| ARDENNES | Forested area which was the scene of intense fighting during the last major German attack of World War II (8) |
| THESOMME | Scene of heavy fighting during the First World War, especially between July and November 1916 (3,5) |
| FLANDERS | Powerful medieval principality in the SW part of the Low Countries; scene of many battles in World W |
| UREWERA | Area which was the North Island's largest national park until disestablished in 2014 (7) |
| MERE | "___ anarchy is loosed upon the world" (W. B. Yeats, "The Second Coming") |
| ARENA | Scene of intense activity within McLaren Automotive (5) |
| CARCROSS | Yukon's sandy area which was once a glacial lake, ___ Desert |
| BATTLEFIELD | Scene of intense conflict (11) |
| THEBLITZ | Popular name for the German attack on London and other cities in 1940 and 1941 (3,5) |
| HEATOFBATTLE | When the most intense fighting occurs |
| EBOAT | German attack craft of WWII |
| PITCHEDBATTLE | Intense fighting at close range (2 words) |
| BULGE | Baffle of the _, the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during the Second World War (5) |
| BATTLEOFTHEBULGE | The last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II (6,2,3,5) |
| AISNE | A battle here in May/June 1918 proved to be the last major German attempt to win the war (5) |
| SEDAN | Town on the River Meuse which was the scene of a 1940 Second World War battle which began the German invasion of France (5) |
| ALAMEIN | El -, village on the north coast of Egypt which was the scene of a 1942 Allied victory over the Germans (7) |
| EVESHAM | This town in Worcestershire was the location of the last major battle in the Barons' War (1265) |
| WOUNDED | The Battle Of _ Knee, the last major armed conflict between the Great Sioux Nation and the US (7) |
| YORKTOWN | Site of the last major battle of the American Revolution in 1781, in SE Virginia south-east of Williamsburg (8) |
