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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

Reserves

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

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