German military cemetery

The german military cemetery in Solers where 2,228 soldiers rest, is now a place of pilgrimage for germanic families.
In the middle of the Second World War, around August 25th, 1944, the Allies - British, Canadian and American - launched their offensive across the entire width of the front between Le Havre and Troyes, to the north-east. In these maneuvers, the 7th American Army Corps advanced towards Soissons, between Paris and Fontainebleau, fighting against the forces of the 1st American Army and the 5th German Armoured Army. It is in these battles that the German soldiers buried in Solers were killed.
On August 30th, 1944, the 1st American Army began the creation of a temporary cemetery on a stretch of land located to the west of Solers, where it buried both the bodies of its own soldiers and those of the German army. To the left of the road leading to Soignolles-en-Brie, it buried approximately 2,000 of its dead and, to the right, a roughly equal number of German soldiers. After the cessation of hostilities, the bodies of the American soldiers were transferred to the military cemetery of Épinal, while the German plots passed under the administration of the French authorities and were enlarged following the addition of numerous graves from the surrounding region, but also from Troyes and Chartres.
Within the framework of the Franco-German agreement of October 23rd, 1954, concerning military graves, the necropolis of Solers was chosen to become, after the necessary enlargement work, one of the definitive German military cemeteries in France. On July 28th, 1962, the cemetery was solemnly inaugurated in the presence of numerous relatives of the missing.
Every year a ceremony in honour of German mourning takes place on the Sunday following November 11th in the presence of many dignitaries.