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World War II cemeteries are solemn places of remembrance dedicated to the millions of soldiers and civilians who lost their lives during the conflict. Located across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific, these cemeteries mark battlefields, prisoner-of-war camps, and areas of intense fighting, reflecting the global scale of the war.

Commonwealth WW1 Cemetery Tyne Cot – Zonnebeke, Belgium

Tyne Cot Cemetery was established on the site of a former military stronghold during the First World War. …

Posted March 17, 2025 (updated January 9, 2026) by Patrick

Dutch War Cemetery Grebbeberg – Rhenen, the Netherlands

This cemetery and memorial field holds the graves of around 850 Dutch soldiers of whom many lost their …

Posted December 15, 2024 (updated January 9, 2026) by Pascal

World War One Cemetery Douaumont – Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France

There is a cemetery in front of the Douaumont Ossuary. This cemetery contains the remains of 16,142 fallen …

Posted October 28, 2024 (updated January 9, 2026) by Patrick

Flanders Field, American WW1 Cemetery – Waregem, Belgium

Flanders field is the only American World War I cemetery in Belgium. Of the 368 graves, 21 are …

Posted September 20, 2024 (updated January 9, 2026) by Patrick

French WW1 War Cemetery Machelen, Belgium

At this French War cemetery the remains of soldiers are gathered who fell in and around the Belgian …

Posted September 19, 2024 (updated February 11, 2026) by Patrick

American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle – Henri-Chapelle, Belgium

At the Henri-Chapelle American War Cemetery are 7992 gravestones with 94 unknown soldiers on a field of 23 …

Posted August 16, 2024 (updated January 9, 2026) by Patrick

RAF Pilot Robert Roelandt at Bully Cemetery – Bully, France

Robert was a Belgium fighter pilot during World War Two. He was an observer in the Belgium air …

Posted May 30, 2024 (updated January 9, 2026) by Patrick

Commonwealth and French War Graves from both World Wars in Neufchatel-en-Bray, France

In the French town of Neufchatel-en-Bray are French and commonwealth graves. They are fallen soldiers from World War …

Posted May 19, 2024 (updated January 9, 2026) by Patrick

German War Cemetery Sandweiler – Sandweiler, Luxembourg

The Sandweiler war cemetery was the first cemetery that the German War Graves Commission (Deutsche Kriegsgräberstätten) established abroad …

Posted April 8, 2024 (updated January 9, 2026) by Patrick

Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim inscription Salzburg

The Grave of Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim – The Last Field Marshal – Kommunalfriedhof Salzburg, Austria

Robert Ritter von Greim was a WW1 German flying ace and a Luftwaffe Field Marshal in WW2.He is …

Posted January 11, 2024 (updated January 9, 2026) by Pascal

Adolf Hitler awards Hanna Reitsch the Iron Cross 2nd Class

The Grave of German Aviatrix Hanna Reitsch, a Star of Nazi Propaganda – Kommunalfriedhof Salzburg, Austria

Hanna Reitsch (∗1912 – †1979) was a German aviatrix and test-pilot for the Luftwaffe between 1937 and 1945. Due …

Posted January 10, 2024 (updated January 9, 2026) by Pascal

Municipal Cemetery of Salzburg, Austria

At the Kommunalfriedhof Salzburg many victims of WW2, wether they are Axis, Allied or civilian, find their final …

Posted January 10, 2024 (updated January 9, 2026) by Pascal

St. Helier War Cemetery – Commonwealth War Graves, Jersey United Kingdom

In Howards Davis Park near St Luke’s Church you find a Commonwealth War Cemetery. At this cemetery lie …

Posted December 28, 2023 (updated January 14, 2026) by Patrick

Soldatenfriedhof Böddeken – German Military Cemetery – Büren, Germany

The Böddeken Military Cemetery is a military cemetery in the East Westphalian town of Büren in North Rhine-Westphalia. …

Posted December 15, 2023 (updated January 9, 2026) by Patrick

Memorial Plaques for Fallen Soldiers of WWII at the Cemetery of Meyronnes – Val-d’Oronaye, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France

These memorial plaques commemorate five fallen French Soldiers and Resistance Members of World War Two at the Communal …

Posted August 28, 2023 (updated January 7, 2026) by Pascal

The Foreign Cemetery and Jewish Cemetery – Hauptfriedhof Dortmund, Germany

A small part of the main cemetery in Dortmund is for the Jewish and foreign forced labourers. It …

Posted August 2, 2023 (updated January 7, 2026) by Patrick

Hauptfriedhof Dortmund – Main Cemetery Dortmund, Germany

The German city of Dortmund holds 11710 victims of war spread over 44 cemeteries. The main cemetery, the …

Posted August 2, 2023 (updated January 7, 2026) by Patrick

War Cemetery Bendingbostel – Bendingbostel, Germany

On the cemetery Hohenaverbergen in Kirchlinteln Germany are tombstones for 48 German soldiers. Mostly young German marines, 40 …

Posted August 2, 2023 (updated January 7, 2026) by Patrick