American Cemetery (23 km from Asnelles): Located just above la plage , in the French town of Colleville-sur-Mer (Calvados), on one of the landing sites of the Allied landings of June 6, 1944. Officially inaugurated in 1956 with its memorial, this cemetery honors the American soldiers who died during the Battle of Normandy in World War II and is one of the 25 permanent U.S. burial sites on foreign soil. Ten blocks, separated by the central path into two groups of five, form the area dedicated to the graves where the remains of 9,388 people rest, including 307 unknown soldiers and four women.
British Cemetery (13km from Asnelles): Located in Bayeux, Calvados, it is near the Normandy Battle Memorial Museum. It is the largest British military cemetery in France. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is responsible for maintaining the graves of soldiers who died during the war. Although the war was not particularly violent in Bayeux, the dead were brought to this cemetery from all the surrounding areas. This also includes soldiers who died at Sword Beach.
German Cemetery (37km from Asnelles): located in La Cambe in northwestern Calvados. 21,222 German soldiers who fell during the fighting from June to August 1944 in the Battle of Normandy are buried here. The central mound of the cemetery, dominated by a large basalt lava cross, contains the remains of 207 unknown soldiers and 89 identified soldiers whose names are engraved on plaques. Around the mound are 49 rectangular plots. Each plot contains approximately 400 graves.
