Futa Pass war cemetery - Italy

Futa-Pass German war cemetery is the largest war cemetery in Italy, with 30,653 graves, near the city of Bologna

It is located on a summit near the Futa-pass. At the end of the Second World War the German defence line ‘Gothic Line’ was located here. On 21 April 1945, after heavy fights, the Allies managed to break trough.

After the war, German graves were brought here together from a large area.

It's really breathtaking................

RIP

Simone

Hello,

Thanks for these nice pics ! Are there only German in this cemetery ? Or are there graves of Italian soldiers (RSI) too ?

Shining a écrit:

Hello,

Thanks for these nice pics ! Are there only German in this cemetery ? Or are there graves of Italian soldiers (RSI) too ?

Only Germans...

Walking near those graves and looking at soldier's ages (the majority from 18 to 25) is really a heart attack....

Simone

Sadly it was the same in the different armies, soldiers were young... And even younger at the end of the Reich with the kids in the Volkssturm...

It was the same in all armies and both world wars.

I try to go to Ypres atleast once every month and i always visit atleast 1 military cemetary. My goal is to visit every military cemetary around Ypres atleast one time.
Then i walk around, taking time to read the names on the stones and then i notice their age.
Even after having visited so many cemetaries in the past 20 years, i still feel sad because all of those soldiers died to young.

Greetings

Pickelhaube

Hello
; can you say me why we can see no cross in german cementeries?
Only stones on the ground.
Thanks.
JC