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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.

Lancaster Mk.1 W4960 in the Battle for the Ruhr – Sluipwijk, the Netherlands

From the Royal Air Force Station Binbrook in 1943, near Brokenby in England, exactly 13 minutes before 10 …

Posted January 9, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick

Gate Ambleny Cimetière National du Bois Robert

A World War One French Military Cemetery near Ambleny – France

On our way from Wolfsschlucht 2 towards the French town Compiègne we drove past a French World War …

Posted January 8, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick

German Cemetery at Fort La Malmaison on Chemin des Dames – France

Fort Malmaison lies near the western end of Chemin des Dames on a former frontline of World War …

Posted January 8, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick

German War Cemetery La Cambe – Normandy, France

At this cemetery in Normandy are the graves of twenty-thousand German soldiers of whom many fell during the …

Posted September 7, 2013 (updated January 5, 2026) by Pascal

Ereveld Loenen – Dutch War Cemetery, Loenen, the Netherlands

Just after the war in 1947, the Dutch government decided that all Dutch victims fallen abroad should be …

Posted February 18, 2013 (updated January 5, 2026) by Pascal

Ehrenmal in Karlshagen – Usedom, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, Germany

This is the memorial in Karlshagen. During the 60's, on the southside of this cemetery a mass grave …

Posted November 21, 2012 (updated January 11, 2026) by Pascal

Russian War Cemetery Amersfoort – Leusden, The Netherlands

At the cemtery in Amersfoort is a special field of honor, it's dedicated to Russian victims of the …

Posted June 29, 2012 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick

German War Cemetery Ysselsteyn, The Netherlands

On Saturday 19 may 2012, before our visit to Militracks, we stopped near the village of Ysselsteyn. Here …

Posted June 27, 2012 (updated January 4, 2026) by Patrick

6th SS Gebirgsjäger Division Nord memorial and resting place Pfaffenheck – Germany

After reading the book written by Johann Voss about his enduring in world war two, "Black Edelweiss", we …

Posted May 8, 2012 (updated January 5, 2026) by Pascal

American War Cemetery – Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France

With a view on Omaha Beach and the English Channel from which they came, 9.388 white crosses and …

Posted February 14, 2012 (updated January 3, 2026) by Pascal

Vossenack War Cemetery – North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

The German War Cemetery Vossenack / Eifel or Ehrenfriedhof Vossenack (in German) was constructed on a strategic site, …

Posted January 5, 2012 (updated January 3, 2026) by Pascal

Hürtgen War Cemetery – North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Here at Hürtgen War Cemetery (Soldatenfriedhof or Ehrenfriedhof Hürtgen) 3001 mostly German casualties of war have found their …

Posted January 5, 2012 (updated January 3, 2026) by Pascal

Overloon War Cemetery – Netherlands

This British Commonwealth War Cemetery holds the graves of 265 British soldiers, 14 RAF airmen and 1 Dutch …

Posted December 6, 2011 (updated January 2, 2026) by Pascal