The German war cemetery of Langemark (formerly spelt 'Langemarck') is near the village of Langemark, part of the municipality of Langemark-Poelkapelle, in the Belgian province of West Flanders. More than 44,000 soldiers are buried here. The village was the scene of the first gas attacks by the German army in the western front (see trench map), marking the beginning of the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915. Otherwise, this cemetery has two Commonwealth burials.
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| - Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Langemark (de)
- Cimetière militaire allemand de Langemark (fr)
- Langemark German war cemetery (en)
- Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Langemark (nl)
- Cmentarz wojenny w Langemark (pl)
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| - Der Deutsche Soldatenfriedhof Langemark im belgischen Ort Langemark ist ein Soldatenfriedhof für 44.304 Deutsche, die 1914 in der Ersten Flandernschlacht gefallen sind. Er steht im Zusammenhang mit dem Mythos von Langemarck. (de)
- Le cimetière militaire allemand de Langemark est un cimetière militaire de la Première Guerre mondiale, situé à Langemark, dans la province belge de Flandre-Occidentale. (fr)
- De Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Langemark is een militaire begraafplaats in het Belgische dorp Langemark. Er rusten meer dan 44.000 Duitse en twee Britse soldaten die sneuvelden in de Eerste Wereldoorlog. De begraafplaats ligt ruim een halve kilometer ten noorden van het dorpscentrum. (nl)
- The German war cemetery of Langemark (formerly spelt 'Langemarck') is near the village of Langemark, part of the municipality of Langemark-Poelkapelle, in the Belgian province of West Flanders. More than 44,000 soldiers are buried here. The village was the scene of the first gas attacks by the German army in the western front (see trench map), marking the beginning of the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915. Otherwise, this cemetery has two Commonwealth burials. (en)
- Cmentarz wojenny w Langemark – cmentarz wojenny położony w belgijskim mieście usytuowanym w prowincji Flandria Zachodnia. Miasto Langemark było jednym z pierwszych miejsc ataku z użyciem gazów bojowych zastosowanych przez Niemców w drugiej bitwie nad Ypres w kwietniu 1915. (pl)
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| - This mass grave contains 24,917 soldiers of whom 7,977 remain unknown. The names of those known are on the surrounding basalt blocks. (en)
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| - Der Deutsche Soldatenfriedhof Langemark im belgischen Ort Langemark ist ein Soldatenfriedhof für 44.304 Deutsche, die 1914 in der Ersten Flandernschlacht gefallen sind. Er steht im Zusammenhang mit dem Mythos von Langemarck. (de)
- The German war cemetery of Langemark (formerly spelt 'Langemarck') is near the village of Langemark, part of the municipality of Langemark-Poelkapelle, in the Belgian province of West Flanders. More than 44,000 soldiers are buried here. The village was the scene of the first gas attacks by the German army in the western front (see trench map), marking the beginning of the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915. During the First Battle of Ypres (1914) in World War I, inexperienced German infantry suffered severe casualties when they made a futile frontal attack on allied positions near Langemark and were checked by experienced French infantry and British riflemen. Contrary to popular myth, only fifteen percent of the German soldiers involved in the Battle of Langemark were schoolboys and students. Legend has it that the German infantry sang the first stanza of what later (1919) became their national anthem "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles", as they charged. The cemetery, which evolved from a small group of graves from 1915, has seen numerous changes and extensions. It was dedicated in 1932. Today, visitors find a mass grave near the entrance. This comrades' grave contains 24,917 servicemen, including the Ace Werner Voss. Between the oak trees, next to this mass grave, are another 10,143 soldiers (including 2 British soldiers killed in 1918). The 3,000 school students who were killed during the First Battle of Ypres are buried in a third part of the cemetery. At the front of the cemetery is a sculpture of four mourning figures by Professor Emil Krieger. The group was added in 1956, and is said to stand guard over the fallen. The cemetery is maintained by the German War Graves Commission, the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge. Otherwise, this cemetery has two Commonwealth burials. (en)
- Le cimetière militaire allemand de Langemark est un cimetière militaire de la Première Guerre mondiale, situé à Langemark, dans la province belge de Flandre-Occidentale. (fr)
- De Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Langemark is een militaire begraafplaats in het Belgische dorp Langemark. Er rusten meer dan 44.000 Duitse en twee Britse soldaten die sneuvelden in de Eerste Wereldoorlog. De begraafplaats ligt ruim een halve kilometer ten noorden van het dorpscentrum. (nl)
- Cmentarz wojenny w Langemark – cmentarz wojenny położony w belgijskim mieście usytuowanym w prowincji Flandria Zachodnia. Miasto Langemark było jednym z pierwszych miejsc ataku z użyciem gazów bojowych zastosowanych przez Niemców w drugiej bitwie nad Ypres w kwietniu 1915. Na cmentarzu pochowanych jest łącznie ponad 35 000 żołnierzy niemieckich, z czego ponad 25 000 zostało złożonych do masowego grobu w centralnym punkcie cmentarza. Większość pochowanych na cmentarzu poległo w walce z siłami brytyjskimi oraz francuskimi w pierwszej bitwie nad Ypres w październiku 1914, a także w walkach w okolicach Langemark - ponad 15% poległych w bitwie stanowili licealiści oraz studenci (zobacz: Kindermord). (pl)
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