Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
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Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
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On May 8, 2015, members of the Government of Canada delegation participated in a commemorative ceremony at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth burial ground in Germany. It was created after the Second World War, when honoured war dead were brought in from battlegrounds all over western Germany. It serves as a lasting reminder of the fierce fighting that took place in the Rhineland during the last months of the war.
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- May 8, 2015
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- 1:57
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