| SMOLENSK | City in Russia on the Dnieper River that was scene of severe fighting in World War II (8) |
| SAUER | 173 kilometre river which flows through Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany; scene of severe fighting in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II (5) |
| WATERLOO | Small town in central Belgium that was scene of a famous 1815 battle (8) |
| STHELENA | Volcanic island in the SE Atlantic that was scene of Napoleon's exile (2,6) |
| DELAWARE | U.S. river that was site of a crossing by George Washington in 1776 (8) |
| TOBRUK | Small port in NE Libya that saw severe fighting in World War II (6) |
| OKINAWA | Largest of the Ryukyu Islands in the North Pacific that was a scene of heavy fighting in World War II |
| SOMME | River in N France that was scene of heavy fighting in World War One (5) |
| IWOJIMA | Island in the West Pacific that was scene of prolonged fighting between Japan and the US in the Second World War (3,4) |
| SEDAN | Town on the River Meuse that was scene of a 1940 World War II battle which began the German invasion |
| PASSCHENDAELE | Village in NW Belgium that was scene of heavy fighting in World War I (13) |
| ELOBEID | City in the central Sudan that was scene of the defeat of a British and Egyptian army by the Mahdi in 1883 (2,5) |
| VERDUN | Fortified town in north-eastern France that was scene of the longest battle in the First World War (6) |
| YSER | River that was the scene of heavy fighting in World War I |
| ASTRAKHAN | City in Russia on the delta of the Volga River associated with a type of fur (9) |
| DZERZHINSK | City in Russia on the Oka River named after the first leader of the Cheka (10) |
| DIENBIENPHU | Village in Vietnam that was scene of a major defeat of French forces by the Vietminh in 1954 (4,4,3) |
| YPRES | Town in Belgium that was scene of many battles in World War One (5) |
| PYLOS | Port in Greece that was scene of the Battle of Navarino in 1827 (5) |
| PERM | City in Russia on the Kama River that was formerly called Molotov (4) |
