Fricourt German war cemetery is near the village of Fricourt, near Albert, in the French département of the Somme. Most of the fallen were members of the Imperial German 2nd Army. Of the 17,000 burials, about 1,000 died in the autumn of 1914 and the ensuing trench warfare; about 10,000 during the Battle of the Somme (July–November 1916); and the final 6,000 in the Spring Offensive of 1918 and the ensuing Allied counter-attack, the Hundred Days offensive.
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdf:type
| |
rdfs:label
| - Fricourt German war cemetery
|
rdfs:comment
| - Fricourt German war cemetery is near the village of Fricourt, near Albert, in the French département of the Somme. Most of the fallen were members of the Imperial German 2nd Army. Of the 17,000 burials, about 1,000 died in the autumn of 1914 and the ensuing trench warfare; about 10,000 during the Battle of the Somme (July–November 1916); and the final 6,000 in the Spring Offensive of 1918 and the ensuing Allied counter-attack, the Hundred Days offensive.
|
sameAs
| |
dcterms:subject
| |
dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
| |
Name
| - Fricourt German War Cemetery
|
Caption
| - Fricourt German war cemetery
|
Body
| |
by war
| |
use dates
| |
Total
| |
unknowns
| |
Established
| - Concentration cemetery. 1920 onwards
|
Nearest Town
| |
Source
| |
by country
| |
abstract
| - Fricourt German war cemetery is near the village of Fricourt, near Albert, in the French département of the Somme. Most of the fallen were members of the Imperial German 2nd Army. Of the 17,000 burials, about 1,000 died in the autumn of 1914 and the ensuing trench warfare; about 10,000 during the Battle of the Somme (July–November 1916); and the final 6,000 in the Spring Offensive of 1918 and the ensuing Allied counter-attack, the Hundred Days offensive.
|