| IWOJIMA | Japanese island, setting of a Second World War battle (3,4) |
| CASSINO | Italian town, site of a World War II battle in 1944 (7) |
| SEDAN | Town on the River Meuse that was the scene of a Second World War battle which began the German invasion of France (5) |
| ARNHEM | Town in the Netherlands, site of a Second World War battle (6) |
| COLDITZ | German town whose castle was used as a Second World War P.O.W. camp (7) |
| SALERNO | Second World War battle of New Orleans (7) |
| ALAMEIN | Character played by Taika Waititi in the film named after a World War II battle (7) |
| TORTUGA | Haitian island setting of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films |
| OKINAWA | Southern Japanese island prefecture and World War II battle site (7) |
| CASABLANCA | Port of the Atlantic coast of Morocco, scene of a Second World War conference (10) |
| ANTIGUA | Island setting of Jamaica Kincaid's book "Annie John" |
| KINGRAT | 1962 debut novel by James Clavell, set in a World War II prisoner of war camp (4,3) |
| LECLERC | French battle tank named after a World War II general posthumously made Marshal of France (7) |
| MAGICAL | Enchanting sort of calm about a World War II veteran (7) |
| SHERMAN | World War II battle tank named after an American Civil War general (7) |
| SADSACK | Which misfit GI comic strip character originated in a World War II US Army magazine? (3,4) |
| MUSTANG | Sports car produced by Ford since 1964, named after a World War II fighter plane (7) |
| CARGOCULT | On Tanna in Vanuatu, what type of religious belief centres on John Frum, a Second World War serviceman, with the building of symbolic landing strips and the belief in his return with great wealth? (5, |
| EISENHOWER | 34th President of the USA, a Second World War general (10) |
| ENIGMA | A weird game in a Second World War code device (6) |
