| GALLIPOLI | Turkish peninsula, site of Allied World War I disaster in 1915-16 (9) |
| ANZAC | Antipodean military force that fought at Gallipoli in 1915-16 (5) |
| YELLOWSEA | Area of ocean between China and the Korean peninsula, site of Korean 'peace zones' (6,3) |
| ASIAMINOR | Region of the ancient world, roughly corresponding to the present-day Turkish peninsula of Anatolia (4,5) |
| ANZIO | Port and resort on the coast of the Lazio region of Italy that was the site of Allied landings in World War II (5) |
| ACQUIESCE | Almost clear escape - heads of Allied prisoners withheld consent |
| PARAMOUNT | Supreme head of allied force, old, aboard boat |
| CRIMEA | Ukrainian peninsula, site of a 19th-century war (6) |
| YALTA | Crimean port, site of Allied leaders meeting in February 1945 |
| SALERNO | Italian port and city, site of Allied landings in September 1943 (7) |
| FOCH | Ferdinand, French commander in chief of Allied armies on the Western Front in World War I (4) |
| DUNKIRK | Seaport of northern France, famous as a scene of evacuation of Allied troops in World War II (7) |
| FERDINANDFOCH | French commander-in-chief of Allied forces during the First World War (9,4) |
| MARLBOROUGH | Duke of -, Allied commander-in-chief in the War of the Spanish Succession (11) |
| ASIA | Kamchatka Peninsula site |
| ANATOLIA | Turkish peninsula once known as Asia Minor |
| BOCAGE | Terrain of mixed woodland and pasture, some of which slowed the progress of Allied forces in Operation Overlord |
| NORMANDY | Former province of France, scene of Allied landings in 1944 (8) |
| VE | Day of Allied war victory in 1945 (2) |
| THAILAND | Thousands of Allied prisoners were forced to work in thick jungle to construct a railway between Bur |
