World War II memorials and cemeteries in the Netherlands
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Dutch war graves

In the Netherlands, about 9,000 war graves are located.
  • Field of Honour Loenen (Loenen) - 4,000 soldiers and civilians
  • Field of Honour Grebbeberg (Rhenen) - 800 soldiers
  • Dutch Honorary Cemetery Bloemendaal (Bloemendaal) - 373 people of the resistance

British and Canadian war graves

  • Arnhem Oosterbeek Airborne War Cemetery
    Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery
    The Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, more commonly known as the Airborne Cemetery, is a military cemetery in Oosterbeek, Arnhem, the Netherlands. It was established in 1945 and is home to 1759 graves from the Second World War...

     - 1.678 soldiers
  • Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery - 1.200 soldiers
  • Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery - 1118 soldiers (of whom 971 are Canadian)
  • Brunssum War Cemetery - 328
  • Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery
    Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery
    The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery and Memorial is located about three kilometers north of the village of Groesbeek, Netherlands. The cemetery contains 2,338 Canadian soldiers of World War II....

     - 2.610 soldiers (of whom 2.339 are Canadian)
  • Holten Canadian War Cemetery - 1.393 soldiers (of whom 1.355 are Canadian)
  • Nijmegen Jonkerbos War Cemetery - 1.629 soldiers
  • Mierlo War Cemetery
    Mierlo War Cemetery
    War Cemetery Mierlo is a Commonwealth field of honor at 68 Geldropseweg, east of the Dutch village of Mierlo.The field came into existence in the spring of 1945, around the end of World War II....

     - 665 soldiers (of whom one is Dutch)
  • Milsbeek War Cemetery - 210 soldiers
  • Mook War Cemetery - 322 soldiers
  • Nederweert War Cemetery - 363 soldiers
  • Overloon War Cemetery - 279 soldiers
  • Sittard War Cemetery - 239 soldiers
  • Uden War Cemetery - 701 soldiers
  • Valkenswaard War Cemetery - 220 soldiers
  • Venray War Cemetery - 692

U.S. war graves

All American war graves are located at the U.S. Military Cemetery Margraten.
  • U.S. Military Cemetery Margraten
    Netherlands American Cemetery
    The World War II Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial is a war cemetery which lies in the village of Margraten six miles east of Maastricht, in the most southern part of the Netherlands...

     (Margraten) - 8,302 soldiers

Belgian war graves

  • Belgian Field of Honour 1940 (Maastricht) - 43 soldiers
  • Belgian Military Field of Honour 1940 (Willemstad) - 153 soldiers

  • Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery - 2 Belgian graves
  • Dokkum Roman Catholic Cemetery - 1 Belgian grave
  • Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery
    Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery
    The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery and Memorial is located about three kilometers north of the village of Groesbeek, Netherlands. The cemetery contains 2,338 Canadian soldiers of World War II....

     - 3 Belgian graves
  • Harlingen General Cemetery - 3 Belgian graves
  • Holten Canadian War Cemetery - 1 Belgian grave
  • Nijmegen Jonkerbos War Cemetery - 4 Belgian graves
  • Vlissingen Noorder begraafplaats - 1 Belgian grave

French war graves

  • France Military Field of Honour (Kapelle) - 229 soldiers
  • Beilen General Cemetery
  • Schiermonnikoog Drenkelingenkerkhof Vredenhof
  • Swartbroek (gem. Weert) Cemetery - 1 soldier
  • Vlissingen Noorder Cemetery - 2 soldiers

Russian war graves

  • Russian Field of Honour Leusden
    Rusthof cemetery
    The Rusthof cemetery is located in Oud-Leusden, Leusden municipality, Utrecht Province, Netherlands. It is the largest cemetery that services Amersfoort, which is 4 km south of. Therefore it is often called Amersfoort General Cemetery or Amersfoort Cemetery or other variants...

     (Leusden) - 865 soldiers
  • Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery
    Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery
    The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery and Memorial is located about three kilometers north of the village of Groesbeek, Netherlands. The cemetery contains 2,338 Canadian soldiers of World War II....

     (Groesbeek) - 1 soldier

Georgian war graves

  • Field of Honour of the Georgians under Loladse (Texel) - 476 soldiers

Polish war graves

About 500 Polish war graves are located in the Netherlands.
  • Polish Military Field of Honour (Breda) - 156 soldiers
  • Polish Field of Honour Oosterhof (Oosterhout) - 30 soldiers
  • Polish Field of Honour Ginneken (Breda) - 80 soldiers
  • Polish Field of Honour Alphen (Alphen) - 18 soldiers
  • Polish Field of Honour Axel - 22 soldiers
  • Arnhem Oosterbeek Airborne War Cemetery
    Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery
    The Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, more commonly known as the Airborne Cemetery, is a military cemetery in Oosterbeek, Arnhem, the Netherlands. It was established in 1945 and is home to 1759 graves from the Second World War...

     - 73
  • Schiermonnikoog drenkelingenkerkhof Vredenhof - 3

German war graves

  • Ysselsteyn: German Military Cemetery
    Ysselsteyn
    Ysselsteyn is a small village in the municipality of Venray in Limburg, Netherlands. It was established in 1921 and named after its designer, Hendrik Albert van IJsselsteyn, then Minister of Agriculture....

    - 31.513 soldiers
  • Vorden (gem. Lochem) General Cemetery - 10 soldiers

Cemeteries with Commonwealth War Graves

If Allied war graves are present on a cemetery, a green identification plate is placed at the entrance carrying the text: Oorlogsgraven van het Gemenebest – Commonwealth War Graves
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