| 100% | WINGATE | 7 | Orde —, British Army brigadier, creator of the Chindits in Burma in World War II |
| 51% | CHINDIT | 7 | Member of the special forces group created and commanded by Orde Wingate in the Burma Campaign of World War II |
| 47% | JOEDIMAGGIO | 11 | Hall of Fame Yankees legend who served in the US Army during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JACKIEROBINSON | 14 | Hall of Fame Dodgers legend who served in the US Army during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 43% | AXIS | 4 | Opponents of the Allies in World War II |
| 43% | AXIS | 4 | ___ powers, group of nations that fought against the Allied powers in World War II |
| 42% | AXIS | 4 | Foe of the Allies, in World War II |
| 41% | BRADLEY | 7 | World War II general Omar ___, leader of US ground forces in the D-Day invasion |
| 41% | BULGE | 5 | Battle of the ___, Allied victory in World War II |
| 40% | AXIS | 4 | The Allies' foe in World War II |
| 40% | FOCH | 4 | Ferdinand —, French commander in chief of Allied armies on the Western front in World War I |
| 40% | ANDRE | 5 | John —, British Army officer hanged as a spy in 1780 during the American War of Independence |
| 40% | SEDAN | 5 | Commune in Ardennes, NE France on the Meuse River, site of a 1940 World War II battle |
| 40% | SEDAN | 5 | Commune in Ardennes, northeast France, on the Meuse River; site of a 1940 World War II battle |
| 40% | BLT | 3 | Type of sandwich that became popular in the US after World War II |
| 39% | TAEKWONDO | 9 | The martial art that originated in Korea after World War II and is one of the only two Asian martial arts included in the Olympics |
| 39% | SMOLENSK | 8 | City in Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II |
| 38% | SMOLENSK | 8 | City in W Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II |
| 38% | TEDWILLIAMS | 11 | Hall of Fame Red Sox legend who served in the US Navy and Marine Corps during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 38% | YAP | 3 | Island in the Caroline Islands of the Pacific Ocean; an important Japanese naval base in World War II |
| 38% | HENRYFONDA | 10 | World War II veteran who played a WWII brigadier general in "The Longest Day": 2 wds. |
| 37% | EMMEN | 5 | New town in the NE Netherlands developed since World War II |
| 37% | POTSDAM | 7 | City in Germany on the Havel River that hosted a 1945 meeting of the principal Allies in World War II |
| 37% | JOJORABBIT | 10 | 2019 film in which Scarlett Johansson played Rosie, the mother of a boy in World War II Germany: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MARS | 4 | Home of the invaders in Wells's "The War of the Worlds" |
| 36% | COVENTRY | 8 | Cathedral city in the West Midlands devastated by bombing in World War II |
| 36% | YPRES | 5 | Town in western Belgium; scene of many battles in the First World War |
| 36% | PTBOATS | 7 | Vessels like the one JFK served on in World War II: 2 wds. |
| 36% | IWOJIMA | 7 | Island in the Pacific also known as Iwo To; scene of prolonged fighting between Japan and the US in World War II |
| 36% | MARS | 4 | One of the worlds in "The War of the Worlds" |