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9781904010807
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NZ$ 69.95 each
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Author: Brian Cull & Paul Sortehaug
Published by: Grub Street
Hurricanes over Singapore is the companion volume to the successful Buffaloes over Singapore published in 2003.
It continues the story of the RAF’s gallant but futile attempt to stop the might of the Japanese invasion force in its quest to conquer not only Singapore, but also Sumatra and Java and all the other islands that constituted the Netherlands East Indies.
The Hurricanes went into action over Singapore on 20 January 1942 and the last two aircraft made the final flight at Java on 8 March that year. During the intervening time the Hurricane pilots and ground crew – British, New Zealanders, Australians, Canadians, Dutch and Americans – gave their all, with many making the supreme sacrifice. The majority of survivors would spend the next 3 ˝ years as prisoners of the Japanese – and some of their heart-rending stories are detailed here.
This expertly researched account, the most comprehensive to date, and ... more
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9780908876105
ANZAC Elite order quantity
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NZ$ 35.00 each
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Author: LORD Cliff & TENNANT Julian
Published by: Transpress
160 pages in A4 portrait format

A superb all-colour reference book to all the badges and insignia worn by the elite troops of the two countries, past and present. Includes brief histories of the units with some photographs, in both colour and black and white.
In all there are over 700 colour illustrations.
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9781905264339
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NZ$ 64.00 each
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Author: Max Arthur
Published by: Virgin Books
On 16 May 1943, nineteen Lancaster bomber crews gathered at a remote RAF station in Lincolnshire for a mission of extraordinary daring and high risk - a night raid on three crucial and heavily defended dams deep in the German industrial heartland. The raiders would have to fly across occupied Europe at a perilously low level and drop their bombs at a mere 60 feet above the water to destroy the dam walls. Eight planes never returned. Bestselling author Max Arthur has collected together first-hand accounts of the preparation, practise, experimentation and the raid itself, and the sense of emptiness and loss at RAF Scampton when 56 men failed to return. From RAF personnel to German civilians who witnessed the raid, this landmark oral history collection paints a moving and personal picture of one of the most famous operations of the Second World War.
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9781845963897
Dirty Combat order quantity
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NZ$ 37.90 each
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Author: David Tomkins
Published by: Mainstream Publishing
From the bloody plains of Angola to the jungles of Colombia, David Tomkins' career as a safe-breaker, arms dealer and mercenary spans five decades. A permanent fixture on the watch lists of intelligence agencies across the world, including the CIA and Interpol, he has served prison sentences on both sides of the Atlantic, most recently for conspiring to kill Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar. "Dirty Combat" is a no-holds-barred account of Tomkins' life, candidly told in his own words. Born in London during the Second World War, he was hospitalised for a time in a psychiatric ward and sent to reform school after he was deemed 'beyond parental control'.Later, following a spell in the Merchant Navy, he graduated from safe-blower to demolitions expert with a notorious mercenary army in Angola. From intrigue in Mayfair offices to the wild Tribal Areas of Pakistan, from guerrilla training camps in South America to solitary confinement in a ... more
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9781869790332
Last Stand in Singapore : The Story of the 488 (NZ) Squadron of the Royal Airforce order quantity
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NZ$ 36.99 each
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Author: Graham Clayton
Published by: Random House New Zealand Ltd
DoP - August 2008, Auckland
This gripping history has been written using the diaries, letters, photographs and personal reminiscences of members of 488 Squadron, who were based just outside Singapore City and valiantly kept planes in the air against Japanese attacks until just before the city was overwhelmed. The story of their day-to-day life at a time of crisis, their hard work and their valour is eye-opening. The remaining ground crew were granted passage on one of the last ships to leave the island, when the Japanese were just 1 kilometre from the city centre. The ship had accommodation for 23 passengers, yet there were approximately 3000 people crammed on board. The overcrowding was the least of their worries...
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9781906502010
Master Bombers : The experiences of a Pathfinder Squadron at war 1942-45 order quantity
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NZ$ 79.99 each
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Author: Sean Feast
Published by: Grub Street Publishing
The Pathfinders were the corps d'elite of Bomber Command, the command that had been leading the fight back against Germany even before the fall of France in 1940. Formed in July 1942, the Pathfinder force was tasked with marking targets and leading bomber formations to the right place at the right time in order to cause maximum devastation to the enemy. Pathfinder crews consisted of members who had flown a minimum of 45 operational sorties and while they were no doubt the best of the best, the force was made up of individuals from all ranks and backgrounds. Even amongst these elite there were gods, and these took the form of the master bombers.The Master Bomber, as the name suggests, was the aircraft in charge of the whole attack, it was the Master Bomber who determined the accuracy of the target indicators dropped by the primary visual markers, and what further marking or illumination was required. It was the Master Bomber that would ... more
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9781844134199
The Great War order quantity
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NZ$ 45.00 each
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Published by: Yellow Jersey Press
The Great War takes a hard look at the legend of the 'Massacre of the Innocents' at Ypres in 1914 - an event that became a cornerstone of Nazi mythology. It describes the Gallipoli campaign as it has never been described before - from the Turkish side. Here too are the horrors of naval warfare, as both British and German sailors experienced them at the Battle of Jutland; the near breakdown of the American commander, John H. Pershing; and the rarely told story of the British disaster on the Tigris River in what is now Iraq. Michael Howard chronicles the summer of 1914 and the descent into a war that leaders were actually more afraid to avoid than to join. John Keegan writes about the muddy tragedy of Passchendaele in 1917. Jan Morris details the rise and fall of Sir John Fisher, whom she characterizes as the greatest British admiral since Nelson.
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9781906502409
Torpedo Leader order quantity
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NZ$ 34.99 each
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Author: Patrick Gibbs
Published by: Grub Street Publishing
Written during the war without benefit of hindsight, this is a remarkable and valuable account. A very personal story, its lucid, exciting and readable narrative describes firstly the author's frustrations as a Staff Officer in Cairo, then his triumphs and disasters as a Beaufort Flight Commander on the anti-shipping operations from Malta in 1942, during which Gibbs' contribution was immense.
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9780958224383
Barce Raid : The Long Range Desert Group's most daring exploit in World War II order quantity
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Author: Brendan O'Carroll
Published by: Nationwide Books
September 1942: Allied special forces launch commando operations against several Axis facilities deep behind the lines in Libya, during the build-up to the second battle of El Alamein. Most successful is a swashbuckling, damaging raid on the Italian-held Barce airfield and town, by Kiwi and British members of the Long Range Desert Group.
This is an anatomy of that raid, pieced together by LRDG authority Brendan O’Carroll from interviews with participants, official records from both sides in the conflict, and published accounts.
First published October 2005.
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9781906502287
Black Fokker Leader order quantity
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Author: Peter Kilduff
Published by: Grub Street Publishing
One of the most noteworthy German fighter pilots of World War I was Leutnant der Reserve Carl Degelow, whose squadron of mostly black Fokker D. VII fighters posed a formidable threat to some of Britain's most celebrated air units on the Western Front. Degelow had a unique approach to aerial combat which fascinated the author, Peter Kilduff, so much that in 1979 he wrote "Germany's Last Knight of the Air" about his exploits, a book long out of print.During the intervening 30 years Kilduff has obtained new information and original photos, plus copies of significant German archival material and documentation which shed much new light on this legendary ace. "Black Fokker Leader" is a completely new work with unpublished material about Degelow and his comrades - how he was almost court-martialled; how his career was saved by Carl Josef Jacobs; how Degelow helped Willy Rosenstein escape from Nazi Germany, and much more. Plus new insights ... more
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9781906502324
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Author: Frank 'Dutch' Holland
Published by: Grub Street Publishing
The day after D-Day, the most momentous day of the Second World War, Frank Holland was an RAF pilot whose Typhoon aircraft had just been hit by German anti-aircraft fire during a low flying attack on a marshaling yard in Normandy. He managed to take the aircraft up to 1200 feet but then the engine went dead and his Typhoon soon began heading towards the earth at an accelerating and frightening speed. Struggling frantically, he just barely got free of the cockpit and baled out four or five seconds before the crash. His parachute didn't open but he fell into a wood, crashing through the branches of an oak to dangle precariously fifteen feet up. Breathing hard, he experienced a few seconds of relief at survival. But then he realized German troops would be swarming around within minutes. He had to get away, and fast - So begins Frank's tremendous adventure as he evaded capture for months, sometimes by barely a whisker, to make it back home ... more
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780670887033
D-Day : The Battle for Normandy order quantity
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NZ$ 65.00 each
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Author: Antony Beevor
Published by: Viking (Penguin)
The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was simply awesome. What followed them was some of the most cunning and ferocious fighting of the war, at times as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front. As casualties mounted, so too did the tensions between the principal commanders on both sides.
Meanwhile, French civilians caught in the middle of these battlefields or under Allied bombing endured terrible suffering. Even the joys of Liberation had their darker side. The war in northern France marked not just a generation but the whole of the post-war world, profoundly influencing relations between America and Europe.
Making use of overlooked and new material from over thirty archives in half a dozen countries, D-Day is the most vivid and well-researched account yet of the battle of Normandy.
As with Stalingrad and ... more
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9781846056673
Fight to Win order quantity
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Author: Chris Ryan
Published by: Random House Business Books
The mysterious world of elite combat units blown wide open…
Find out how elite teams prepare for Close Quarter Battle.
Discover how they launch assaults against pirate boats.
Learn the secrets to directing air attack against a key intelligence target.
Read how units manage to enter hostile territory undetected, and carry out long-ranges reconnaissance
mission deep behind enemy lines?
In his new book, former SAS hero Chris Ryan delves into the secretive world of elite warfare, revealing the
nuts and bolts of some of the toughest, sharpest and most legendary fighting units in existence around the
world today.
Drawing on his experience as a soldier in the Regiment for a decade, as well as his recent unique access to
some of the world’s hardest and most sophisticated special police units for his TV show Elite World Cops,
Chris Ryan explores the secrets of the trade. From the HALO insertion technique to mounting ambushes ... more
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9781906502553
Finding the Few order quantity
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NZ$ 69.99 each
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Author: Andy Saunders
Published by: Grub Street Publishing
1940 in the skies over Britain was a time of courage, heroism and extreme danger. Many men gave their lives to keep the island free and some disappeared into the summer sky with no trace of them ever being found. This remarkable book records the life of a dozen of these pilots shot down and killed but who remained missing for decades until diligent research and searches primarily by the author brought identification to them and closure to their families. Each case represents a fascinating human story of humour, drama, love and tragedy; and each one represents a startling tale of detective work and remarkable coincidences, oft-times revealing controversy. Finding the Few ends with a mystery still unsolved, has photographs throughout, and will stand as a fitting testament to those men lost but not forgotten. By the author of Bader's Last Fight and Mannock VC.
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9780552155489
First Blitz : The Secret German Plan to Raze London to the Ground in 1918 order quantity
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NZ$ 27.99 each
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Author: Neil Hanson
Published by: Corgi Books
A world away from the killing fields of France was a battle that could have changed the face of history. Over the course of 1917, German bombers threatened to engulf London in firestorms - a portent of the London Blitz and the Battle of Britain over twenty years later. They were determined to bring London to its knees. The First Blitz took place over eight nights in 1917, but it was the second wave of attacks in the summer of 1918, following the development of the 'Elektron' incendiary bomb, that came within an ace of obliterating London. The margin between the survival of the world's greatest capital city and its total destruction came down to less than one hour. The events and decisions taken in the course of those fateful days were as important as anything that happened on the Western Front.

With breathtaking insight, compelling drama and supreme narrative clarity, Neil Hanson tells the story of the air war that could have ... more
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9781906502096
Flying into Hell order quantity
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Author: Mel Rolfe
Published by: Grub Street Publishing
With the passage of time rapidly depleting the ranks of WWII combat veterans, the chance to learn what battle was like first hand is fast disappearing. Nothing can quite surpass a truthful personal account of such experiences to remind us of the courage of the young but also to dispel the myth that war is somehow glamorous. In his collection of 20 short stories, related to him by the men themselves, best-selling author Mel Rolfe has done just that. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the subject.
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9781906502393
Halifax Down! order quantity
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NZ$ 69.99 each
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Author: Tom Wingham
Published by: Grub Street Publishing
On the night of 22/23rd April 1944 Tom Wingham was the bomb aimer in the crew of a 76 Squadron Halifax shot down while on the way to bomb Dusseldorf. Coming to in a tangle of parachute and harness straps he realised the precariousness of his situation and so, dazed and aching with a painful concussion and navigating by the stars alone, he quickly set off on his long and difficult journey home through occupied territory, constantly depending on the kindness of others who risked their lives to help keep him hidden. Tom made his way from Holland, at the hands of The Escape and was then passed via L'Armee Secrete, a London run organisation operating in the east of Belgium, but fell right into the path of the Gestapo. In a deadly game of hide and seek Tom evaded his captors long enough to witness the retreat of German soldiers as he stayed at the house of Madame Schoofs, which became a temporary German HQ. In the 1980s Tom assisted a Dutch ... more
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9781906502546
Illingworth's War in Cartoons order quantity
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Author: Mark Bryant
Published by: Grub Street Publishing
Leslie Illingworth was one of the most distinguished British political cartoonists of the 20th century and remains for many 'the cartoonists' cartoonist. Yet, though his career spanned more than 50 years very little has been published about his life and works. Some of Illingworth's best cartoons were published for the "Daily Mail" during the Second World War (examples were even found in Hitler's bunker) and this book collects together for the first time 100 of his greatest to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the conflict. Illingworth joined the "Daily Mail" soon after the war started, and remained with the paper for 30 years. A superb draughtsman and an acute political commentator, he also drew weekly for "Punch" for two decades.
This unique collection is divided into chapters covering the war year-by-year and also contains the first biography of Illingworth based on previously unavailable access to family records.
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9780143011866
In Defence of Our Land : A Tour of New Zealand's Historic Harbour Forts order quantity
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Author: Russell Glackin
Published by: Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.
The harbour forts of New Zealand occupy some of the grandest real estate in the country, yet little is known of the of what went into their construction. Highly illustrated with archival photos, maps and site plans, this easy-to-follow book is full of fascinating stories about New Zealand's wartime fort construction, of relics that now help form the character of many of our major harbour settlements, and of a time when the possibility of enemy warships in our waters was real. 144 pages.

First published July 2009.
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9780670074242
NZSAS : The First Fifty Years order quantity
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Author: Ron Crosby
Published by: Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.
NZSAS: The First Fifty Years by Ron Crosby is the first and only official history of New Zealand's elite Special Forces, the New Zealand Special Air Service. From their first ever engagements in the jungles of Malaya in 1956, through to the Vietnam War and on to modern conflicts in Iraq, East Timor and Afghanistan, this book traces the history and development of 1 NZSAS Group. Illustrated with maps and never-before-seen photographs, and told by the men who were there - in most cases in their own words - the book provides a rare and fascinating insight into the clandestine world of covert operations. 464 pages.

DoP August 2009, Auckland
Hardcover
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9780593054505
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Author: Rowland White
Published by: Bantam Press
HMS Ark Royal was the most powerful warship the Royal Navy had ever put to sea. 50,000 tons of British Sovereign Territory - a floating airfield that was home to 2700 men, a stockpile of nuclear weapons, and the most modern, capable air force in Europe. But by the early seventies, Ark Royal was in the twilight of her career. Only kept in service to help face down the Cold War threat from the powerful Soviet Navy, it seemed Ark would play no further part on the world's stage.Then, in January 1972, intelligence reached Whitehall that British Honduras - now Belize - was threatened with imminent invasion. To defend the colony Britain's response had to be immediate and unequivocal. And Ark Royal offered the only effective means of preventing the little Central American country being overrun by battle-hardened, US-trained Guatemalan paratroops. But to do so the old carrier would first have to endure a destructive, high-speed 1500 mile dash ... more
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Author: Rowland White
Published by: Bantam Press
HMS Ark Royal was the most powerful warship the Royal Navy had ever put to sea. 50,000 tons of British Sovereign Territory - a floating airfield that was home to 2700 men, a stockpile of nuclear weapons, and the most modern, capable air force in Europe. But by the early seventies, Ark Royal was in the twilight of her career. Only kept in service to help face down the Cold War threat from the powerful Soviet Navy, it seemed Ark would play no further part on the world's stage.
Then, in January 1972, intelligence reached Whitehall that British Honduras - now Belize - was threatened with imminent invasion. To defend the colony Britain's response had to be immediate and unequivocal. And Ark Royal offered the only effective means of preventing the little Central American country being overrun by battle-hardened, US-trained Guatemalan paratroops. But to do so the old carrier would first have to endure a destructive, high-speed 1500 mile dash ... more
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9781906502294
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Author: Ralph Barker
Published by: Grub Street Publishing
Low-level strikes against enemy shipping by torpedo-carrying aircraft were perhaps the most dangerous forms of air attack developed during WWII, and few isolated actions had such a direct impact on naval and military actions. This book tells the story of the RAF men involved, from the early attacks by single Beauforts off the Dutch and Norwegian coasts to the massed assaults of later years by the famous 'strike-wings'. The author, who joined the RAF in 1940 as a wireless operator/ air gunner, and served in the UK, Middle East and West Africa, and whose career on torpedo work ended in a crash in which his pilot and navigator were killed, is eminently qualified to write this book. He includes many historic actions; the lone moonlight attack by a 22-year-old flight sergeant on the pocket-battleship Lutzow; the torpedoing of the Gneisena in Brest harbour; the Channel Dash of the Scharnhorst, Gneisena and Prinz Eugen and the heroic ... more
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9780553819137
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Author: E.P.F. Lynch
Published by: Bantam Press
'It's the end of the 1916 winter and the conditions are almost unbelievable. We live in a world of Somme mud. We sleep in it, work in it, fight in it, wade in it and many of us die in it. We see it, feel it, eat it and curse it, but we can't escape it, not even by dying...'. Edward Lynch enlisted when he was just 18 - one of thousands of fresh-faced men who were proudly waved off by the crowds as they embarked for France. It was 1916 and the majority had no idea of the reality of the Somme trenches, of the traumatised soldiers they would encounter there, of the innumerable, awful contradictions of war.Private Lynch was one of those who survived, and on his return home in 1919, wrote "Somme Mud" in pencil in over 20 school exercise books, perhaps in the hope of coming to terms with all that he had witnessed there. Written from the perspective of an ordinary 'Tommy' and told with dignity, candour and surprising wit, "Somme Mud" is a ... more
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9780345472519
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Author: Stuart A Herrington
Published by: Presidio Press
Stuart A. Herrington was an American intlligence advisor assigned to root out the enemy in the Hau Nghia province. His gripping memoir recounts his personal experience with Operation Phoenix, the program created to destroy the Vietcong's shadow government, which thrived in the rural communities of South Vietnam. 274 pages including black-and-white photo insert and maps.
 
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