Commonwealth War Cemetery Ryes
The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.
Ryes War Cemetery is not far inland from the beaches at Arromanches, where the 50th Division landed on 6 June. The first burials were made there just two days after the landings.
The cemetery contains 652 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. There are also one Polish and 335 German graves.
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Source
- Text: Commonwealth War Graves Commission & Cornelis Reijntjes
- Photos: Jente de Roust (1,2,3,4) & Cornelis Reijntjes (5)
Nearby
Museum
- Arromanches 360 - Arromanches-les-Bains
- Liberators Museum - Normandy 1944 - Arromanches-les-Bains
- Musée du débarquement d'Arromanches - Arromanches-les-Bains
Point of interest
- Atlantikwall - Base Würzburg FuMo 214 - Arromanches-les-Bains
- M4A2 Sherman Tank Arromanches-les-Bains - Arromanches-les-Bains
- Floating Bridge Arromanche - Arromanches-les-Bains
Monument
- Monument Canadian Airfield B-2 - Bazenville
- War Memorial Vienne-en-Bessin - Vienne-en-Bessin
- Green Howards Memorial Crépon - Crépon
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Graves Villiers-le-Sec - Villiers-le-Sec
- Commonwealth War Graves Crépon - Crépon
- Commonwealth War Grave Magny-en-Bessin - Magny-en-Bessin
Fortification
- Atlantikwall - Widerstandsnest 38 Saint-Côme-de-Fresné - Saint-Côme-de-Fresné
- Atlantikwall - Widerstandsnest 37 Asnelles - Asnelles
- Atlantikwall - Casemate - Arromanches-les-Bains
Crash site
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