List of military cemeteries in Normandy
The following military cemeteries were established in the French region of Normandy in memory for casualties of the World War II battles there:
American
- The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, located near the battle site at Omaha Beach.
- The Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, located near Saint-James. Despite the name of the cemetery, it is located in Normandy, on the border with Brittany.
British
- Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery contains 2,175 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War with a high number of casualties from Operation Goodwood interred in the cemetery.
- Bayeux War Cemetery contains 4,144 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 338 of them unidentified. There are also over 500 war graves of other nationalities, the majority German.
- Brouay War Cemetery contains 375 British and 2 Canadian graves with a high number of casualties from the 53rd Division.
- Cambes-en-Plaine War Cemetery contains 223 graves of those that fell during the fighting around Caen with a high number from the British 59th Division.
- Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery contains 457 British, four Canadian and 59 German casualties of fighting in the local area.
- Hermanville War Cemetery contains 986 British, 13 Canadian, three Australian and three French graves predominantly of those that fell during the landing on Sword.
- Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery contains 1015 Commonwealth graves.
- Jerusalem War Cemetery is the smallest in Normandy containing 47 British, one Czech and one unidentified grave.
- La Délivrande War Cemetery contains 942 Allied soldiers' graves and 180 German graves.
- Ranville War Cemetery contains 2,235 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 97 of them unidentified. There are also 330 German graves and a few burials of other nationalities. The neighbouring churchyard also contains 47 Commonwealth burials, one of which is unidentified, and one German grave.
- Ryes War Cemetery contains 652 Commonwealth burials and one Polish burial - mainly from casualties landing on Gold Beach. There are also 335 German graves. This cemetery is actually closer to Bazenville than Ryes.
- Saint-Charles-de-Percy War Cemetery is the southernmost cemetery in Normandy and contains 703 burials.
- Saint-Désir-de-Lisieux German war cemetery contains 594 burials and is adjacent to the German cemetery of the same name.
- Saint-Manvieu War Cemetery contains 1,627 Commonwealth burials, 49 of them unidentified. There are also 555 German burials.
- Secqueville-en-Bessin War Cemetery contains 114 fallen soldiers, the majority from the advance on Caen in July 1944.
- Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery contains the graves of 990 Allied and 232 German soldiers.
- Tourgeville War Cemetery is primarily a First World War Commonwealth cemetery, which also contains 42 Second World War graves, of which 34 Germans, 6 British and 2 Canadian.
Canadian
French
- Les Gateys National Cemetery contains 19 graves of soldiers belonging to the French 2nd Armoured Division.
German
- La Cambe German war cemetery, the largest military cemetery in Normandy with more than 21,000 German soldiers' graves, near the village of La Cambe
- Champigny-Saint-André German war cemetery near Saint-André-de-l'Eure
- Marigny German war cemetery near La Chapelle-en-Juger contains over 11,000 graves, the majority killed during Operation Cobra, the American advance in the summer of 1944
- Mont-de-Huisnes German war cemetery near Huisnes-sur-Mer is the only German crypt construction in France and contains nearly 12,000 burials of German military personnel plus some women and children
- Orglandes German war cemetery contains over 10,000 burials mainly of soldiers killed on the Cotentin peninsular
- Saint-Désir-de-Lisieux German war cemetery near Saint-Désir has 3,735 German burials in the main killed during the last days of the Battle of Normandy and inside the Falaise Pocket in August 1944
Polish
- Grainville-Langannerie Polish war cemetery is the only Polish war cemetery in France and contains the graves of 650 Polish soldiers killed during the Battle of Normandy.
Russian
- Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis Cemetery has four Soviet PoWs who escaped from a labour camp and joined the French resistance. They were executed by the Gestapo on 12 May 1944 in Aulnays.