Orglandes German war cemetery, Orglandes

Name: Orglandes German war cemetery
Address: Orglandes, France

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Orglandes War Cemetery is a German World War II cemetery in Normandy, France. It is located on the northern edge of the village of Orglandes, about 30 km south east of Cherbourg and 7 km west of Sainte-Mère-Église on the Cotentin Peninsula. The burials come from summer 1944, immediately following D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. It is the second smallest of the six German war cemeteries in Normandy with a little over 10,000 burials. The cemetery is maintained and managed by the voluntary German War Graves Commission. ()

Local name: Cimetière militaire allemand d'Orglandes Coordinates: 49°25'35"N, 1°26'58"W

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