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Cirencester War Memorial |
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A monument dedicated the men of Cirencester who lost their lives in both the First and Second World Wars. It is particularly unusual in that the norma...
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Indian Sub-Continent, Africa and the Caribbean Memorial Gates, London. |
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This memorial is dedicated:
"In memory of the five million volunteers from the Indian Sub-Continent, Africa and the Caribbean who fought with Britain...
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| Australia |
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Australian War Memorial, London |
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The beautiful, sweeping curve of the West Australian green granite wall at Hyde Park Corner has the 24,000 names of the home towns and villages of the...
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| Britain |
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"Dads Army" - Home Guard being put though his paces |
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Members of the 'Mainwarinings Mob' re-enactment group who recreate a unit of the British Home Guard during WW2. Although too old to join regular units...
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1943 Willys .25 ton Jeep |
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This particular example was used by General Sir Brian Horrocks, one of the British commanders of XXX Corps during Operation Market Garden
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A display of Infantry weapons of World War 2 |
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A display of infantry weapons used during World War II. From the left the weapons areas follows:
- The wooden stock sub-machine gun at the bottom ...
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A WW2 Red Cross aid post |
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A depiction of a Red Cross aid post by members of the Joint War Organisation. The post is shown with nurse, tent and all necessary medical equipment a...
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Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede. |
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A memorial to more than 20,000 aircrew of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth Air Forces who died in the second world war and who have no known grave...
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Alnwick War Memorial |
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Battle of the Atlantic Maritime Memorials, Liverpool. |
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A collection of Naval Memorials positioned on the banks of the River Mersey at Georges Dock Pierhead in Liverpool. They commemorate the vital part the...
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Bren Light Machine Gun |
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The main LMG used by the British during World War 2, this is a Bren mark II from 1942.
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British 25 pounder field gun |
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The 25lbr Mk II QF gun was the standard British divisional field gun from the 1940's up to the late 1960's. It could be used in both the close support...
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British 25 pounder Gun and Morris C8 Quad Tractor |
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These images show a 25 pounder gun with it's tractor, the Morris C8 Field Artillery Tractor (FAT) known as the Quad in WW2 colours. The Morris Quad wa...
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British 5.5 inch Mk III Medium Gun |
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A medium cailbre artillery piece brought into service in 1941 (this one dates from 1942) was still being used in the 1970's. It could fire a 45.4 kg s...
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British Airborne Field Engineers |
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Two members of the Normandy Arnhem Society portraying officers of the 9th Airborne Field Company, Royal Engineers during Operation Market Garden - the...
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British Churchill Mk VII Tank |
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The Churchill was designed before the war and early, unreliable versions were rushed into service, proving disastrous. Between 1942 and 46 however the...
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British Paratroopers, Mortar section. |
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Re-enactors from the Victory in Europe Re-enactment Association (VERA) as a paratroop heavy weapons platoon in action in north-west Europe, 1944. They...
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Cavalry regiments Memorial, London |
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A monument erected to the 'Cavalry of the Empire', regiments commemorating those who fell from those regiments in both world wars. Features a triumpha...
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Clifton, near York War Memorial |
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Elvington Control Tower |
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The original control tower of the former RAF Bomber Command airfield at Elvington, near York. It has been restored to it's original condition as it wo...
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Firepower through the ages - WW2 Mk5 Sten guns - MUR3_ftasten |
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A cheap and effective sub-machine gun issued to Allied special forces (as demonstrated here) during the Second World War. The Australian model had a v...
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Hawker Hurricane 1 (Replica) |
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The Hurricane went into service with the RAF in 1937 and proved to be an excellent all-round fighter-interceptor, particularly in the Battle of Britai...
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Hawker Hurricane 1 (Replica) |
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The Hurricane went into service with the RAF in 1937 and proved to be an excellent all-round fighter-interceptor, particularly in the Battle of Britai...
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Hexham War Memorial |
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Lindesfarne War Memorial, on Holy Island |
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M3A3 Grant Tank 'Monty' |
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This British version of an American tank was used in the North African desert campaigns of 1941 and fought at El Alamein. It was originally armed with...
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Merchant Marine memorial - London |
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The monument on Tower Hill in London to the Merchant sailors from both World Wars who have no known grave.
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Morris Commercial CDSW Field Artillery Tractor |
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The Morris 6x4 Tractor was brought into service in the 1930's to tow heavy field guns like the 25 pounder but was not as manouverable as the later Mor...
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Northumberland Fusiliers - 4th and 8th Battalion Second World War Memorial |
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A memorial garden dedicated to these two battalions with strong Hexham connections.
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PIAT infantry anti-armour weapon |
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The Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank weapon or PIAT for short was used by British forces during and after World War 2, particularly by paratroopers when...
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Portsmouth Naval Memorial |
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The monument to personnel of the Royal Navy from both world wars who have no known Grave. The Inscription across the base of the Obelisk reads :
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RAF Linton-on-Ouse War Memorial |
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A memorial in the station museum at Linton-on-Ouse to the squadrons and personnel who served there during the Second World War. The Royal Canadian Air...
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RAF Linton-on-Ouse, 1930's Hangars |
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These two hangars still used to house RAF Linton-on-Ouse's complement of Tucano T1 training aircraft are the original hangars built when the station f...
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Sexton, 25lbr Self-propelled Gun, 1945 |
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Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1a (Replica) |
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One of the finest combat aircraft in service during the second world war, the Spitfire entered service in June 1938. This replica is painted in the co...
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Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1a (Replica) |
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One of the finest combat aircraft in service during the second world war, the Spitfire entered service in June 1938. This replica is painted in the co...
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The Cenotaph, London. |
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The symbolic 'empty tomb' in Whitehall, London which is the focus of Remembrance Day commemorations in the UK. It was designed in 1919 by Sir Edwin Lu...
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The Home Guard |
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A re-enactor from the The Victory in Europe Reenactment Association (VERA) showing the uniform and weapon of the British Home Guard during World War 2...
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Towlaw War Memorial |
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War memorial dedicated to the fallen from Towlaw, Thornley, Sunniside, Hedley Hope, East Hedley Hope and Satley in County Durham.
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Vickers Mk1 Medium machine gun |
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The main Medium MG used by the British Army from 1912 through to 1966. It was tripod-mounted, water-cooled and belt fed. It could fire up to 450 round...
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War Memorial, Acomb, York. |
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A memorial cross to those of the parish of Acomb, near York, who fought in both World Wars. The names of the fallen of the First World War are listed ...
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War Memorial, Looe. |
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An elegant celtic cross war memorial to "The Men of Looe" in Cornwall of both the 1914-18 and 1939-45 wars. Also dedicated "In grateful appreciation o...
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WW2 British Paratrooper - MUR3_pathfinder |
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A member of the 22nd Independant Company, 6th Airborne Div. "Pathfinders" sent in to Normandy early on D-day to hold the eastern flank of the landings...
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York Post Office War Memorial. |
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Placed just inside the doorway of the central post office in York.
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York Rail Workers War Memorial |
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A memorial to the men of the North Eastern Railway who gave their lives on both wars.
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| Canada |
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The Canadian War Memorial, London. |
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This evocative memorial of a stylised maple leaf with water cascading down its polished face remembers the contribution of the Canadian soldiers in bo...
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| Germany |
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A German Marder III Tank-Hunter |
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This Marder III Ausf-H is run by the 21st Panzer Division re-enactment group ans is depicted in the desert colours of the Afrika Korps of 1943. It was...
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A Panzergrenadier of the 21st Panzer Rgt. |
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This image shows a German Panzergrenadier in traffic control, equiped with a Schmeisser MP-40 Submachine Gun and dressed in foul-weather uniform with ...
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German 88mm Anti-Aircraft Gun and Argentine 20mm AA gun |
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The premier, multi-purpose gun of the second world war, the German 88 was respected and feared wherever it was encountered. A high muzzle velocity, go...
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German artifacts from WW2 |
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Various German artifacts from WW2 including an MG42 machine gun and infantry helmet.
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German Jagdpanther Self-propelled Gun |
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This tank destroyer from 1943 was based on a Pzkpfw 5 Panther chassis and mounted a powerful 88mm anti-tank gun, the equal of almost all allied armour...
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German Pak 38 Anti-Tank gun |
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Used on all fronts throughout the second world war the 5cm pak38 was the mainstay of the German infantry's anti-tank artillery. Designed in 1940 it fi...
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German WW2 Vehicles - Motorcycle/sidecar combo & VW-166 Schwimmwagen |
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A pair of vehicles maintained by the 21st Panzer Division re-enactment group. The first is a representation of a KS750 Zundapp Motorbike and side car ...
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Panzer Grenadier MG42 gun team. |
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Two re-enactors of the 8./ Grenadier Regiment Grossdeutschland demonstrating an MG42 and its firing position with the no.2 feeding the belt ammunitio...
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| Japan |
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The Burma campaign, captured items. |
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Items commemorating the 2nd Battalion, Manchesters Rgt, and their actions in Burma 1944-45. They include a pair of Japanese Infantry officers' swords,...
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| Russia |
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Russian guard post, soldiers at ease |
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A shot of a pair of Russian soldiers taking a mess break in a village, with a guard post mounting a M1910 Maxim gun in the foreground.
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Russian T34/85 Tank |
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Widely thought the be the best tank of the war, the T34 was designed in 1939 but first appeared in battle in June 1941. By the end of the war 40,000 h...
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Russian WW2 personal weapons |
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From right to left:
The PPSh 41 sub-machine gun, 7.62mm pistol round, wooden stock and 71 round drum magazine.
A Mosin Nagant 7.62 carbine.
Th...
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Russian WW2 weapons |
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He is shown here, holding a PPS43 sub-machine gun while a Mosin Nagant sniper rifle with optical sights rests across his lap.
Member of the 13th Gu...
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WW2 Russian 13th Guards - Camp |
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Kit and equipment of the 13th Guards Russian re-enactment group
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WW2 Russian 13th Guards - Engineer/Grenadier |
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A member of the 13th Guards Russian re-enactment group
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WW2 Russian 13th Guards - Light machine gun |
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Kit and equipment of the 13th Guards Russian re-enactment group
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WW2 Russian 13th Guards - Sniper |
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A member of the 13th Guards Russian re-enactment group
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WW2 Russian Guards Sniper |
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A russian sniper of the second world war era cleaning his Mosin-Nagant sniper rifle in camp, surrounded by other items of kit.
Member of the 13th G...
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| Sweden |
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Bofors 40mm light Anti-Aircraft Gun |
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The 40mm L/60 automatic anti-aircraft gun was designed in Sweden by Bofors in 1928. It became so successful it was simply known as a 'Bofors gun' and ...
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| USA |
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Dodge Weapons Carrier - MIDS_beaver |
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Awaiting further details.
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Dodge Weapons Carrier - MIDS_dodgeWC |
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Awaiting further details.
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International Harvester M5 halftrack |
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This halftrack produced during the war under the lend-lease agreement could carry 3 crew and a section of 10 infantrymen with a reasonable firepower. ...
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M24 Chaffee light tank |
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Developed during WW2 as a replacement for the out-gunned Stuart Light Tanks, it was designed ito carry a heavier 75mm gun to take on the German armour...
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M4A4 Sherman V Tank |
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Between 1942 and 1946, 40,000 of these important tanks were built, pouring much-needed Allied armour into the push against the previously indestructab...
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