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An armed conflict between state actors, typically for a political or economic aim. Use this tag for specific wars.

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Who deposited German fuel drums on a Japanese air base in the Kuril Islands in 1943?

They were used throughout the war by the Soviet crews and eventually carried to the island. When you can't get the things you need, you improvise. In this case with captured fuel drums. … After World War II ended, things like fuel drums were no longer in short supply. The Soviet crews just discarded the drums wherever once empty. Any actual Soviet drums would have been reused. …
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