Across
5 Soviet general instrumental in the defeat of Finland in 1940 (10)
7 Battle of WWI fought in August 1914 (4)
9 Battle fought in Castile in April 1367 (6)
10 Country invaded by Japan in December 1941 (8)
11 Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda (8)
13 Visigoth king who sacked Rome in 410 (6)
14 Korean War battle fought in September/October 1951 (10,5)
18 US Navy Wickes-class destroyer launched in June 1918 (6)
20 ___ axe, type of halberd originating in Scotland (8)
23 Battle fought in Russia on 7 September 1812 (8)
25 Hugh ___, Earl of Tyrone, opponent of English rule in the late 16th century (6)
26 Royal Navy O-class destroyer launched in 1941 (4)
27 French term for a skirmisher or sharpshooter (10)
Down
1 Month in 1863 in which the Battle of Ringgold Gap was fought during the American Civil War (8)
2 Historical region of south-eastern Europe dominated by Rome by the 1st century AD (6)
3 Jet fighter/trainer built by Folland (4)
4 Axe used by Native American tribes (8)
6 US Navy battleship, launched in 1917, named after USA’s 43rd state (5)
7 Island awarded the George Cross in 1942 (5)
8 City captured by Japanese forces in December 1937 (7)
12 The ___ Bonnets, book by George MacDonald Fraser about the Anglo-Scottish reivers (5)
15 Battle of the Seven Years War fought in July 1760 (7)
16 Ancient weapon which launched large spears or stones (8)
17 Queen who, with her husband Ferdinand, completed the reconquest of Spain in 1492 (8)
19 Battle fought in March 1896 between Ethiopia and Italy (5)
21 King of the Franks who defeated the Romans at the Battle of Soissons (6)
22 Inconclusive battle fought between the French and Russians in 1807 (5)
24 A trireme had three banks of these (4)
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Crossword answers:
Across: 5 Timoshenko, 7 Mons, 9 Najera, 10 Thailand, 11 Goebbels, 13 Alaric, 14 Heartbreak Ridge, 18 Israel, 20 Lochaber, 23 Borodino, 25 O’Neill, 26 Offa, 27 Tirailleur.
Down: 1 November, 2 Thrace, 3 Gnat, 4 Tomahawk, 6 Idaho,
7 Malta, 8 Nanking, 12 Steel, 15 Emsdorf, 16 Ballista, 17 Isabella,
19 Adowa, 21 Clovis, 22 Eylau, 24 Oars.
