GRT,1x 57 mm gun) -Thor (1922, 226 GRT ex-purchased German Senator Schafer, 1x 57 mm gun) -MFV Odinn (1938, 72 tons, 1x 47 mm gun) -Sudin (1895, 811 GRT, ex-Gotha). There was also a clash in WW2, wht skirmish of Xingkai Lake in May 1942: Two Soviet airplanes attacked two Manchukuo patrol boats. In 1940 she passed under Soviet control, as a staff vessel, a sloop in 1941 renamed Kiev, and Luga in 1942, finally Rion from 1946 to 1955, turned into a supply ship. Two of them were classified as “Marina” stationed in San Blas and Veracruz. Mussolini was driven by the recent example of Germany annexing Austria and Czechoslovakia and the poorest country in Europe seemed an easy picking, with 8,000 soldiers, some Gendarmes and 5 antiquated aircraft. or Best Offer +$4.90 shipping. In July 1929 as stated above she was resold to Austria, renamed Birago, but there is nothing clear about possible modifications, other than an overhaul. RKO Radio Pictures produced this WWII film to show Mexico's efforts to support the USA in the war. In 1963, Sarawak was incorporated into Malaya, North Borneo, and Singapore, creating the Federation of Malaysia. Back in the past, with the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the new Austrian state lost all access to the sea. Meanwhile warships were stationed there, or passed by, whereas the meagre Iceland fleet kept en eye on Icelandic water sovereignty and protection of fisheries. The latter was a former Royal Navy gunboat, refitted at Bombay to be resold to Persia. Specifications Displacement 170/193 tonnes FL 41.8 waterline/43.0 m oa x 6.00 x 1.40-1.68 m deeply loaded. The British arrived from iraq, the Soviet troops from the north, with tanks and aviation. Los Veteranos—Latinos in WWII. Some neutral countries joined the fight late, other were involved even before the war, like Czechoslovakia and Austria. A pro-Communist resistance movement organized in the mountains, and soon coalesced various partisan movements, federated around Enver Hoxha. They were 43 x 6 x 1.45 m long (141 x 20 x 5 feets) with two shafts VTE, 600 hp, for 14 knots. Soon, a tailored flotilla of gunboats and patrol craft built in Japan was brought to take control of coastal areas and rivers, mainly the Amur which bordered USSR and its tributaries. The Mexican fleet, joined by the Colombian Navy and the British Royal Navy attacked the Confederates in Norfolk, VA. After the Anschluss she was simply captured and integrated in the German Kriegsmarine as part of the riverine force. At that time the force comprised the four Compo class riverine gunboats, the two Komarom class, the three HÜSZAR class, the Siofok class Gödöllö, and the minelayers KÖRÖS and Maros. In August 1941, after negociations between the British and Soviet staff ended on plans for a coordinated attack. Allied help mostly concerned tanks, planes and ground weaponry. She was renamed Fatiya, Palhavi (1926) and Shahan (1935). This wide waterway was criss-crossed by an intense traffic and served as a natural border. 1,350 tons in displacement, fast and powerful. Since 1936, Mexicans interpreted the civil war in Spain as a major struggle between the communists and fascists seen through their unique revolutionary lens. The Tiranë, Saranda, Durres, Vlore were ex-SVAN Venice MS boats built in 1926. However, with the decomposition of the eastern front and offensive of the Red army, Soviet forces soon found themselves invading Hungary itself. –Ting Pien class gunboats (280 tonnes, 1935). The country also had a Navy: Two minesweepers and four motor boats. A single shallow-draught German minesweeper of the FM class. This unit had to deal from 1932 against Chinese rebels, and guard the border against Soviet incursions and patrol rivers such as the Songha, Heilongjiang (Amur) and Wusuli (Ussuri). For the Mexican people, participation in World War II would come to signify a continuation of the spirit that had animated their own revolution. -Skeneberg class minesweepers: Skeneberg and Squipnia were the ex-FM16 and 26, German ww1 minesweepers. Armed by 40mm/45 in tank gun turrets (From Turán I tanks). These were the Szeged (ex-Wels, ex-Bregalnica, ex-Wels, ex-l) launched in 22/10/1915 and completed in 1916. In September 1941, Reza Shah Pahlavi was forced to abdicate, replaced by his son Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, leaning more towards the Allies. See the Iranian Fleet page. However there were a magnitude of neutral countries as well, which possessed a substantial navy, like Spain or Portugal. -German minesweeper FM24 (1918) was also ordered in 1922. Yes, both had a Navy. The new president’s regime regime froze wages, repressed strikes, and instituted the “crime of social dissolution” to lower dissidence. Germany refused to apologize or compensate Mexico, and on June 1, 1942, President Manuel Ávila Camacho issued a formal declaration of war against the Axis Powers. Until 1943, some aircraft were acquired with seven naval officers qualified as pilots, some joining the Mexican Air Force. Further acquisitions were made in 1920, like a German torpedo boat stranded in Moonsound, towed and repaired. This did not prevent it from maintaining riverine patrols on the Danube, making a single flotilla. As the first rumblings of another great war stirred in Europe in the 1930s, Mexico and the United States seemed like unlikely allies. Among small fleets, Mandchuko and Sarawak are worth mentioning. In 1927, three of these ships were sold to Hungary and one was sold to the Slovakians in 1929. At the end of the 14th century, Prince Skanderbeg helped by Christian cities reconquered the territory under Turkish domination. These Former Austro-Hungarian river armoured gunboats were initially called i and k, built at Budapest in 1915-1916. Mexican Navy boat runs aground off San Pedro - Duration: 3:02. From there, politicians transmitted the case to the Army. Gödöllö was in reserve from 1935, reactivated from 1941, sunk by Soviet aircraft at Uipest. It was followed by the Maximato and the Formation of the ruling party, and three presidents held office, Emilio Portes Gil, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, and Abelardo L. Rodríguez. 746 British Royal Marines (Colonel Robert Sturges) landed from a ship escorted by destroyers, and on 17 May two regular army brigades arrived. The Mex­i­can Navy has its ori­gins in the cre­ation of the Min­istry of War in 1821. There­fore, its pri­or­ity was to pur­chase its first fleet from the U.S. in order to dis­place the last re­main­ing Span­ish forces from its co… This force was renamed “Jiang Shangjun” (River Army), under a Mandchu captain, Yin Zuoqian as lieutenant general. It was the Mexican Expeditionary Air Force with the 201st Squadron; a small unit representing the Mexican military. The Navy's Home and Pacific Squadrons blockaded the enemy's east and west coasts, seized numerous ports, and conducted amphibious operations. They were 46 tons, 80 feets (24.38 m) long 450 bhp boats armed with a single 76 mm (3 in) gun and two MGs. However, the occupation of the coast enabled the Soviets a new supply road via the port of Bandar Abbas. WW2 MEXICAN ARMY - K BAR STYLE - UNIQUE RARE MARKINGS - NEW SHEATH - WOOD HANDLE. Following the fall of Rome, this province became Roman Byzantine under the name of Albanoï. Plus, many Mexicans still resented the United States for the loss of 55 percent of Mexico’s territory after the U.S.-Mexican War (known in Mexico as the North American Invasion). 330 tonnes patrol boats from the same Yard (CNT) and ordered at the same time, these vessels were still roomy but of lighter construction than the sloops, narrower (ratio 1/8) and armed with light guns. She was captured by US forces on 8/5/1945 and broken up in 1947-49 like two others. Five days later, with the support of the Soviet army, the Estonian government was deposed and a new pro-Soviet government installed around the Estonian Communist Party. The Sarawak Rangers comprised about 1,515 men, mainly trained and equipped Iban and Dayak tribesmen. At some point she became a lighthouse tender in the 1940s. 67 tons, 100 x 17 x 3 feets (30.48 x 5.18 x 0.91), 2 shaft diesels 280 bhp, 12 knots, 1x 37 mm howitzer (Work in Progress). -The Mexican Naval Aviation was created in 1919. It was reduced to nil in WW2. The conscription process consists on a yearly lottery done each September, where those who are 18 years old must present themselves to see if they will get the "Bola Negra (Black ball, exempts the service)" or the "Bola Blanca (White ball, must do the service)", and in the case of those living where there's a Mexican Navy … The Estonian gunboat Lembit, in service until 1927. As political tensions rose, Zacatecas was seized by the Republican Government and served during the civil war. A Mexican-made float biplane was successfully tested by Carlos Santa Ana at the Port of Veracruz that year. She was stricken in 1924, quite early, for reasons unknown. From that year until 1939 it existed jointly with the Army in the organic ministry. Others were members of the axis (Like Bulgaria), direct or collateral victims of the conflict (Like Albania and the Baltic States). Built at Danubius, Budapest, Maros was the first combat ship built in Hungary after theGreat War, bypassing treaty limitations and classified as and auxiliary netlayer. The war, however, took place before the construction of additional light ships could be completed. They are belonging to two very similar designs and series built by “Vega-Bureau” at Borgo in Finland and the Revensky Factory in Odessa. The commander of the Navy is the Secretary of the Navy… After the Italian capitulation, the Wehrmacht occupied the country. Her sistership Csuka (former ‘k’) was attributed to Hungary and renamed Siofok. Both were discarded in 1935 so no longer in service when the invasion started, however it is not known if they could have been reactivated if mothballed at that time at the Battle of Durrës (1939) but they are not mentioned. Pre-Owned. Rank insignia of the Mexican Air Force and Mexican Army are identical, as are … Specifications: Displacement 15.2 to 16.0 tons, Breadth 2.75 or 3.05 m draught 0.61-0.70 m Machinery, 2 shaft Stirling gasoline engines 100 shp Max speed, 11.5 knots, Armour, belt: 7, deck: 5, turret: 7, CT: 7 mm Armament: 3 x 1 – 8.3/66 mm. Between 1942 and 1944, Brazil's navy was supported by the United States Navy… For obvious reasons, out of the war, despite Franco’s gesture by sending the Azul Division in Russia. In July 1941 when was lanched Operation Barbarossa, in which Hungary participated with several divisions, the Danube flotilla was also mobilized. Mexican artillery men in the field during WWII as their country expects a declaration of war on the Axis Powers. On 10 May 194, operations for a landing commenced. However in 1939 already, Japan started to withdraw its influence, by February 1939, notably the naval instructors departed. During WW2, all three were modernized in US shipyards in California. Mexico … On the home front, hundreds of thousands of farm workers crossed the border to work for U.S. agricultural companies as part of the Bracero Program, which would outlast the war by nearly two decades and have a lasting impact on the relations between the two North American nations. The few anti-aircraft guns which existed were placed on the Kuching Airfield, along with a few obsolete planes. She was sold on 10/1927 sold to Hungary, modernized and recommissioned as Sopron in 1930. All these ships were of Russian Imperial origin, simply seized in ports in 1918 by the British. FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. Design was based on the Canovas del Castillo gunboat. In addition the Bracero Program sent 290,000 Mexicans to work temporarily on American farms, especially in Texas. The other was overhauled in 1924 at Debrezen, taking the same name. The small Iranian army possessed light Czech tanks and an obsolescent aviation and was in no position to hold back that pincer movement. Spanish language ranks are in italics, with English translation. In 1918, the Mexican Navy inherited a large collection of ships dating back 1892 to 1903 (the country stayed neutral, rocked by a revolution): -The old cruiser Zaragosa (1891), discarded in 1924 -Independecia class gunboats (Independencia, Libertad, 1874, 480 tons) discarded in the early 1920s -The Plan de Guadalupe (1892, 824 tons) stricken in 1924 -The Tampico class gunboats (1902, 980 tons) stricken 1924 -The Nicholas Bravo class (1903, 1227 tons) stricken 1925 During the interwar, it was made of a relatively modern fleet inherited from the 1932 naval plan, and in addition to a large coast defence ship purchased in 1924 to Brazil, the Mexican feet was reinforced by three destroyer-size patrol sloops (Spanish built), two gunboat-transports (also Spanish built), and ten gunboats (Basque-built on British plans). -2nd sea Patrol Division (Hai Lung, Hai Feng, Li Sui, Lin Chi) -3rd sea Patrol Division (Kuan Ning, Kuan Ching, Chian Tung) -4th sea Patrol Division (Hai Kuang, Hai Jui, Hai Jung, Hai Hua) -5th sea Patrol Division (Daichii, Kaihen, Kaini, Ta Tung, Li Ming) Manchukuo Riverine Defense Patrol Base: Yingkou and Antung, Fengtieng -1st Patrol Division (Sungari River, Ting Pien, Ching Hen, Shun Tien, Yan Ming, described above) The Sungari River Flotilla operated armored cars on the frozen rivers during the winter instead for patrols. Specs: -1600 tons, 85.95 x 12.19 x 3.05 m -2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, Yarrow boilers, 6500 shp 20 knots -Armed with 2x 4-in (102 mm), 2x2x 25 mm AA, 2x2x 13 mm AA. The third ship was the Györ, retroceded to Austria on 4/1920 as Compo, and purchased again 10/1927, and the fourth was the Viza (Kecskemét, ex-Viza, ex-o). –Lisui, ex gunboat Li Chieh, captured 1932. the loss of 55 percent of Mexico’s territory, formal declaration of war against the Axis Powers, including 33 pilots and more than 270 support personnel. The fate of the others is unknown, but according to navypedia, they were captured at Bandar-Pehlevi by Soviet troops on 27 August, then pressed into service in September 1941 under new names, SKA-1-3, changed to SKA-200-202, then reverted in 1946 to the Iranian Navy, resuming their service on the Caspian sea until the 1970s. To serve this fleet, a Tug, Neyrou was also ordered in 1936. Stranded in October 1917, recovered in 1923 and rebuilt. In addition, thousands of Mexican nationals living in the United States registered for military service during World War II. gunboat Pikkeri This modern vessel was built locally in Tallinn, and served as a presidential yacht. An attack on French Indochina and a naval battle at Ko Chang however did not bring the expected results. The Mexican Navy is one of the two independent Armed Forces of Mexico.The actual naval forces are called the Armada de México.The Secretaría de Marina (SEMAR) (English: Naval Secretariat) includes both the Armada itself and the attached ministerial and civil service. The entire fleet was crewed by Mandchu officers and ratings. They were Lettonia’s master ace in area. But after declaring war against the Axis in mid-1942, Mexico did contribute to the Allied victory in important ways. See the Romanian Navy for details. The first two, Charogh and Simorgh by a boarding crew of HMAS Yarra and the others, Chahbaaz and Karkass, by boarding groups from the Indian sloop RIN Lawrence at Bandar-Shapur. With the help of the Soviet troops the country was liberated at the end of 1944. -Aline (1875, 1 screw gun), Lorna Dorne (1881, 2 small guns), Aden (1884, paddle steamer with 1 small gun), Kaka (1901, 400 grt, paddle steamer), the Yacht Zahora (1894) and a few launches. This people over time became strongly Islamized while not preventing local governors from aspiring to more autonomy. Winston Churchill offered assistance to Iceland, a cooperation as ‘belligerent and an ally’, but Reykjavik declined. This categorization still works today. Buy It Now. The Aztec Eagles (including 33 pilots and more than 270 support personnel) arrived in Manila Bay in the Philippines on April 30, 1945. Two after WW1 were given to Yugoslavia and two to Austria but they were eventually purchased by the Hungarian Government after the peace treaties. The Confederate navy, built up with German investment, attacked the Mexican blockade of the south. She surrendered to US Troops in May 1945 and was discarded an BU in 1949. The Escuadrón 201 Aztec Eagles was perhaps the best known contribution of the Mexicans, 300 volunteers trained in the United States as pilots and deployed in the pacific. These ships had been incorporated in the Soviet Amur flotilla as a result. It became part of the kingdom of “Greater Bulgaria”. Mexico’s started to sell its oil to Germany and Italy as a result. Read More/Src https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary_in_World_War_II https://www.feldgrau.com/The-Imperial-Austrian-Hungarian-Danube-Flotilla http://www.navypedia.org/ships/hungary/hu_index.htm Note: Conway’s volumes made no mentions of the Hungarian riverine fleet, whereas they extend on the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Discarded 1945. In February 1942, the most famous naval battle of World War II … They could carry 490 troops and 80 horses, and horse-drawn field artillery. After the September armistice, Iran entered the Allied sphere of influence and declared war on Germany on 9 September 1943, and on Japan in March 1945. Simurgh in construction in CNT, Palermo, prior to launch (July 1931) credits navypedia.com. An interesting case however is Siam: The Kingdom (future Thailand), independent from the French which colonized nearby Indochina, capitalized on the supposed weakness of Vichy France in 1941, with the blessing of Japan. During WW2, the small Hungarian riverine force could only be used to patrol, not really to spearhead anywhere since neighbouring Romania became an ally during the invasion of the summer of 1941 (Operation Barbarossa). To the invasion followed the occupation. There are a total of [ 4 ] entries as part of the Mexico Warships List (Current and Former Types) in the Military Factory. Four vessels were ordered and delivered: Charogh (or SHAHROKH), Chanbaaz, Karkass, and Simorgh. It's a bit of homefront propaganda. During the invasion, there was little to do for the small Iranian fleet anchored in the Persian Gulf. “The association of the totalitarian push in Europe with the authoritarianism that the Mexican Revolution overturned is a natural association for people.”. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The list of Mexican Navy ships comprises all of the … These former Austro-Hungarian river armoured gunboat built in Budapest in 1915-1916 and renamed Fogas were stransferred to Austria in 1920, and in 1927 sold to Hungary, renamed Gödöllö and Csuka, Siofok. Mexico position towards the United States was unclear and the country remained neutral. They were launched at CNR (Palermo) in September and November 1931. On the southern part of the Island, the Dutch had a substantial aviation and two submarines. In World War II, Brazil's navy was obsolete. Also, Moskow saw this as an opportunity of regional influence. Mexico cut diplomatic ties with Japan on December 9, 1941; it broke with Germany and Italy by December 11. Watch; Mexican War on Drugs Mexican … The second world war was global. The oilfields at Miri and Seria and the refinery at Lutong were sabotaged by the British to avoid their fall into Japanese hands. This move was started decades before under Madero. The latter learned to respect them and even copied their agile Lemboi and Actuarias. A Mexican family leaving to cross the border during World War II to help wartime labor shortages, 1944. In November 1919 she was interned by the provisional Government of Yugoslavia at Novi Sad. The Chinese Navy was quickly destroyed by the IJN and aviation in 1937 and the following years. Therefore from 15/4/1920, the first was reallocated to Austria and 14/5/1921. Switzerland, for example, had some armed civilian patrol boats on Lake Geneva. -Alarm: 1919 Tug HMS St Ewe of the “Saint” class, 820 ton ship, specs same as original. Alice Lorraine and L’Aubaine were loaned steamers used for transport. The small country possessed a limited sea facade, and operated a few patrol boats on rivers but no major ships. By default of new infos about it, here are the Fogas and Birago specifications below. In 1920, the partition of Austro-Hungarian Navy in the St germain en Laye treaty atributed Fogas to Austria. *Each nation is assessed on individual and … -Mandchuko Naval HQ: Newchwang Naval Base, Fengtien -Secondary Base: Hulutao Naval Base, Fengtien Flagship: Destroyer Hai Wei. Micro fleets: Beyond any rankings lays a small group of “micro-fleets”, poor states or landlocked ones which had some watery real estate, in the shape of large rivers and lakes. The first was discarded in 1945, others in 1954 and the remainder in 1963, modernized. Yugoslav Slava, ex-Bodrog, a good example of the numerous Danube monitors various neighbouring countries used, in particular Hungary. Dimensions 183 and 196 ft or 55.78/59.44 m, 8.884 m long for 0.91 m draught, armed with a twin 120 mm DP forward, single aft, 3 MGs, diesel engines, 680/730 bhp for a top speed of 12.5/13 knots. 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