La Cambe German war cemetery
La Cambe is a Second World War German military war grave cemetery, located close to the American landing beach of Omaha, and 25.5 km (15.8 mi) north west of Bayeux in Normandy, France. It is the largest German war cemetery in Normandy and contains the remains of over 21,200 German military personnel. Initially, American and German dead were buried in adjacent fields but American dead were later disinterred and either returned to the US or re-interred at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, 15 km (9.3 mi) away. After the war over 12,000 German dead were moved from approximately 1,400 field burials across Normandy to La Cambe. The cemetery is maintained and managed by the voluntary German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge).
| La Cambe German war cemetery | |
|---|---|
| German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge) | |
The German military cemetery in La Cambe | |
| Used for those deceased 1944 | |
| Established | 1944 (Finished 1961) |
| Location | 49°20′31″N 01°01′35″W near |
| Total burials | 21,222 |
| Burials by nation | |
| Burials by war | |
World War II | |
| Statistics source: World War II Battlefields | |