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The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial (French: Cimetière américain de Colleville-sur-Mer) is a World War II cemetery and memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, that honors American troops who died in Europe during World War II. It is located on the site of the former temporary battlefield cemetery of Saint Laurent, covers 172 ...
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War American military war grave cemetery, located just outside Saint-Avold, Moselle, France.The cemetery, containing 10,481 American soldiers KIA (the second largest number of American burials in Europe, after the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery of World War I dead, with 14,246), covers 113.5 acres (45.9 ha), was dedicated in 1960.
Statistics source: World War II Battlefields. La Cambe is a Second World War German military war grave cemetery, located close to the American landing beach of Omaha, and 25.5 km (15.8 mi) north west of Bayeux in Normandy, France. It is the largest German war cemetery in Normandy and contains the remains of over 21,200 German military personnel.
B. Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery. Bourdon German war cemetery. Brouay War Cemetery.
Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery contains 1015 Commonwealth graves (56 unidentified). Jerusalem War Cemetery is the smallest in Normandy containing 47 British, one Czech and one unidentified grave. La Délivrande War Cemetery contains 942 Allied soldiers' graves and 180 German graves. Ranville War Cemetery contains 2,235 Commonwealth burials of ...
The Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Saint-James, Normandy, France, near the northeastern edge of Brittany. It contains the remains of 4,410 of World War II American soldiers, most of whom died in the Normandy and Brittany campaigns of 1944. Along the retaining wall of the memorial terrace are inscribed the names of 498 of ...
Italy: 2. South Africa: 1. Burials by war. World War II. Statistics source: WWII Battlefields. The Bayeux War Cemetery is the largest Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located in Bayeux, Normandy. [1] The cemetery contains 4,648 burials, mostly from the Invasion of Normandy. Opposite this cemetery stands the Bayeux ...
Marigny German war cemetery is a German World War II cemetery in Normandy, France. It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) west of Saint-Lô . The cemetery contains in excess of 11,000 German military personnel and is maintained and managed by the German War Graves Commission ( Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge ).