| 100% | SEDAN | 5 | Commune in Ardennes, northeast France, on the Meuse River; site of a 1940 World War II battle |
| 93% | SEDAN | 5 | Commune in Ardennes, NE France on the Meuse River, site of a 1940 World War II battle |
| 71% | SEDAN | 5 | Town on the River Meuse, site of a 1940 World War II battle that began the German invasion of France |
| 67% | SEDAN | 5 | Commune in Ardennes, NE France, site of a 1940 World War II battle |
| 45% | ARMENTIERES | 11 | Commune in Nord, N France; site of a 1914 battle in World War One |
| 43% | POTSDAM | 7 | City in Germany on the Havel River that hosted a 1945 meeting of the principal Allies in World War II |
| 41% | POLTAVA | 7 | City in Ukraine on the Vorskla River; site of a 1709 battle between Russia and Sweden |
| 40% | WORCESTER | 9 | Cathedral city on the River Severn; site in 1651 of the final battle of the English Civil War |
| 39% | MARNE | 5 | River that was the site of battles in both world wars |
| 39% | SMOLENSK | 8 | City in Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II |
| 39% | LAKEERIE | 8 | Site of a key battle in the War of 1812 |
| 38% | SMOLENSK | 8 | City in W Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II |
| 36% | AMBON | 5 | Island of the Moluccas, Indonesia, on which occurred a 1942 World War II battle between Allied and Japanese forces |
| 35% | EDGEHILL | 8 | Site in Warwickshire of a 1642 battle in the English Civil War |
| 34% | ARGONNE | 7 | French forest that was the site of a World War I battle |
| 34% | SANJUANHILL | 11 | Site of a key battle of the Spanish-American War |
| 33% | TRENTON | 7 | Site of a 1776 George Washington victory in the Revolutionary War |
| 33% | BULGE | 5 | Battle of the ___, Allied victory in World War II |
| 33% | VERDUN | 6 | Battle of 1916 on the Meuse river |
| 33% | CHARLES | 7 | With 33-Across, World War II veteran who played a soldier on a suicide mission in "The Dirty Dozen" |
| 33% | SMOLENSK | 8 | City in western Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in the Second World War |
| 32% | BRADLEY | 7 | World War II general Omar ___, leader of US ground forces in the D-Day invasion |
| 32% | LAI | 3 | City in Chad on the Logone River where a bitter battle occurred between France and Germany on August 21, 1914 |
| 31% | AIRMAN | 6 | Part of a Tuskegee-trained force in the Second World War |
| 31% | KABUL | 5 | World capital on a river of the same name |
| 31% | IWOJIMA | 7 | World War II battle site |
| 31% | EPERNAY | 7 | Town on the River Marne, France; a centre of the champagne industry |
| 31% | EASTLEIGH | 9 | Railway town on the River Itchen in Hampshire; site of Southampton Airport |
| 31% | MARNE | 5 | River in France which is a tributary of the Seine |
| 31% | ERIE | 4 | 1813 battle site in the War of 1812 |