| LUSITANIA | British ocean liner sunk by Germany in 1915 (9) |
| ANSCHLUSS | Annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938 (9) |
| BIGBERTHA | Long-range howitzer used by Germany in World War I (3,6) |
| JERVISBAY | HMS ___, armed merchant cruiser sunk by a German warship in 1940 (6,3) |
| TITANIC | HMS ___, British passenger liner sunk by iceberg on maiden voyage (7) |
| CLERGYMAN | Minister in Sri Lanka supported by Germany oddly (9) |
| UNCHANGED | The same United Nations money that might be given back by Germany (9) |
| FORBIDDEN | As far as US leader's concerned, getting invaded by Germany is ruled out (9) |
| ANDANIA | Class 40 named after 1920s ocean liner sunk in Second World War (7) |
| HMS | Letters in British ocean liner names |
| DORIC | SS ___ (British ocean liner, once) |
| SUBMARINES | Warships used by Germany in the Battle of the Atlantic, a conflict described by Churchill as the "U-boat peril" (10) |
| SUDETENLAND | Part of Czechoslovakia annexed by Germany in 1938 |
| UBOAT | Weapon of war first deployed, most effectively, by Germany in 1914 (1-4) |
| POLAND | Country invaded by Germany in 1939 (6) |
| SWORDDANCE | Steps taken by Germany in planning of second war (5,5) |
| AUSTRIA | Country annexed by Germany in 1938 |
| MAGINOT | French defensive line which was overrun by Germany in 1940 (7) |
| VICHY | Marshal Petain commanded France's ... Government following its occupation by Germany in 1940 |
| UBOATS | Naval submarines operated by Germany in the First and Second World Wars (1-5) |
