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Archives of the Royal Military Museum 

Documentation Centre 
Parc du Cinquantenaire 3
1000 Brussels
E-mail : cdoc.klm-mra@warheritage.be   
Website: www.warheritage.be

Cemetery details

Where?
De Plaats, 9910 Knesselare
 
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History

27 May 1940, the last throes of the Eighteen-Day Campaign. The Germans are set on getting rid of the troublesome Belgians in order to fully concentrate their efforts on the British and French armies. 
The Belgian army fights valiantly, but the lack of additional men and especially of artillery ammunition paralyse the indispensable fire support. The batteries are forced to cease firing and infantry is left to its own devices. 
The Germans advance full throttle and secure victory, albeit at the cost of heavy losses. Knesselare is taken and many hundreds of Belgians are made prisoner of war.

 

Casualties

6 Second World War

 

Description

The plot of honour counts six sober graves capped by tombstones made of reinforced concrete. The grave of a Knesselare fallen flanks the plot.