Bretteville-sur-Laze Canadian War Cemetery

The Bretteville-sur-Laze Canadian War Cemetery contains the remains 2,958 soldiers, 87 of them unidentified. The majority of the burials are Canadian in the later stages of the Battle of Normandy during the capture of Caen and thrust southwards to close the Falaise pocket.

The cemetery is located about 14 kilometres south of Caen at the end of Rue du Prieuré just off the main road from Caen to Falaise (N158).

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Listing: Bretteville-sur-Laze Canadian War Cemetery

Location

N158
14680 Cintheaux
Calvados
France
Longitude: -0.291909
Latitude: 49.059923
Parking: Free parking on site

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