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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.

Cemetery Wehnsen – Visselhövede, Germany

We stumbled upon a small village cemetery where they remember some fallen of the Second World War. The …

Posted July 26, 2023 (updated January 7, 2026) by Patrick

Commonwealth Cemetery – Becklingen War Cemetery – Niedersachsen, Germany

The Commonwealth cemetery at Becklingen in Germany lies on the Lüneburger Heide, close to the Bergen-Belsen Concentration camp. …

Posted July 26, 2023 (updated January 7, 2026) by Patrick

The Grave of Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz – The Last Führer – Waldfriedhof Aumühle, Germany

This is the grave of Grossadmiral Karl Dönitz, Commander of the U-boat arm during WWII, at the forest …

Posted June 16, 2023 (updated February 11, 2026) by Patrick

Friedhof Wörgl, Waldfriedhof – Wörgl Cemetery, Tyrol – Austria

The Cemetery in Wörgl, Friedhof Wörgl -Waldfriedhof, in Austria has some graves of World War Two. There is …

Posted April 12, 2023 (updated January 7, 2026) by Patrick

Russian WW2 Cemetery – Kaprun, Austria

In this mass grave near the Castle of Kaprun rest the remains of Russian Forced Laborers who were …

Posted April 4, 2023 (updated January 7, 2026) by Pascal

Commonwealth War Cemetery Bergen op Zoom Netherlands

Commonwealth War Cemetery – Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands

This Commonwealth War Cemetery has 1,284 fallen sailors, soldiers and airmen of WW2 and 21 war graves of …

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

The Grave of Dutch Resistance member Nicolaas Erkens – Robermont Cemetery, Liege, Belgium

The grave of Dutch resistance member Nicolaas Erkens, a Bronze Lion medal recipient (Dutch: Bronzen Leeuw), who was …

Posted March 6, 2023 (updated January 7, 2026) by Pascal

Robermont Cemetery – Liege, Belgium

Robermont Cemetery has a Military plot with over 1600 burials of WWI, divided into different sections, where soldiers …

Posted March 5, 2023 (updated January 7, 2026) by Pascal

Canadian War Cemetery Bergen op Zoom Netherlands

Canadian War Cemetery – Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands

The Canadian War Cemetery in Bergen op Zoom contains 1,118 WWII graves of fallen sailors, soldiers and airmen …

Posted March 4, 2023 (updated January 7, 2026) by Pascal

The Grave of SS-Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann – La Cambe, Normandy, France

Tank commander and Panzer Ace Michael Wittmann is buried at the German War Cemetery in La Cambe, Normandy, …

Posted February 10, 2023 (updated January 7, 2026) by Pascal

German War Cemetery Cannock Chase – Staffordshire, United Kingdom

The Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery lies in Staffordshire, United Kingdom and contains 4929 burials from …

Posted December 30, 2022 (updated January 7, 2026) by Patrick

The Grave of Generalfeldmarschall Ernst Busch – Cannock Chase, England

Generalfeldmarschall Ernst Busch and Army Group Centre lost 25 full divisions during the battles, 250.000 to 300.000 men. …

Posted December 27, 2022 (updated January 7, 2026) by Patrick

French War Cemetery Dinant – Belgium

In Dinant right before the entrance to the Citadel is a War Cemetery with 1200 soldier from World …

Posted December 7, 2022 (updated January 7, 2026) by Patrick

Commonwealth War Graves Hotton – Belgium

At the Commonwealth War Graves in Hotton – Belgium are 666 burials of soldiers, sailors and airmen. Twenty-one …

Posted November 26, 2022 (updated January 7, 2026) by Patrick

The Grave of Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein – Friedhof Dorfmark – Fallingbostel, Germany

Erich von Manstein was one of the most important German generals of WW2. He was Oberleutnant (senior lieutenant) …

Posted October 7, 2022 (updated February 11, 2026) by Patrick

German WW1 War Cemetery Maizeray – Meuse, France

Along the D903 road outside the village of Maizeray you can find this German War Cemetery with 2876 …

Posted October 5, 2022 (updated January 7, 2026) by Pascal

Georgian War Cemetery Loladse – Texel, the Netherlands

Here rest the remains of the soldiers of the 822nd Georgian Infantry Battalion "Königin Tamara" that fell during …

Posted September 24, 2022 (updated January 7, 2026) by Pascal

Texel Commonwealth War Cemetery – Den Burg, the Netherlands

The 167 casualties in this Commonwealth War Grave are mainly airmen of the RAF who died in strategic …

Posted June 8, 2022 (updated January 7, 2026) by Pascal