Dagneux German military cemetery

In 1952, the French authorities set up a German military cemetery some 2 km south of the towns of Montluel and Dagneux. From 1958 onwards, the cemetery was enlarged and developed in its present form by the Service pour l'Entretien des Sépultures Militaires Allemandes (SESMA). The cemetery covers some 4.5 hectares and was laid out under the 1954 Franco-German agreement on military burials. It was intended to bring together the German dead of the Second World War, who had been buried in numerous locations, mainly in the south of France. To date, 19,913 dead have found their final resting place in the Dagneux military cemetery. Most of the dead were victims of the battles that took place in southern France after Allied troops landed on the Côte d'Azur on August 15, 1944 (Operation Dragon).

In 1952, the French authorities set up a German military cemetery some 2 km south of the towns of Montluel and Dagneux. From 1958 onwards, the cemetery was enlarged and developed in its present form by the Service pour l'Entretien des Sépultures Militaires Allemandes (SESMA). The cemetery covers some 4.5 hectares and was laid out under the 1954 Franco-German agreement on military burials. It was intended to bring together the German dead of the Second World War, who had been buried in numerous locations, mainly in the south of France. To date, 19,913 dead have found their final resting place in the Dagneux military cemetery. Most of the dead were victims of the battles that took place in southern France after Allied troops landed on the Côte d'Azur on August 15, 1944 (Operation Dragon).