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The Mulhouse National Cemetery "Tiefengraben" "Les Vallons"

La nécropole nationale de Mulhouse. © ECPAD

 

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Located in an area called Tiefengraben – Les Vallons, the Mulhouse national cemetery holds the remains of soldiers mainly killed in the Battle of Alsace (1944-1945). Further developed from 1949 onwards, this cemetery holds the bodies of French soldiers, prisoners of war and conscripts of the compulsory work service (STO) killed in Germany and Austria. Today, it holds the bodies of 1,675 French and foreign soldiers, including Jeannine Bancaud (plot A2, grave 44). 265 French soldiers killed in the Great War, including 107 whose identities are unknown, are buried in an ossuary here. 35 Romanians and 7 Russians who died while imprisoned in German camps are buried alongside them. Several monuments and plaques honour the memory of these soldiers.

 

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Mulhouse
À la sortie de Mulhouse, en direction de Altkirch, suivre l'itinéraire "Les Vallons"

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Monument aux morts du 35e Régiment d'Infanterie tombés au combat de Dornach le 19 août 1914 - Stèle aux sous-officiers morts pour la France - Plaque commémorative aux morts de la 9e DIC, 1944-45

The Bertrimoutier national cemetery

La nécropole nationale de Bertrimoutier. © ECPAD

 

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Adjacent to a German cemetery, the Bertrimoutier cemetery holds 933 French soldiers, 12 Russians and a Romanian who died during the fighting in the Vosges at Le Violu, Ban-de-Laveline and Spitzemberg in 1914-1918. Created in 1921, this cemetery was developed in 1924 in order to bring together the bodies exhumed from the military cemeteries at Lesseux, Provenchères and Le Violu. The commune of Bertrimoutier was awarded the 1914-1918 Croix de Guerre (War Cross).

 

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Bertrimoutier
À 90 km au sud-est de Nancy, à la sortie de Bertrimoutier, sur la D 23

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The Saulcy-sur-Meurthe national cemetery

La nécropole nationale de Saulcy-sur-Meurthe

 

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Adjacent to a German cemetery, the Saulcy-sur-Meurthe national cemetery holds 2,565 French soldiers, of whom 1,174 were buried in two ossuaries, 11 Russians and a Romanian who died during the fighting in the Vosges and in the Gérardmer hospitals in 1914-1918. Created in 1921, this cemetery was developed up until 1935 in order to bring together the bodies exhumed from temporary military cemeteries located in the Col du Bonhomme, Col de la Schlucht, Gérardmer, Mandray and Valtin.

René Fonck, the famous Great War aviator, was from Saulcy-sur-Meurthe. The man nicknamed the French "ace of aces" was officially attributed with 75 victories and single-handedly shot down 142 enemy aircraft.

At the entrance to the cemetery is a plaque to commemorate the eight American soldiers from the 411th infantry regiment of the US Army who died on 22 November 1944 at Saulcy-sur-Meurthe and who are today buried at the American cemetery in Epinal.

 

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Saulcy-sur-Meurthe
À 100 km au sud-est de Nancy (par la RN 415). À la sortie sud du village sur la D 58a

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Monument aux morts, 1914-1918

Senones National Cemetery

La nécropole nationale de Senones. © ECPAD

 

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Built in 1920 and further developed up until 1935, Senones National Cemetery is home to the bodies of 818 Germans, 795 French, 372 of whom are buried in two ossuaries, eleven Romanians, six Romanians and six Russians killed in the region of Upper Alsace After the Great War, the remains of soldiers buried in various makeshift cemeteries in the Senones, Ménil, Moyenmoutier, Petite-Raon and La Forain areas were moved to this cemetery.

The town of Senones found itself in the firing line between 1914 and 1918.  The heavy bombing caused huge destruction and many civilian casualties. Consequently, Senones was awarded the 1914-1918 War Cross.

 

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Senones
À 70 km au sud-est de Nancy, sur la RN 42

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Croix monumentale, 1914-1918

Rambervillers French national war cemetery

La nécropole nationale de Rambervillers. © ECPAD

 

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Created in 1914, the national war cemetery of Rambervillers contains the bodies of soldiers who died during the Battle of Mortagne and those who died in 1918 in the town's military hospitals. It brings together 1,547 French soldiers, 881 of which were placed in two ossuaries, 24 Russian, eleven British, eleven Polish and one Chinese (grave no. 169) for the First World War, and two French soldiers killed during the Battle of France in 1940.

 

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The Haguenau national cemetery

La nécropole nationale d’Haguenau. © ECPAD

 

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A former garrison cemetery created in 1896 by the German army, the Haguenau national cemetery holds the bodies of soldiers who died during the three conflicts that opposed France and Germany on Alsatian soil. It was then successively developed from 1914 to 1919 and then during the 1930s in order to bring together the bodies exhumed from the military cemeteries of the Haguenau-Brumath region, La Petite-Pierre, Haguenau-Brumath and the Woerth region. From 1955 onwards, they were joined by bodies exhumed in the Bas-Rhin, then in 1976 those of Soviet prisoners initially buried in Alsace.

It includes ten graves of soldiers who died during the war of 1870-1871. As a result of the First World War, next to the 91 French soldiers lie 475 Romanians, 122 Russians and one Briton. As a result of the Second World War, 536 Soviets including 493 in ossuaries, 358 Frenchmen, a Pole and a Belgian are buried there, as well as seven British pilots who died during the night of 24-25 April 1944 when their bomber crashed over Soufflenheim. A commemorative plaque was unveiled in this village in May 2014.

Nearby, a German military plot containing 188 graves was also created.

 

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Haguenau
Au nord de Strasbourg

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The Dieuze National Cemetery

La nécropole nationale de Dieuze. © ECPAD

 

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Built in 1914 by the German army at the end of the Battle of Dieuze, the Dieuze national cemetery holds the bodies of soldiers killed during the two world wars. Further developed in 1924-1926 and then again in 1964, this cemetery holds the remains exhumed from the cemeteries of Meurthe-et-Moselle and Vosges.

From the Great War, there are 821 Romanians, 263 Frenchmen, 239 of whom lie in two ossuaries, 122 Germans in two ossuaries, eight Poles and seven Russians.

From the Second World War, 222 Poles and five Frenchmen are buried there.

A monument honouring the memory of the Romanian soldiers killed on French soil in 1914-1918 has been erected there. This memorial was unveiled in 1998 by the Romanian Ministry of Defence. Standing on a plinth made of Vosges sandstone, this structure, given as a gift by Romania, is a reproduction of a monument in Bucharest. The monument contains earth from the ten French cemeteries in Romania.

 

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Dieuze
Au sud-est de Morhange, D 999

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Monument aux morts 1914-1918 - Monument aux morts polonais 1939-1945

Noviant-aux-Prés National Cemetery

La nécropole nationale de Noviant-aux-Prés. © ECPAD

 

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Noviant-aux-Prés National Cemetery holds the remains of soldiers who died for France during the battles in Woëvre from 1914 to 1918. Established in 1920, the cemetery was redesigned in 1936 to accommodate the bodies of other soldiers killed in this sector and exhumed from military cemeteries north of Toul. In 1972, a group of corpses from the 1914-1918 war was moved here from Saint-Nicolas-de-Port Cemetery. In all 3,336 people, including 820 in the ossuaries, and some foreigners (including Russian, Italian, Japanese and Romanian) are buried here.

 

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Noviant-aux-Prés
Au nord de Toul, D 100

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The Flirey national cemetery

La nécropole nationale de Flirey. © ECPAD

 

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The Flirey national cemetery holds the remains of soldiers who died during the battles of La Woëvre. Created in 1919, this place of remembrance is a testament to the extreme violence of the combats that took place between the Mort-Mare forests and the Le Prêtre woods. This cemetery, which was developed in 1924 with a view to bringing together the bodies exhumed from the military cemeteries of Flirey, Fey, Seicheprey and La Woëvre, today holds 4 407 French bodies, 2 657 of whom lie in individual graves. An ossuary holds the mortal remains of 1 750 soldiers. Alongside these men, 22 Russians, three Belgians and three Romanians are buried.

Many relics are still visible in the surrounding area, notably the ruins of the destroyed village of Flirey or the mine craters in the Mort-Mare woods. In the new village of Flirey, two commemorative monuments honour those who fought for its liberation. Bordering the Mort-Mare woods is a Vauthier milestone, marking the front line as of 18 July 1918.

 

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Flirey
Au nord de Toul, D 904

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Choloy-Ménillot French national war cemetery

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The national war cemetery of Choloy-Ménillot contains the remains of soldiers who died for France between 1914 and 1918. Established in 1914 to bury those who died from their wounds during hospitalisation in the various medical units in the Toul region, this cemetery was established until 1938, to hold the remains of other soldiers exhumed from other cemeteries, in particular that of Ménil-la-Tour. Nearly 2,000 French soldiers are buried there.

Alongside them are nine French soldiers who died in 1939-1945.

A military square was also built on this site designed to gather together the bodies of allied soldiers initially buried in temporary cemeteries in the south of Meurthe-et-Moselle and the Neufchâteau region. In total, 86 Russian, 49 Polish, six Romanian, two Serbian and one British servicemen are buried there.

Inside the war cemetery, a stone column was erected on the initiative of the association of the Loups du Bois-le-Prêtre, in memory of their comrades who died for France.

 

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Choloy-ménillot
À l’ouest de Toul

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Monument aux morts des 73e et 128e DI des Loups du Bois-le-Prêtre 1914-1918