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| | "AXIS & FOREIGN LEGION MILITARIA |
 | | By early 1941, the German army drafted thousands of "Volkdeutsches" (ethnic Germans) from the "Sudetenland" (a borderland region that was located in the occupied Czech region known as Bohemia-Moravia Protectorate), Memel, Lithuania, and from the border districts of Eupen-Malmedy, Belgium and Alsace-Lorraine, France. |
 | | However, in the case of Latvia, the stamps were issued late in the war to be considered by the German postal authorities. |
 | | Depending on the postal agreements done with the collaborating countries, postcards, letters and newspapers up to 250gms were delivered free of charge to all military personnel. |
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