La Cambe German war cemetery
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| La Cambe German war cemetery | |
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| German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge) |
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 The German military cemetery in La Cambe |
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| Used for those deceased 1944 | |
| Established | 1944 (Finished 1961) |
| Location | near Bayeux, Calvados, France |
| Total burials | 21,222 |
| Unknown burials |
207 |
| Burials by nation | |
| Germany | |
| Burials by war | |
| World War II | |
| Statistics source: WWII Battlefields | |
La Cambe German war cemetery is in La Cambe, Calvados, France. Buried here are German soldiers killed during the Normandy invasion. [1] The cemetery was finished in 1961, and inaugurated in September of that year. [1] Since then, more than 700 soldiers have been found on the battlefield and buried here.[1] The cemetery is administered by the German War Graves Commission, the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge.
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[edit] External links
- La Cambe German cemetery (in German)
- WWII Battlefields
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