| MAE | --- West, a World War II lifejacket |
| ZINCTHEBISMARCK | Plate a World War II battleship with a certain metal? |
| KINGRAT | 1962 debut novel by James Clavell, set in a World War II prisoner of war camp (4,3) |
| TORA | When tripled, a World War II film |
| OLD | Like a World War II veteran |
| MONTGOMERY | It wasn't named for a World War II commander |
| MODELTANK | Miniature for a World War II buff |
| SOMME | French river that was a World War II battle site in 1944 |
| IWOJIMA | Japanese island, site of a World War II battle (3,4) |
| ARNHEM | City in the East Netherlands, site of a World War II battle (6) |
| FREEFALL | 1959 William Golding novel set in a World War II POW camp (4,4) |
| MAGICAL | Enchanting sort of calm about a World War II veteran (7) |
| COLDITZ | German town whose castle was used as a World War II P.O.W. camp (7) |
| YALTA | Resort on the Crimean peninsula that hosted a World War II leaders conference in 1945 (5) |
| FIGHT | Why We ___ is a World War II era documentary series which consists of edited newsreel footage and movie scenes (5) |
| HACKSAWRIDGE | 2016 drama starring Andrew Garfield as a World War II medic: 2 wds. |
| SADSACK | Which misfit GI comic strip character originated in a World War II US Army magazine? (3,4) |
| LECLERC | French battle tank named after a World War II general posthumously made Marshal of France (7) |
| TARAWA | Chief island of Kiribati, site of a World War II battle in November 1943 (6) |
| PATTONPLATOONNETWORK | Connected group of a World War II general's combat units? |
