| SMOLENSK | City in W. Russia on the Dneiper River, scene of severe fighting in World War II (8) |
| NIKOPOL | Industrial city in Ukraine on the Dneiper River (7) |
| KALUGA | City in W Russia on the Oka River (6) |
| KIEV | City on the Dneiper |
| 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) |
| WHITESEA | Almost landlocked inlet of the Barents Sea on the coast of N.W. Russia (5,3) |
| TOBRUK | Small port in NE Libya that saw severe fighting in World War II (6) |
| PLAINSOFABRAHAM | Plateau in E Canada between the city of Quebec and the St Lawrence River; scene of an important British victory (1759) in the Seven Years' War (6,2,7) |
| LIPETSK | Health resort in W Russia on the Voronezh River (7) |
| OKINAWA | Largest of the Ryukyu Islands in the North Pacific that was a scene of heavy fighting in World War II |
| IWOJIMA | Island in the W. Pacific, scene of prolonged fighting in World War II (3,4) |
| SOMME | French river: scene of heavy fighting in World War I (5) |
| VOLGA | A river in W Russia; the longest river in Europe (5) |
| YSER | River that was the scene of heavy fighting in World War I |
| PASSCHENDAELE | Village in NW Belgium that was scene of heavy fighting in World War I (13) |
| WHITE | The -- Sea is an almost landlocked inlet of the Barents Sea in N.W. Russia (5) |
| IWO | -- Jima, Pacific island, scene of fighting in World War II (3) |
| KRONSTADT | Port on Kotlin Island in N.W. Russia (9) |
| ELBRUS | Highest mountain in Europe which lies in S.W. Russia (6) |
| COX | Artist who captured landscapes and weather conditions in watercolours; Rhyl Sands, The Skylark and River Scene with Boys Fishing to name a few (3) |
