La Cambe German war cemetery
- La Cambe German war cemetery
Infobox Military Cemetery
name=La Cambe German war cemetery
body=German War Graves Commission
"(Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge")
caption=The German military cemetery in La Cambe
use_dates=1944
established=1944 (Finished 1961)
designer=
coordinates=
nearest_town=Bayeux, Calvados, France
total= 21,222
unknowns= 207
commemorated=
by_country=Germany
by_war=World War II
source= [http://battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/la_cambe_german_cemetery.htm WWII Battlefields]
La Cambe German war cemetery is in La Cambe, Calvados, France. Buried here are German soldiers killed during the Normandy invasion.[WWII Battlefields web site] The cemetery was finished in 1961 and inaugurated in September of that year.]References
External links
* [http://www.volksbund.de/kgs/stadt.asp?stadt=14&st=1 La Cambe German cemetery] (in German)
* [http://battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/la_cambe_german_cemetery.htm WWII Battlefields]
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