| MAQUIS | Person in a French guerrilla force during the Second World War (6) |
| HELLER | Author whose experiences in the US Air Force during the Second World War inspired him to write Catch |
| BOMBER | Nickname of Sir Arthur Harris, marshal of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War (6) |
| MAQUISARD | Member of a French guerrilla resistance force 1940-1945 (9) |
| EXOCET | French missile used by Argentinian forces during the Falklands War (6) |
| ORANGE | Poisonous herbicide used by US forces during the Vietnam War (5,6) |
| ALLIED | Like forces during the war, mustered without leader (6) |
| ENSA | Organisation that provided entertainment for the Forces during the Second World War (4) |
| PATTON | Flamboyant US general best known for his leadership of armoured forces during World War II (6) |
| KUNGFU | Country backing force during tricky gun fighting method (4,2) |
| EIGHTY | --- Army, a British field army during the Second World War, formed in Egypt in 1941 (6) |
| OSTEND | Belgian city and ferry port, scene of two raids by British naval forces during WWI (6) |
| LADYSMITH | South African city in KwaZulu-Natal subjected to a four-month siege by Boer forces during the Second Boer War (1899-1902) (9) |
| ENIGMA | Word for a mysterious or puzzling person or thing that is also the code deciphered at Bletchley Park during the Second World War (6) |
| BAWDEN | Author of the novel for children Carrie's War, based on siblings evacuated to a Welsh mining village during the Second World War (6) |
| NIMITZ | Chester, Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet during the Second World War (6) |
| NORWAY | Country that has donated the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree to the UK annually since 1947 as thanks for help during the Second World War (6) |
| DESERT | Nickname, used by his foes as well as friends, of the commander of the Afrika Korps during the Second World War (3,6,3) |
| GIBSON | Commanding officer of the 'Dambusters' raid during the Second World War (6) |
| GOLDEN | Countries that fought against the Axis during the Second World War (6) |
