41.   The Soviet Union seized four islands in the Kuril chain in the closing days of World War II.

42.   The Soviet Union seized the islands at the end of World War II.

43.   The United States seized its islands during World War II and later used several atolls for atmospheric nuclear weapon testing.

44.   Moscow seized the islands -- Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and the Habomai -- in the closing days of World War II after abandoning its neutrality pact with Tokyo.

45.   Relations between Japan and Russia are still strained by a territiorial dispute dating back to World War II, when Moscow seized four islands north of Hokkaido.

46.   The four islands were seized by Soviet troops at the end of World War II and have been claimed by Japan ever since.

47.   The former Soviet Union seized the islands in the closing days of World War II and Japan wants them back.

48.   The former Soviet Union seized the islands in the closing days of World War II.

49.   The island was seized by Japanese troops after a two-week battle during World War II, when Singapore was still a British colony.

50.   The islands were seized by the former Soviet Union at the end of World War II.