German War Cemetery (New Alamein)
Egypt /
Matruh /
El Daba /
New Alamein
World
/ Egypt
/ Matruh
/ El Daba
, 50 km from center (الضبعة)
World / Egypt
memorial, Second World War 1939-1945, cemetery, war memorial
This imposing fortress-like structure contains the remains of most of the German war dead from the El Alamein battles. They are not buried individually but rather in an ossuary. It contains 4,213 German burials from the Second and 30 from the First World War. There are also 31 casualties with an unknown nationality buried here.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Alamein#Military_cemeteries
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 30°53'4"N 28°52'31"E
- Italian Soldiers' War Memorial (Alamein) 4.5 km
- Commonwealth War Cemetery El Alamein CWGC 8.4 km
- Catacombs of Kom esh-Shuqafa 102 km
- Archeological Park and Pompey's Pillar 103 km
- Cairo War Memorial Cemetery CWGC 246 km
- Commonwealth War Graves 252 km
- Memorial 292 km
- Bir Hakeim Cemetery 518 km
- Ramesseum Temple Complex 680 km
- Bellevue Lama Memorial 883 km
- Tolip Alamein 3.3 km
- Latin District 3.7 km
- Heritage 4.5 km
- Mazarine 6.8 km
- Porto Golf 6.8 km
- New Alamein Housing 6.8 km
- Second Battle of El Alamein 7.9 km
- First Battle of El Alamein 9 km
- Industrial area 11 km
- Marina 14 km