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 * Estonia|||12,000
 * Finland|||25,000
 * Germany|||600,000
 * Italy|||528,000
 * Japan|||248,000
 * Latvia|||27,000
 * Lithuania|||22,000
 * Poland|||284,000
 * Rumania|||266,000
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 * Latvia|||27,000
 * Lithuania|||22,000
 * Poland|||284,000
 * Rumania|||266,000
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 * Rumania|||266,000
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7. All the nations mentioned in paragraph 6 above have made provisions for supplementing their regular army units by other units made up in whole or in part from reserve troops. The reserves are composed both of men who have completed the regular period of enlistment and have been granted long-term leave, and also of men who have never served regularly with the colors but have received limited periods of military or semi-military training yearly.

8. With the probable exception of the German army, European armies have accumulated considerable reservoirs of reserve trained manpower. These trained reserves amount to three, four,and five times the strength of the standing armies.

9. The Soviet union has been thorough in the training of its manpower an in the utilization of all eligible individuals for some sort of military work.

10. The youth of the nation is under the -3-