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US Military Cemetery
Only planes taking off from nearby Luxembourg airport disturb the peace at the country's two main war cemeteries.
The easiest to reach and most visited is the US Military Cemetery at Hamm, 4km east of the capital. Here lie more than 5000 US war dead, including famous general George S Patton jr. Most of those buried or remembered here were killed during the US's WWII liberation of Luxembourg and the subsequent Battle of the Ardennes. Patton's headstone is easily identified among the rows of white crosses and stars, each marked with flags from the US and Luxembourg. White-stone pylons commemorate the soldiers whose bodies were never found, and enormous wall maps detail the …
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Cimetière Militaire Allemand
Only planes taking off from nearby Luxembourg airport disturb the peace at the country's two main war cemeteries.
One of these, the Cimetière Militaire Allemand at Sandweiler is 1.5km east of the US Military Cemetery (it's signposted from here). No buses stop nearby, so you'll either need to walk or have your own wheels. Some 11,000 German soldiers lie beneath sombre grey headstones behind an oppressive stone doorway. Established in the 1950s, this cemetery was the first of its kind outside Germany. The caretaker who lives in the nearby house will probably show you around.
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US Military Cemetery
Only planes taking off from nearby Luxembourg airport disturb the peace at the country's two main war cemeteries.
The easiest to reach and most visited is the US Military Cemetery at Hamm, 4km east of the capital. Here lie more than 5000 US war dead, including famous general George S Patton jr. Most of those buried or remembered here were killed during the US's WWII liberation of Luxembourg and the subsequent Battle of the Ardennes. Patton's headstone is easily identified among the rows of white crosses and stars, each marked with flags from the US and Luxembourg. White-stone pylons commemorate the soldiers whose bodies were never found, and enormous wall maps detail the …
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