Grebbeberg War Cemetery
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Grebbeberg War Cemetery (Dutch: Militair Ereveld Grebbeberg) is a Second World War military war grave cemetery, located on the Grebbeberg, a hill 2 km (1.2 mi) east of Rhenen the Netherlands. The cemetery contains 799 military personnel and one civilian who died during the invasion of the Netherlands by the Germans in May 1940. More than 400 of those interred in the cemetery fell during the Battle of the Grebbeberg.
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Grebbeberg War Cemetery | |
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Netherlands War Graves Foundation [nl] Oorlogsgravenstichting | |
Used for those deceased 1940–1945 | |
Established | 20-5-1940 |
Location | 51°57′21″N 5°36′1″E near |
Designed by | Jacobus Oud |
Total burials | 850 |
Burials by war | |
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