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The Souda Bay War Cemetery is a military cemetery administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at Souda Bay, Crete, Greece. It contains 19 burials from World War I and 731 World War II burials where the body was identified along with another 776 burials of bodies which are unable to be identified ( Battle of Crete ).
Saint-Désir-de-Lisieux German war cemetery; Marigny German war cemetery fr:Cimetière militaire allemand de Marigny (Total burials: 11,169) Champigny-Saint-André German war cemetery (19,831) Southern France – World War II. Berneuil German war cemetery fr:Cimetière militaire allemand de Berneuil (Total burials: 8,332) Greece. Dionyssos ...
This list of cemeteries in Illinois includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Maleme is best known as a landing site for German paratroopers invading Crete in 1941, at the start of the Battle of Crete (Operation Mercury) during World War II.The paratroopers captured the airstrip, which was located just outside the town.
Crete is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. It is a far south suburb of Chicago , 30 miles from the Loop and only 6 miles from the Indiana border. The population was 8,465 at the 2020 census.
German military cemetery: Consenvoye; German military cemetery: Gobessart; German military cemetery: Hohrod-Bärenstall; German military cemetery: Kahm; German military cemetery: l’Hellenwald; German military cemetery: la Maison Blanche; German military cemetery: la Route de Solesmes and Commonwealth military cemetery: Cambrai East Military ...
The Viannos massacres (Greek: Σφαγές της Βιάννου / Ολοκαύτωμα της Βιάννου) were a mass extermination campaign launched by German forces against the civilian residents of around 20 villages located in the areas of east Viannos and west Ierapetra provinces on the Greek island of Crete during World War II.
The invasion of Crete in May 1941 was the first major airborne assault in history. Despite their victory, the elite German paratroopers suffered such heavy losses that Adolf Hitler forbade further airborne operations of such large scale for the rest of the war. The memorial was erected at the end of a stone staircase leading to the top of a ...