Achiet-le-Petit German military cemetery

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The "German military cemetery of Achiet-le-Petit" (Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Achiet-le-Petit) is a military cemetery in the municipality of Achiet-le-Petit, Pas-de-Calais.

Location: This cemetery adjoins the communal cemetery, east of the village, rue du Cimetière.

History: As early as late August 1914, Achiet was occupied by German troops and remained in the fighting zone throughout the war. In March 1917, the area was taken by British troops and then returned to German hands until its final release in September 1918 by British troops. This military cemetery was created in the fall of 1914 to bury the bodies of German soldiers who had fallen during the fighting. In 1924, the French authorities gathered 300 bodies there, which had been temporarily buried in many places around From 1927, on the basis of an agreement concluded in 1926 with the French military authorities, many trees were planted. In 1978, the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge carried out the final design of the cemetery and the replacement of the old...