| CAMBRAI | Two World War Two battles here |
| ELALAMEIN | Coastal town in Egypt, site of two major World War Two battles in 1942 (2,7) |
| MARNE | Tributary of the Seine that gives its name to two World War I battles |
| WIMBLEDON | Female group deceived by doctor, causing court battles here (9) |
| YPRES | Battles here - quite so, about limits on power (5) |
| STALINGRAD | Russian scene of major World War two battle |
| LEEENFIELD | Rifle used by British Army in Boer War and the two World Wars (3,7) |
| OREO | Cookie that lived through two world wars |
| LANDGIRLS | Female farm workers during the two World Wars(4,5) |
| GERMANSUBMARINES | Underwater fleets of two world wars |
| ASDIC | Early form of sonar developed by the British between the two world wars (inits) (5) |
| REPARATION | Compensation extracted from eg Germany after the two world wars (10) |
| AGATE | James ---, English diarist and theatre critic between the two World Wars (5) |
| UBOAT | A German military submarine used during the two world wars (1,4) |
| STEIN | Surname of American writer and eccentric; her Paris home was a salon for leading writers and artists between the two world wars (5) |
| IRISHSEA | A vast dump of unexploded munitions from two world wars submerged in which body of water has stymied the idea of building a bridge across it? (5,3) |
| CHESSBOARD | Men (with two women) squared off for a battle here |
| MANASSAS | Independent city in NE Virginia nearby which were fought two Battles of Bull Run in the US Civil War |
| CHATTANOOGA | City in S.E. Tennessee, scene of two battles during the Civil War (11) |
| BULLRUN | Creek for which two battles are named |