German Cemetery

There is a German cemetery, Le Cambe, that is separate from the American cemetery. Early on, the Americans and Germans were buried together because of the urgency to get the bodies buried. Later they were separated.

The German cemetery had quite a different character from the American one. It was simple, and had a military feel. The headstones were all flush with the ground. There were multiple crosses located among the headstones. I’m guessing that this was to show that it was a cemetery and not a golf course.
One of the German graves was for Michael Wittmann. Elwood pointed this one out to us. Wittmann was the most effective tank ace of all times for any army. He is credited with 138 tank kills and 132 anti-tank gun kills. There were flowers on his stone, but apart from that, his grave was no different from any of the others. The British tank core makes a special trip to this grave once a year to honor the fact that, even though he was the enemy, he had such a spectacular record.