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6 days 5 hours ago #253392 by Lang
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The Allies used around 7 Billion Barrels of oil. 1,120,000,000,000 litres

The Axis used around 4 Billion Gallons.
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6 days 5 hours ago #253393 by V8Ian
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Most of that being petrol, presumably. 

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6 days 5 hours ago - 6 days 5 hours ago #253394 by Lang
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Ships must have sucked up a lot of crude and heavy fuel. Submarines ran on diesel.

A Battleship used around 4,000 litres per mile about the same as a Dodge 360V8.
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